July 2010

Conference Paper

Development of a Plasma Panel Muon Detector

By:
Levin, Daniel; Ball, Robert; Beene, James R; Benhammou, Yan; Chapman, J.; Dai, T.; Etzion, E; Friedman, Peter; Ben Moshe, M.; Silver, Yiftah; Varner Jr, Robert L; Weaverdyck, Curtis; White, Sebastion; Zhou, Bing
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Page Number:
315-318
Volume:
652
Issue Number:
1
Publication Date:
July 2010
Conference Name:
Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications
Conference Location:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
View DOI Listing:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.076

Abstract

A radiation detector technology based on Plasma Display Panels (PDP), the underlying engine of panel plasma television displays is being investigated. Emerging from this well established television technology is the Plasma Panel Sensor (PPS), a novel variant of the micropattern radiation detector. The PPS is fundamentally a fast, high resolution detector comprised of an array of plasma discharge cells operating in a hermetically sealed gas mixture. We report on the PPS development effort, including proof-of-principle results of laboratory signal observations.