MPGD 2015 Concise Summary Amos Breskin
Grazie SILVIA & her local TEAM ! + all committee members !
“cooking” for us a variety of “TASTY MPGD TOYS” Grazie CHEF RUI ! “cooking” for us a variety of “TASTY MPGD TOYS”
RD51 The prime roles of our community: Study basic detector physics (theory, experiment) Conceive new detector concepts (& readout) Build detector systems for experiments (“the real life”) Educate the younger generation Disseminate new detector technologies Gas-avalanche Detectors: A fascinating, ever-growing field With many multidisciplinary applications Far behind Particle Physics!
OLD GOOD WIRE CHAMBERS - GAIN RESOLUTION CHARPAK 1968 cathode anode wires ATLAS 2015 ~50 years… 1924 – 2010 e- ion 1992 WIRE CHAMBERS Gain ~ 104 Resolution ~ 100mm Timing ~ 10s-100s ns Rate ~ 104 Hz/mm2 Thin-Gap wire Chambers (TGC) being upgraded for sLHC… Status: 50mm resolution
Leading MICRO-PATTERN GAS DETECTORS Oed 1988 Sauli 1997 Giomataris 1998 MICRO-STRIP CHAMBER MSGC GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIER (GEM) MICROMEGAS DRIFT ELECTRODE Resolution: Few 10s mm ANODE STRIP CATHODE STRIPS <100 mm 140 mm Drift + thin multiplication-strips on insulator MICRO-PIXEL THGEM 2004 Resolution: Few 100s mm
Usual “Problems” Discharge limits (dynamic range) resistive electrodes Ion backflow blocking (TPC, RICH) cascades, staggered holes, graphene coatings Photon feedback (noble gases) cascades, staggered holes Resolutions (physical limits, readout) Rate capability (space charge, charge removal) Large-area detectors (production; industrialization) Readout electronics
Position resolutions needed: 10s microns - to - centimeters! Applications Tracking in HEP TPC Calorimetry (DHCAL) Single-photon (UV, visible) imaging (RICH) Neutron & x-ray imaging Cryogenic T (UV detectors, electron detectors) Nuclear Physics Homeland security etc 50mm Position resolutions needed: 10s microns - to - centimeters!
A 2-THGEM and MicroMegas GPM with position sensitive pad readout 2-THGEM with RPWELL with position sensitive pad readout A triple THGEM GPM with position sensitive pad readout
Summary of summary… Molto-Interesting Conference Good variety of talks, posters & reviews Focused on HEP…though many other fascinating applications! I limited myself to some of the topics presented and discussed others I find important sLHC & (may be) ILC are still far - but B-factories, Nucl.Phys., RHI, SR, neutron sources, space & ground astro-activities, medical etc – are good “customers”! Room for good R&D for training and motivating the younger generation! Amos Breskin – Vienna 2010
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Gaseous Photo-Multipliers (GPMs) for future dark matter searches ERDAL GPMs WIS R&D on GPMs for future multi-ton LXe TPCs for dark matter searches (within DARWIN) Aim for 4π coverage – not practical with PMTs (cost, bulkiness) or SiPMs (dark count rate) Successful demonstration of 4” cryogenic triple-THGEM GPM with reflective CsI coupled to dual phase LXe TPC: (arXiv:1509.02354) - Stable gain ~ 105 Large dynamic range: 1 – O(103) photoelectrons 1 ns timing (~ 200 PEs) Expected PDE ~15% after optimization 4” triple-THGEM GPM Also: on-going R&D on n/γ imaging with pixilated readout (arXiv:1501.00150) CsI coated
Graphene: opaque to ions and transparent to electrons Graphene on GEM
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