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Low-background thick-walled gas-electron multiplier for measuring alpha-, beta-, and X-rays of ultralow intensity

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An experimental prototype of thick-walled gas-electron multiplier (THGEM) has been designed and manufactured using metal-coated fluoroplast as a low-background material. Working characteristics of the proposed device have been measured in detecting alpha-, beta-, and X-rays of ultralow intensity. Based on these data, the design of a low-background THGEM is developed for operating in the regime of counting single-electron pulses.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    A. V. Kopylov, I. V. Orekhov, E. P. Petrov, V. V. Petukhov & A. A. Tikhonov

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Kopylov, I.V. Orekhov, E.P. Petrov, V.V. Petukhov, A.A. Tikhonov, 2010, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2010, Vol. 36, No. 13, pp. 16–21.

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Kopylov, A.V., Orekhov, I.V., Petrov, E.P. et al. Low-background thick-walled gas-electron multiplier for measuring alpha-, beta-, and X-rays of ultralow intensity. Tech. Phys. Lett. 36, 592–594 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785010070035

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