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Latest developments of MPGDs with resistive electrodes:. Developments and tests of the of microstrip gas counters with resistive electrodes. R. Oliveira, 1 V. Peskov, 1,2 Pietropaolo, 3 P.Picchi 4 1 CERN, Geneva, Switzerland 2 UNAM, Mexico 3 INFN Padova, Padova, Italy - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Latest developments of MPGDs with resistive electrodes:
Developments and tests of the of microstrip gas counters with
resistive electrodes
R. Oliveira,1 V. Peskov,1,2 Pietropaolo,3 P.Picchi41CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
2UNAM, Mexico3INFN Padova, Padova, Italy
4INFN Frascati, Frascati, Italy
It looks like nowadays (under the pressure from facts) both the GEM
and MICROMEGAS communities accept that in such application as
high energy physics experiments sparks in MPGDs are possible
D. Neuret et al , talk at Spark workshop meeting, Saclay,25.01.10S. Procurour, talk at Mini-week at CERN
Reasons: Raether limitachieved due to the Landay, complex spectraof particles
By geometry and gas optimization the sparkrate can be done very low, but in some applications, not zero
Hence some efforts of our community should be focused on
developing spark-protective MPGDs
First successful development was RETGEM
R. Oliveira et al., NIM A576, 2007, 362
Large- area (10x20cm2) RETGEM with inner metallic strips
See for example: R. Akimoto et al,presentation at
MPGDs conference in Crete
The spark protective propertiesof RETGEMs were confirmed by other groups
Bulk MICROMEGAS
R. Oliveira et al, arXiv:1007.0211 and IEEE 57, 2010, 3744
Latest design of bulk-
MICROMEGS with resistive
mesh
There also other efforts from various group to develop spark-
protective MICROMEGAS
• Always needed for gaseous detectors– Spark induced by dense ionisation cluster from the tail of the Landau– Unprotected pixel chip rapidly killed by discharges
• WaProt: 7µm thick layer of Si3N4 on anode pads of pixel chip
– Normal operation: avalanche charge capacitively coupled to input pad– At spark: discharge rapidly arrested because of rising voltage drop across the WaProt layer
– Conductivity of WaProt tuned by Si doping– For sLHC BL we should not exceed 1.6*109 Ωcm (10 V voltage drop)– Has proven to give excellent protection against discharges
WaProt
Spark protection
5 layers of 1.4 µm Si3N4
MIP response for SiProt2Fitted with RD42 Landau expression
charge signal (ke-)
0 50 100 150 200
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nts
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Measured histogramFitted primary Landau Assumed pedestal peak
Preliminary resultVmesh = - 600 V
Vcath = -800 V
Drift gap 1.2 mm=> Edrift = 1.67 kV/cm
SiProt waferBrass Micromegasgas: CO2/DME about 50/50
Exitation by mips from 90Sr source5.1% pedestal events25-8-06
Overflow events
F.Hartjes,Report at the MPGD Conf in
Crete
Very impressive developments are under way by ATLAS group
T. Alexopoulos et al., , RD51 Internal report #2010–006
MSGCs were the first micropattern gaseous detectors*
They are still attractive for some applications
In this report we will describe further developments in this direction:
Microstrip gas counters with resistive electrodes-R-MSGC
*A. Oed, NIM A263, 1988, 351
A photograph of MSGC damaged by discharges (courtesy of L. Ropelewski)
One of the major problem wich standard MSGC had was their “fragility”: they can be easily destroyed by sparks appearing at gains higher than 103-104 (depending on detector quality)
We have developed two designs of R-MSGC:
1) With resistive anode and cathode strips
2) With metallic anode and resistive anode strips
Cu strips 50 μm wide were created on the top of the fiber
glass plate by the photolithographic method
Fiber glass plates (FR-4)
Then in contact with the side surfaces of each Cu strip dielectric layers (Pyralux PC1025 Photoimageable coverlay by DuPont) were
manufactured;
R-MSGC #1
Finally the detector surface was coated with resistive paste and polished so that the anode and the cathode resistive strips become
separated by the Coverlay dielectric layer.
R-MSGC #2
First by photolithographic technology Cu strip 200 μm in width were created on the
top of the FR-4 plate (Figs a and b).
Then the gaps between the strips were
filled with the resistive paste (Fig. c).
As a next step the middle part of the Cu strips were coated with 50 μm width layer of photoresist (Fig. d) and the rest of the area of the Cu strip were etched (Fig e); in such a way metallic anode
strips 50 μm in width were created.
Finally the gaps between Cu anode strip and the cathode resistive strips were filled with glue FR-4 and after it hardening the entire surface was
mechanically polished.
The main line which Rui pursue:
to use for manufacturing R-MSGCs the same materials as for TGEMs or
MICROMEGAS and similar technology to make detectors cheap and affordable
For the sake of simplicity no special care was done about edges of the strips
However these parts was “enforced” by resistivity
MSGC edges
Photo of R-MSGC
Cu anode strip (50μm width, 400 μm pitch) and resistive cathode strips ( 200 μm width ).
Cu strips
Resistive strips
Ends parts of anode strips
Photo of edges of resiststrips
Experimental setup
Removablepreamplificationstructure
Results obtained with R-MSGC #1
Surface streamer-old works
V. Peskov et al., NIM A397,1997, 243
After additional surface cleaning
“PPAC” mode*
R-MSGC #1 with PPAC mult in Ne
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100
1000
0 200 400 600 800 1000
Drift voltage (V)
Gai
n100V
500V
*F. Angelini et al ., NIM A292,1990,199
Lessons we learned for tests of prototype #1
1) The maximum achievable gains are low, but sparks were mild and never destroy the detector2)Gain limitation came from the surface streamers3) The appearance of the surface streamers can be diminished in detectors with better surface quality and narrow anode width
Results obtained with R-MSGC#2 in Ne
(Thinner anode strips, better surface quality than in R-MSGC#1)
Results obtained with R-MSGC#2 in
Ne+5%CH4
Rate characteristics
Ne
Ne+5%CH4
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Rate (Hz/cm2)
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Possible applications
Noble liquid dark matter detectors
See: E. Aprile XENON: a 1-ton Liquid Xenon Experiment for Dark Matterhttp://xenon.astro.columbia.edu/presentations.htmlAnd A. Aprile et al., NIM A338,1994,328, NIM A343,1994,129
Event
Charge
hvhv
R-COBRA withresistive electrodes
CsI photocathode
Shielding TGEMswith HV gatingcapability
LXe
R-TCOBRA*
*See F.D. Amaro et al., JINST 5 P10002
Conclusions●Preliminary tests described above demonstrate a feasibility of building spark protective MSGCs. In these detectors due the resistivity of electrodes and small capacity between the strips the spark energy was strongly reduced so the strips were not damaged even after a few hundreds sparks.
● The maximum gains achieved in the present designs are lower than one obtained with good quality “classical” MSGC , however more design are in course
● We are planning to apply this technology for manufacturing a CONBRA-type detectors with resistive electrodes The spark-protected COBRA will be an attractive option for the detection of charge and light from the LXe TPC with a CsI photocathode immerses inside the liquid.
● Another option for the LXe TPC, which is currently under the study in our group, is to use LXe doped with low ionization potential substances. In this detector the feedback will be also a problem and thus COBRA with resistive electrode will be also an attractive option.