Abstract
The Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) is a robust high-gain gas-avalanche electron multiplier – a building block of a variety of radiation detectors. It can be manufactured economically by standard printed-circuit drilling and etching technology. We present a detailed review of the THGEM and its derivatives. We focus on the physics phenomena that govern their operation and performances under different operation conditions. Technological aspects associated with the production of these detectors and their current and potential applications are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 104029 |
| Number of pages | 58 |
| Journal | Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics |
| Volume | 130 |
| Early online date | 8 Feb 2023 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2023 |
Funding
Funding Information: This work was partly supported by the Israel Science Foundation, grant 3177/19, the Pazy foundation, Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics, and Sir Charles Clore Prize. We would like to give special thanks for Martin Kushner Schnur for supporting this research. We thanks our close and dearest collaborators at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and in particular Prof. Amos Breskin, Dr. David Vartsky and Dr. Dan Shaked-Renous.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics