Developement of microstrip gas chambers as a time projection chamber readout

Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Bulletin of the American Physical Society

OSTI ID:391799

Mitchell, J T; Gong, W.G. Wieman, H.; Harris, J W ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, CA (United States)

We have constructed microstrip gas chambers (MSGCs) for implementation as a time projection chamber readout. The MSGC consists of an alternating 10 {mu}m wide anode and 90 {mu}m wide cathode strip pattern deposited on one side of a thin substrate. A rectangular pad pattern is deposited on the opposite side of the substrate. The MSGC is mounted in a test chamber filled with a 90:10 mixture of Ar-CH{sub 4}. We will present measurements obtained with an {sup 55}Fe X-ray source from MSGCs constructed on different substrates with varying anode/cathode and pad geometries. The performance and optimization of the anode and pad readout will be discussed.

• OSTI ID: 391799
• Report Number(s): CONF-931044-; ISSN 0003-0503; TRN: 96:002198-0254
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 38, Issue 9; Conference: Fall meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society, Pacific Grove, CA (United States), 20-23 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
GAS SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
DESIGN
TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
PERFORMANCE