https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817401007
Recent advances with a hybrid micro-pattern gas detector operated in low pressure H2 and He, for AT-TPC applications
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing (MI) 48824, U.S.A
a e-mail: cortesi@nscl.msu.edu
Published online: 21 February 2018
In view of a possible application as a charge-particle track readout for an Active-Target Time Projection Chamber (AT-TPC), the operational properties and performances of a hybrid Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detector (MPGD) were investigated in pure low-pressure Hydrogen (H2) and Helium (He). The detector consists of a MICROMEsh GAseous Structure (MICROMEGAS) coupled to a two-cascade THick Gaseous Electron Multiplier (THGEM) as a pre-amplification stage. This study reports the effective gain dependence of the hybrid-MPGD at relevant pressure (in the range of 200-760 torr) for different detector arrangements. The results of this work are relevant in the field of avalanche mechanism in low-pressure, low-mass noble gases, in particularly for applications of MPGD end-cap readout for active-target Time Projection Chambers (TPC) in the field of nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics.
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