TY - JOUR
T1 - Results on Monte Carlo simulations of a microstrip gas counter
AU - Schmitz, Jurriaan
PY - 1992/12/15
Y1 - 1992/12/15
N2 - Results from Monte Carlo studies of the operation of a microstrip gas counter are presented. The Monte Carlo was tuned on data from test beam measurements using minimum ionising particles and DME/CO2 60/40 as a counter gas. We determined the position resolution of the detector for minimum ionising particles in different geometries and as a function of the incoming angle of the particle. It is made plausible that a position resolution of about 20 μm can be obtained by increasing the gas gap and/or reducing the anode pitch. The performance of a thin gap MSGC is also discussed.
AB - Results from Monte Carlo studies of the operation of a microstrip gas counter are presented. The Monte Carlo was tuned on data from test beam measurements using minimum ionising particles and DME/CO2 60/40 as a counter gas. We determined the position resolution of the detector for minimum ionising particles in different geometries and as a function of the incoming angle of the particle. It is made plausible that a position resolution of about 20 μm can be obtained by increasing the gas gap and/or reducing the anode pitch. The performance of a thin gap MSGC is also discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0168-9002(92)90009-S
DO - 10.1016/0168-9002(92)90009-S
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026992507
VL - 323
SP - 638
EP - 644
JO - Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A : Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment
JF - Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A : Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment
SN - 0168-9002
IS - 3
ER -