Performance Improvement of MICROMEGAS Detector Based on Neon-isobutane and Neon-DME Gaseous Mixtures at Atmospheric Pressure

Abstract

Recent years, we have seen the development of many fields of gas detectors. The MICROMEGAS (Micro-Mesh Gas Structure) appeared as the very promising detector. It is a major family of position detectors in High Energy Physics. This work is done in normal (NTP) based gas mixtures: neon are noble gas and isobutane and DME (dimethyl-ether) as moderators’ gas (quenchers), using ⁵⁵Fe as a radiation source (X-ray 5.9 keV). To address the modeling of MICROMEGAS detector, a descriptive model of different physical and geometrical phenomena MICROMEGAS was established by developing a simulation program to spreading the detector response. After, an analytical calculation of the potential and the electric field distribution has been presented briefly to better estimate electrical and geometric configuration. Thereafter, simulation results of electrical signals based on gas mixtures (Neon-isobutane, Neon-DME) produced by MICROMEGAS were presented. Finally, our MICROMEGAS Detector is equivalent to a current generator low signal that is why; we need an amplification device to be able to clarify the quantitative calculus. These results of amplified signal were presented and analyzed in order to improve the MICROMEGAS performance (spatial (12 µm) and temporal (0.7 ns) resolutions).