development of micro-pattern gaseous detectors – gem - LMU
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4.2.1 Energy Resolution for Different Source Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
4.3 Cosmic Muon Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />
4.3.1 Pulse Height Spectrum <strong>of</strong> Cosmics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />
4.3.2 Complete Pulse Height Analysis <strong>of</strong> Cosmic Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
4.4 Pulse Height Dependence on Induction- and Drift - Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
4.4.1 Charge Transfer Processes in a GEM Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
4.4.2 Impact <strong>of</strong> Induction- and Drift-Field Variations on the Signal . . . . . . . . . 50<br />
4.5 Pulse Height Dependence on Strip Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />
5 Efficiency Determination 57<br />
5.1 Efficiency Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
5.2 Measurement with Unsegmented Anode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
5.3 Optimized Efficiencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
5.3.1 Modifications to Flow and Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
5.3.2 Optimized Efficiency and Temperature Influence on Measurements . . . . . 62<br />
6 Rise Time Studies 65<br />
6.1 Time Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65<br />
6.2 Rise Time Dependence on Induction - Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68<br />
6.2.1 55 Fe Measurement with Eind- Field Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />
6.2.2 Cosmic Muon Measurement with Eind- Field Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . 70<br />
7 Gas Gain Studies 73<br />
7.1 Gain Studies for Ar/CO2 at 93/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73<br />
8 Implementation <strong>of</strong> Highly Segmented Strip Readout 77<br />
8.1 Design <strong>of</strong> the Prototype 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
8.1.1 The Highly Segmented Anode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
8.1.2 The GEM Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78<br />
8.1.3 Detector Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79<br />
8.2 Prototype 2.0 with GASSIPLEX Based Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />
8.2.1 The Readout Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />
8.3 Prototype 2.0 with APV25 Based Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
8.3.1 The COMPASS APV25 Frontend Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82<br />
8.3.2 Readout Concept for APV25 Frontend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br />
9 Summary and Outlook 87<br />
Bibliography 89<br />
A Assumptions for Efficiency Simulation 95<br />
B Construction Drawings <strong>of</strong> Prototype 1.0 97<br />
C Design <strong>of</strong> Prototype 2.0 103<br />
D S<strong>of</strong>tware 109<br />
D.1 Programs for Communication with iseg SHQ high voltage supply . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />
D.2 Algorithms for Signal Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />
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