Cluster ions in gas-based detectors

Kalkan Y., Arslandok M., Cortez A. F. V., Kaya Y., Tapana I., Veenhof R.

JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, cilt.10, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/1748-0221/10/07/p07004
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Avalanches in gas-based detectors operating at atmospheric pressure and using Ar-CO2 or Ne-CO2 as drift medium produce in a first instance mainly Ar+, Ne+ and CO2+ ions. The noble gas ions transfer their charge to CO2 in a few ns. A few ns later, the CO2+ ions have picked up CO2 molecules, forming cluster ions, in particular CO2+ center dot (CO2)(n). Since the cluster ions are slower than the initial ions, the signals induced by ion motion are altered. The effect is shown to be present in constant-field detectors and TPC readout chambers, and is expected to affect devices such as Micromegas and drift tubes.