Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2008-05-14
2008 JINST 3 P07001
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
11 pages, 19 figures. Submitted to JINST
Scientific paper
10.1088/1748-0221/3/07/P07001
The performance of thick GEMs (THGEMs) was compared to that of thin GEMs in two-phase Ar avalanche detectors, in view of their potential application in coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering, dark-matter search and in other rare-event experiments. The detectors comprised a 1 cm thick liquid-Ar layer followed by either a double-THGEM or a triple-GEM multiplier, operated in the saturated vapor above the liquid phase. Three types of THGEMs were studied: those made of G10 and Kevlar and that with resistive electrodes (RETHGEM). Only the G10-made THGEM showed a stable performance in two-phase Ar with gains reaching 3000. Successful operation of two-phase Ar avalanche detectors with either thin- or thick-GEM multipliers was demonstrated at low detection thresholds, of 4 and 20 primary electrons respectively. Compared to the triple-GEM the double-THGEM multiplier yielded slower anode signals; this allowed applying a pulse-shape analysis to effectively reject noise signals. Noise rates of both multipliers were evaluated in two-phase Ar; with detection thresholds of 20 electrons and applying pulse-shape analysis noise levels as low as 0.007 Hz per 1 cm2 of active area were reached.
Bondar Alex
Breskin Amos
Buzulutskov Alexei
Grebenuk A. A.
Pavlyuchenko D.
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