Optical readout of GEMs

• Author(s): Fraga, F. A. F. ; Margato, L. M. S. ; Fetal, S. T. G. ; Fraga, M. M. F. R. ; Marques, R. Ferreira ; Policarpo, A. J. P. L.
• Date: 2001
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/4508
• Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

We present an overview of results from our recent studies on the use of the visible and NIR scintillation emitted by the gas electron multiplier (GEM) and on the possibility of using detectors operated with cascaded GEMs to build tracking chambers. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-44DHYY7-10/1/0076b77e06804d2654d892c3d6126c90