Study of charging up effect in a triple GEM detector
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- 1 September 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Instrumentation
- Vol. 15 (09) , T09011
Abstract
The advancement of Micro Pattern Gaseous Detector technology offers us different kinds of detectors with good spatial resolution and high rate capability and the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detector is one of them. Typically GEM is made up of a thin polyimide foil having a thickness of 50 micrometers with 5 micrometers copper cladding on top and bottom sides. The presence of polyimide changes the gain of the detector under the influence of external radiation and the phenomenon is referred to as the charging up effect. The charging up effect is investigated with a double mask triple GEM detector prototype with Ar/CO2 gas mixture in 70/30 ratio under continuous irradiation from a strong Fe55 X-ray source. The detailed method of measurements and the test results are presented in this article.Keywords
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