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Current progress of study on gas electron multiplier

ADVANCED NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION AND DETECTION

Current progress of study on gas electron multiplier

LI Jin
LAI Yong-Fang
CHENG Jian-Ping
LI Yuan-Jing
LI Yu-Lan
YUE Qi
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.16, No.4pp.225-230Published in print 01 Aug 2005
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Recent progress of study on gas electron multiplier (GEM) has been described. Due to its fast time response and excellent position sensitivity, the GEM will find wide applications in particle physics, medicine and astrophysics. These potential applications have been briefly introduced.

Gas electron multiplierHigh rate radiation detectorParticle trackingFast triggering
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