We developed a method to make GEM foils with a spherical geometry. Tests of this procedure and with the resulting spherical GEMs are presented. Together with a spherical drift electrode, a spherical conversion gap for x-rays can be formed. This would eliminate the parallax error in an x-ray diffraction setup, which limits the spatial resolution at wide diffraction angles. The method is inexpensive and flexible towards possible changes in the design. We show advanced plans to make a prototype of an entirely spherical triple-GEM detector, including a spherical readout structure. This detector will have a superior position resolution, also at wide diffraction angles, and a high rate capability. A completely spherical gaseous detector has never been made before. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA

Duarte Pinto, S., Villa, M., Alfonsi, M., Brock, I., Croci, G., David, E., et al. (2009). Making spherical GEMs. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 4(12) [10.1088/1748-0221/4/12/P12006].

Making spherical GEMs

CROCI, GABRIELE;
2009

Abstract

We developed a method to make GEM foils with a spherical geometry. Tests of this procedure and with the resulting spherical GEMs are presented. Together with a spherical drift electrode, a spherical conversion gap for x-rays can be formed. This would eliminate the parallax error in an x-ray diffraction setup, which limits the spatial resolution at wide diffraction angles. The method is inexpensive and flexible towards possible changes in the design. We show advanced plans to make a prototype of an entirely spherical triple-GEM detector, including a spherical readout structure. This detector will have a superior position resolution, also at wide diffraction angles, and a high rate capability. A completely spherical gaseous detector has never been made before. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA
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Electron multipliers (gas); Gaseous detectors; Gaseous imaging and tracking detectors; Micropattern gaseous detectors (MSGC, GEM, THGEM, RETHGEM, MICROMEGAS, InGrid, etc); Instrumentation; Mathematical Physics
English
2009
4
12
P12006
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Duarte Pinto, S., Villa, M., Alfonsi, M., Brock, I., Croci, G., David, E., et al. (2009). Making spherical GEMs. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 4(12) [10.1088/1748-0221/4/12/P12006].
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