X Ray fluorescence imaging system based in Thick-GEM detectors

• Grant number: 17/00426-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2017
• End date: February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Hugo Ferreira Natal da Luz
• Grantee: Geovane Grossi Araujo de Souza
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/05282-2 - Development and applications of Micropattern gaseous detectors, AP.JP

Abstract

Micropattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGD) are a recent technology, completely new in Brazilian research institutions. The popularity of these detectors has been growing thanks to their intrinsic simultaneous position and energy resolution capability. Thanks to thesse features, these detectors compete directly with other detection concepts, in application requiring large detection areas, such as the study of art pieces and historical artifacts by X Ray Fluorescence Imaging. This Master thesis proposes to take advantage of the position resolution capability of an MPGD - the Thick-GEM - designed in HEPIC@USP and produced in São Paulo, for the construction of an imaging system for X Ray Fluorescence. (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

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)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SOUZA, Geovane Grossi Araujo de. X-Ray fluorescence imaging system based on Thick-GEM detectors. 2019. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI) São Paulo.