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Title: A study in using MICROMEGAS to improve particle identification with the TAMU-MDM focal plane detector

Abstract

A MICROMEGAS detection amplifier has been incorporated into the design of the TAMU-MDM focal plane detector with the purpose of improving the energy resolution and thus, the particle identification. Furthermore, beam tests showed a factor of 2 improvement over the original design, from 10%–12% to 4%–6%, for ions with A ≤ 40 at E/A ~ 10–20 MeV.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [5]
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  1. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele (Romania)
  2. Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  3. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
  4. National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele (Romania)
  5. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Institute
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1545974
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1545934
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-93ER40773
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 943; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Micro pattern gas amplifier detector; Micromegas; Ionization chamber; Particle identification

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Spiridon, A., Pollacco, E., Saastamoinen, A., Dag, M., Roeder, B., Tribble, R. E., Trache, L., Pascovici, G., Mehl, B., and de Oliveira, R. A study in using MICROMEGAS to improve particle identification with the TAMU-MDM focal plane detector. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.162461.
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Spiridon, A., Pollacco, E., Saastamoinen, A., Dag, M., Roeder, B., Tribble, R. E., Trache, L., Pascovici, G., Mehl, B., & de Oliveira, R. A study in using MICROMEGAS to improve particle identification with the TAMU-MDM focal plane detector. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162461
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Spiridon, A., Pollacco, E., Saastamoinen, A., Dag, M., Roeder, B., Tribble, R. E., Trache, L., Pascovici, G., Mehl, B., and de Oliveira, R. Tue . "A study in using MICROMEGAS to improve particle identification with the TAMU-MDM focal plane detector". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162461. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1545974.
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@article{osti_1545974,
title = {A study in using MICROMEGAS to improve particle identification with the TAMU-MDM focal plane detector},
author = {Spiridon, A. and Pollacco, E. and Saastamoinen, A. and Dag, M. and Roeder, B. and Tribble, R. E. and Trache, L. and Pascovici, G. and Mehl, B. and de Oliveira, R.},
abstractNote = {A MICROMEGAS detection amplifier has been incorporated into the design of the TAMU-MDM focal plane detector with the purpose of improving the energy resolution and thus, the particle identification. Furthermore, beam tests showed a factor of 2 improvement over the original design, from 10%–12% to 4%–6%, for ions with A ≤ 40 at E/A ~ 10–20 MeV.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2019.162461},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = C,
volume = 943,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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