Beam studies of novel THGEM-based potential sampling elements for Digital Hadron Calorimetry

S. Bressler; L. Arazi; H. Natal Da Luz; C. D.R. Azevedo; L. Moleri; E. Oliveri; M. Pitt; A. Rubin; J. M.F. Dos Santos; J. F.C.A. Veloso; A. Breskin

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/8/07/P07017

Beam studies of novel THGEM-based potential sampling elements for Digital Hadron Calorimetry

S. Bressler^*, L. Arazi, H. Natal Da Luz, C. D.R. Azevedo, L. Moleri, E. Oliveri, M. Pitt, A. Rubin, J. M.F. Dos Santos, J. F.C.A. Veloso, A. Breskin

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Beam studies of thin single- and double-stage THGEM-based detectors are presented. Several 10 × 10 cm² configurations with a total thickness of 5-6 mm (excluding readout electronics), with 1 × 1 cm ² pads inductively coupled through a resistive layer to APV-SRS readout electronics, were investigated with muons and pions. Detection efficiencies in the 98% range were recorded with an average pad-multiplicity of ∼ 1.1. The resistive anode resulted in efficient discharge damping, with few-volt potential drops; discharge probabilities were ∼ 10^-7 for muons and 10^-6 for pions in the double-stage configuration, at rates of a few kHz/cm². These results, together with the robustness of THGEM electrodes against spark damage and their suitability for economic production over large areas, make THGEM-based detectors highly competitive compared to the other technologies considered for the SiD-DHCAL.

Original language	English
Article number	P07017
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	8
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/07/P07017
State	Published - Jul 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Calorimeters
Gaseous detectors
Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Micropattern gaseous detectors (MSGC, GEM, THGEM, RETHGEM, MHSP, MICROPIC, MICROMEGAS, InGrid, etc)

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