Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2001-12-05
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
6 pages, 10 figures, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Scientific paper
We have demonstrated experimentally that the main breakdown-triggering mechanism in most gaseous detectors, including micropattern gaseous detectors, is sporadic electron jets from the cathode surfaces. Depending on conditions, each jet contains randomly from a few primary electrons up to 10^5, emitted in a time interval ranging between 0.1 microsecond to milliseconds. After the emission, these primary electrons experience a full gas multiplication in the detector and create spurious pulses. The rate of these jets increases with applied voltage and very sharply at voltages close to the breakdown limit. We found that these jets are in our measurements responsible for the breakdown-triggering at any counting rate between 10^(-2) Hz/mm^2 and 10^8 Hz/mm^2. We demonstrated on a few detectors that an optimized cathode-geometry, a high electrode surface quality and a proper choice of the gas mixture, considerably improve the performance characteristics and provide the highest possible gains.
Danielsson Mathias
Fonte P.
Francke Tom
Iacobaeus C.
Ostling J.
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