Francke and Peskov describe micro-pattern detectors, the latest generation of avalanche gaseous detectors. They were invented at the end of the 1980s and differ from earlier avalanche gaseous detectors in being produced by microelectronic technology. The topics include the physics of operation of gaseous detectors and their main designs, pixel and microdot detectors, hole-type gaseous electron multipliers, early designs of micropattern detectors developed between 1998 and 2003, the capability of key micropattern detectors to suppress ion back flow, and a comparison between various designs of micropattern detectors.
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[...].T. Francke and V. Peskov, in virtue of the many years of researches on these detectors, bring the reader through a historical excursus on how micro-pattern detectors were conceived and how they have evolved in years, becoming a tracking detector widely used in the present experiments. MSGC, MICROMEGAS, GEM, TGEM, CAT, RPC, PPAC are acronyms which we had heard several times in the last few years and in this book their characteristics and differences are explained with many details and comments in a clear way, as only persons deeply involved are able to explain. A detailed account of the difficulties and limitations in operation is always reported, showing the continuous effort to improve the performances and the quality of these detectors.
The book develops in 12 chapters. After an introduction on the operation of gaseous detectors, the book describes in each chapter a specific group of detectors, each with a useful final section of “Conclusive remarks” and, often, a final section with interesting in-depth analysis on specific topics ( “The ultimate position resolution of MICROMEGAS”, “Can wire chambers compete with a printed circuit detector technology”...).
Particularly interesting are chapter 10 on how micro-pattern detectors may suppress ion-feedback in recent TPC applications, chapter 11 with an exhaustive comparison among the different design and solutions and chapter 12 with the many different possible applications in future experiments.
[...]. In any case, this book represents a huge effort to condensate in a unique volume the hundreds of results and publications concerning these detectors. It is a reference handbook which can be very useful not only to physicists interested in possible applications or in further improvements, but also to students starting to work on micro-pattern tracking detectors.
– Rosario Nania, INFN, Bologna