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Modern micropattern gas detectors

Bochenek M., Koperny S., Kowalski T. Z.

Nukleonika

2008

Vol. 53, suppl. 2

25--28

In all measurement systems of radiation, the detector is the most important part. We can say that it is the heart of these systems. Gas detectors are still the most popular type of detector. Modern technologies allow manufacturing gas detectors having a very good energy and position (2D) resolution, high efficiency, large effective area, small count rate effect, radiation hardness, good signal-to-noise ratio and not complicated structure. These detectors are very fast and can stably work for a long period of time. One advantage of gas detectors is the possibility to read not only charge, but also UV light generated in the detector. In this paper we want to make a review of construction, mechanical properties, performance and possible applications of the following so-called micropattern gas detectors (MPGD): microstrip gas chamber (MSGC), gas electron multiplier (GEM), MICRO-MEsh GAseous Structure (MICROMEGAS) and capillary plate detector (CP).

Factors affecting the precision of measurements with the usage of proportional counters

Bochenek M., Koperny S., Kowalski T. Z.

Nukleonika

2008

Vol. 53, suppl. 2

29--32

In all measurements with the usage of proportional counters the pulse height and its distribution are measured. From this one can calculate energy losses and their distribution along the particle track position in 2D. The pulse height at the output of electronic circuit, co-working with the proportional counters, depends on: gas gain, energy deposited inside a counter and parameters of the readout electronics. However, it is only the first approximation. Careful studies show that output pulse height depends on the place of radiation absorption along and across the counter. The measured effect is as high as a few percent across and along the counter. Those effects were observed for both cylindrical and rectangular geometry. The pulse height depends not only on the registered count rate but also on the speed of its change. All the above effects are a few percentage effects, but can strongly affect the correctness of measurement made with the usage of proportional counters.