GEM applications outside high energy physics
arXiv:1302.1713 · doi:10.1142/S0217732313400257
Abstract
From its invention in 1997, the Gas Electron Multiplier has been applied in nuclear and high energy physics experiments. Over time however, other applications have also exploited the favorable properties of GEMs. The use of GEMs in these applications will be explained in principle and practice. This paper reviews applications in research, beam instrumentation and homeland security. The detectors described measure neutral radiations such as photons, x-rays, gamma rays and neutrons, as well as all kinds of charged radiation. This paper provides an overview of the still expanding range of possibilities of this versatile detector concept.
Part of a special edition of Modern Physics Letters A, dedicated to micropattern gaseous detectors
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