The gas electron multiplier (GEM): Operating principles and applications

By F. Sauli. 2016

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Introduced by the author in 1997, The Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) constitutes a powerful addition to the family of fast radiation detectors; originally developed for particle physics experiments, the device and has spawned a large number of developments and applications; a web search yields more than 400 articles on the subject. This note is an attempt to summarize the status of the design, developments and applications of the new detector.

Subfields: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation

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