Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8178492 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2014 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Time Projection Chambers are widely used since many years for tracking and identification of charged particles in high energy physics. We present here a new R&D project, called FIDIAS, meant to investigate the feasibility of a Micromegas TPC for low energy heavy ions detection. In this framework, a TPC prototype based on Micromegas bulk technique has been extensively tested with spontaneous fission source. A deep analysis of the experimental results has been realized leading to a full characterization of the prototype in terms of gain, energy resolution and track reconstruction as a function of three working gas: helium, neon and argon. The encouraging results have also been compared to simulations, showing the Micromegas TPC is a very well suited detector for the detection of heavy ions in nuclear reactions at low energy.
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Authors
Francisco José Iguaz, Stefano Panebianco, Michael Axiotis, Frédéric Druillole, George Fanourakis, Theodoros Geralis, Ioannis Giomataris, Sotirios Harissopulos, Anastasios Lagoyannis, Thomas Papaevangelou,