Conference
Studies of the Gain Properties of Microstrip Gas Counters Relevant to Their Application as X-Ray and Electron Detectors
Abstract
The microstrip gas counter (MSGC) makes an excellent planar (position-sensitive) amplifier of incident electron clouds because both the anodic and cathodic gain-defining elements are produced lithographically on the same rigid substrate. We have studied the dependence of the gas gain and pulse-height resolution of the plate as a function of various geometric and gas parameters. The results show that an MSGC can be made very insensitive to the …
Authors
Bateman JE; Connolly JF; Derbyshire GE; Duxbury DM; Lipp J; Mir JA; Simmons JE; Spill EJ; Stephenson R
Volume
49
Pagination
pp. 1644-1650
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publication Date
August 1, 2002
DOI
10.1109/tns.2002.801489
Conference proceedings
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Issue
4
ISSN
0018-9499