First attempts to combine capillary tubes with photocathodes

Peskov, VLADIMIR; Silin, E; Sokolova, T; Radionov, I

doi:10.1016/s0168-9002(99)00346-0

First attempts to combine capillary tubes with photocathodes

Peskov V., Silin E., Sokolova T., Radionov I.

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, cilt.433, sa.1-2, ss.492-501, 1999 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 433 Sayı: 1-2
Basım Tarihi: 1999
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0168-9002(99)00346-0
Dergi Adı: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.492-501
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

We describe our efforts to combine glass capillary plates, operating as a gas amplification structure at similar to 1 atm, with photocathodes sensitive to visible light. Such capillary tubes are a by-product of the manufacture of Microchannel Plates and are commercially available. Preliminary tests indicate that gas gains >10(3) could be achieved without photon feedback. With two capillary plates in tandem (double-step multiplication) overall gains up to 10(5) were possible at counting rate <100 Hz/mm(2). This approach may open new possibilities for detection of visible photons by gaseous detectors. Potential advantages are: high gains, large sensitive area, high granularity, and insensitivity to magnetic fields. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.