Development and applications of Micropattern gaseous detectors

• Grant number: 16/05282-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2016
• End date: May 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Hugo Ferreira Natal da Luz
• Grantee: Pedro Hugo Ferreira Natal da Luz
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Alexandre Alarcon do Passo Suaide ; Carlos Davide da Rocha Azevedo ; Danielle Magalhães Moraes ; Francisco de Assis Souza ; João Filipe Calapez de Albuquerque Veloso ; José Fernando Diniz Chubaci ; Marcelo Gameiro Munhoz ; Márcia de Almeida Rizzutto ; Marco Bregant ; Marcos Vinicius Moro ; Maurício Moralles ; Nelson Carlin Filho ; Nemitala Added ; Renato Aparecido Negrao de Oliveira ; Tiago Fiorini da Silva
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/10494-4 - Ion backflow studies in Micropattern Gaseous Detectors, BP.IC; 17/00426-9 - X Ray fluorescence imaging system based in Thick-GEM detectors, BP.MS; 16/23355-7 - Construction of a system for quality control of Thick-GEM type structures, BP.IC; 16/24595-1 - Development and applications of micropattern gaseous detectors, BP.JP

Abstract

Micropattern gaseous detectors (MPGD) are a recent technology, applied in the construction of large area detectors, with good spatial and energy resolution, as well as high counting rate capability. Research in MPGD has gained a large momentum and has been giving valuable contribution in many High Energy Physics Experiments over the last few years. This technology is a front edge in radiation detection and a total novelty in Brazil, where no other group is working in this field of Instrumentation. This proposal aims at contributing with the efforts of the ALICE collaboration (A Large Ion Collider Experiment), one of the large experiments of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN (l'Organisation Européene pour la Recherche Nucleaire) to upgrade its Time Projection Chamber (TPC) with GEM-based readout chambers and exploit the performance of this type of detectors in innovative interdisciplinary applications. The contribution for their development in terms of detection area, position resolution and simplicity of construction will benefit other sciences, making \hepic (High Energy Physics and Instrumentation Center at USP) emerge as a reference group in the work with MPGD, in Brazil and internationally. Four types of problems will be addressed: - study of the operation conditions of the GEM system to be installed in the LHC-CERN ALICE experiment; - test and integration of the SAMPA ASIC, developed within CERN's ALICE collaboration, as front end electronics for MPGD in general; - research and development in MPGD; - MPGD applications in the study of historical and cultural heritage with X-rays using large area detectors, and thermal neutron detection for neutron scattering techniques. The SAMPA ASIC will be the charge readout of a position sensitive detection system. The development of Thick-GEM structures is progressing using the Brazilian Industry to replace the GEMs, which are fragile and require a more complex production process. The Thick-GEMs produced will be used in neutron detection as Boron-10-based converters, which are a promising alternative to Helium-3. Deposition tests on copper substrates have already started, with encouraging results. This work will make use of the laboratory infrastructure under development in HEPIC, which is an emerging center in High Energy Physics Instrumentation. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ROQUE, R. C.; NATAL DA LUZ, H.; CARRAMATE, L. F. N. D.; AZEVEDO, C. D. R.; MIR, J. A.; AMARO, F. D.. Spatial resolution properties of krypton-based mixtures using a 100 mu m thick Gas Electron Multiplier. Journal of Instrumentation, v. 13, OCT 2018. (16/05282-2)

NATAL DA LUZ, H.; BHATTACHARYA, P.; FILHO, L. A. S.; FRANCA, L. E. F. M.. Ion backflow studies with a triple-GEM stack with increasing hole pitch. Journal of Instrumentation, v. 13, JUL 2018. (16/23355-7, 16/05282-2)

DA SILVA, TIAGO F.; BREGANT, MARCO; DE SOUZA, GEOVANE G. A.; JAHNKE, CRISTIANE; MUNHOZ, MARCELO G.; GARCES, PR. Preliminary studies on GEM foil degradation inharsh radiation environments. 7TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LARGE HADRON COLLIDER PHYSICS, LHCP2019, v. N/A, p. 8-pg., 2019-01-01. (12/04583-8, 16/05282-2)

DE SOUZA, G. G. A.; DA LUZ, H. N.; BREGANT, M.. Optimization of GEM detectors for applications in X-ray fluorescence imaging. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, v. 226, p. 8-pg., 2024-10-05. (16/05282-2)

ROQUE, R. C.; NATAL DA LUZ, H.; CARRAMATE, L. F. N. D.; AZEVEDO, C. D. R.; MIR, J. A.; AMARO, F. D.. Gain characteristics of a 100 mu m thick GEM in Krypton-CO2 mixtures. Journal of Instrumentation, v. 12, DEC 2017. (16/05282-2)

DE SOUZA, GEOVANE G. A.; DA LUZ, HUGO NATAL. XRF element localization with a triple GEM detector using resistive charge division. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SP, v. 937, p. 141-147, SEP 1 2019. (16/05282-2, 17/00426-9)