MicroMegas and developments

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• Ioanis Giomataris (CEA Saclay)
• Wednesday 01 November 2017, 13:30-14:30
• Small Lecture Theatre (S06, Poynting [R13]).

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Prof Ian Kenyon.

Micromegas and GEM are widely used in current and future projects. The high radiation resistance and excellent spatial+time resolution make thenm invaluable. I will review the Micromegas detector used in current and future particle and nuclear physics experiments. I will give details on steps to reach picosecond resolution for LHC high luminosity upgrades. It is also used in CAST searching for axions, and this suggests other novel uses. A new type of detector consisting of a large spherical gas volume with central electrode and small spherical sensor giving proportional amplification will be described. The way is open to search for WIM Ps down to 100MeV/c^2. Results obtained with a low radioactivity detector operated in LSM will be presented. The next project NEWS -G is a larger detector consisting of a selected pure copper sphere of 1.5 metre diameter at SNOLAB . This will provide a larger volume than the current detector and reduced background. I will discuss detecting the neutrino-nucleus interaction, neutrinos from supernovae and a competitive double beta decay experiment.

This talk is part of the Particle Physics Seminars series.

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• Bham Talks
• Particle Physics Seminars
• Small Lecture Theatre (S06, Poynting [R13])
• What's on in Physics?

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