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Report number | arXiv:2401.17485 |
Title | Progress in coupling MPGD-based photon detectors with nanodiamond photocathodes |
Author(s) | Brunbauer, F.M. (CERN) ; Chatterjee, C. (INFN, Trieste) ; Cicala, G. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Cicuttin, A. (ICTP, Trieste ; INFN, Trieste) ; Crespo, M.L. (ICTP, Trieste ; INFN, Trieste) ; D‘Ago, D. (INFN, Trieste ; Trieste U.) ; Dalla Torre, S. (INFN, Trieste) ; Dasgupta, S. (INFN, Trieste) ; Gregori, M. (INFN, Trieste) ; Levorato, S. (INFN, Trieste) ; Ligonzo, T. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Lisowska, M. (CERN ; Wroclaw Tech. U.) ; Leone, M.S. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Rai, R. (ICTP, Trieste ; INFN, Trieste) ; Ropelewski, L. (CERN) ; Tessarotto, F. (INFN, Trieste) ; Triloki (INFN, Trieste) ; Valentini, A. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Velardi, L. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) |
Publication | 2023-08-05 |
Imprint | 2024-01-30 |
Number of pages | 5 |
In: | Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 1056 (2023) 168575 |
In: | 11th International Workshop on Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detectors (RICH 2022), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 12 - 16 Sep 2022, pp.168575 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168575 (publication) |
Subject category | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
Project | CERN-EP-RDET |
Abstract | The next generation of gaseous photon detectors is requested to overcome the limitations of the available technology, in terms of resolution and robustness. The quest for a novel photocathode, sensitive in the far vacuum ultra violet wavelength range and more robust than present ones, motivated an R&D programme to explore nanodiamond based photoconverters, which represent the most promising alternative to cesium iodine. A procedure for producing the novel photocathodes has been defined and applied on THGEMs samples. Systematic measurements of the photo emission in different Ar/CH4 and Ar/CO2 gas mixtures with various types of nanodiamond powders have been performed. A comparative study of the response of THGEMs before and after coating demonstrated their full compatibility with the novel photocathodes. |
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