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RD51 INTERNAL NOTES
YEAR 2023
RD51-NOTE-2023-001 – “The Thick Gas Electron Multiplier and its derivatives: Physics, technologies and applications (Review)” (by Shikma Bressler, Luca Moleri, Abhik Jash, Andrea Tesi, Darina Zavazieva)
YEAR 2022
RD51-NOTE-2022-010 – “Microbulk Micromegas in non-flammable mixtures of argon and neon at high pressure” (by F.J. Iguaz, T. Dafni, C. Canellas, J. F. Castel, S. Cebrián, J. G. Garza, I. G. Irastorza, G. Luzón, H. Mirallas, E. Ruiz Chóliz)
RD51-NOTE-2022-009 – “The XYU-GEM: Ambiguity-free coordinate readout of the Gas Electron Multiplier” (by K.J. Flothner, D. Janssens, F. Brunbauer, S. Ferry, B. Ketzer, M. Lisowska, H. Muller, R. de Oliveira, E. Oliveri, G. Orlandini, D. Pfeiffer, L. Ropelewski, F. Sauli, L. Scharenberg, M. van Stenis, A. Utrobicic, R. Veenhof)
RD51-NOTE-2022-008 – “Electrical breakdown in Thick-GEM based WELL detectors” (by A. Jash, L. Moleri, S. Bressler)
RD51-NOTE-2022-007 – “Electrical discharges and their effect in a Resistive Plate WELL detector” (by A. Jash, L. Moleri, S. Bressler)
RD51-NOTE-2022-006 – “Effect of charging-up on the uniformity of a single mask triple GEM detector” (by S. Chatterjee, A. Sen, S. Das, S. Biswas)
RD51-NOTE-2022-005 – “Current status and future developments of Micromegas detectors for physics and applications” (by David Attié, Stephan Aune, Eric Berthoumieux, Francesco Bossù, Paul Colas, Alain Delbart, Emmeric Dupont, Damien Neyret, Esther Ferrer Ribas, Aude Gaenzer, Hector Gómez, Frank Gunsing, Ioannis Giomataris, Fabien Jeanneau, Marion Lehuraux, Thomas Papaevangelou, Emanuel Pollacco, Sébastien Procureur, Maxence Revolle, Philippe Schune, Laura Segui, Lukas Sohl, Maxence Vandenbroucke, Zhibo Wu)
RD51-NOTE-2022-004 – “Novel electron and photon recording concepts in noble-liquid detectors” (by A. Breskin)
RD51-NOTE-2022-003 – “REST-for-Physics, a ROOT-based framework for event oriented dataanalysis and combined Monte Carlo response” (by K. Altenmüller, S. Cebrián, T. Dafni, D. Díez-Ibáñez, J. Galán, J. Galindo, J. Antonio García, I. Irastorza, G. Luzón, C. Margalejo, H. Mirallas, L. Obis, O. Pérez, K. Han, K. Ni, Y. Bedfer, B. Biasuzzi, E. Ferrer-Ribas, D. Neyret, T. Papaevangelou, C. Cogollos, E. Picatoste)
RD51-NOTE-2022-002 – “Performance of Angle-of-Arrival Algorithms for an Inflight Triple-GEM Detector” (by M. Luntz, M. Hohlmann, D. Madden)
RD51-NOTE-2022-001 – “Resistive Micromegas high-rate and long-term ageing studies at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility” (by B. Alvarez Gonzalez, E. Farina, P. Iengo, L. Longo, J. Samarati, G. Sekhniaidze, O. Sidiropoulou, J. Wotschack)
YEAR 2021
RD51-NOTE-2021-005 – “Development of a Simulation Model and Precise Timing Techniques for PICOSEC-Micromegas Detectors” (by A. Kallitsopoulou, Master Thesis)
RD51-NOTE-2021-004 – “Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors in High-Energy and Astroparticle Physics” (by F. Sauli)
RD51-NOTE-2021-003 – “MBGEM: a stack of borated GEM detector for high efficiency thermal neutron detection” (by A. Muraro, G. Claps, G. Croci, C. C. Lai, R. De Oliveira, S. Altieri, S. Cancelli, G. Gorini, R. Hall-Wilton, C. Höglund, E. Perelli Cippo, L. Robinson, P. Svensson, F. Murtas)
RD51-NOTE-2021-002 – “RD51 DLC Workshop Report, RD51 Mini Week 10-13 February 2020” (by RD51 Resistive DLC collaboration, RD51 Management Board)
RD51-NOTE-2021-001 – “Medical Applications of the GEMPix” (by J. Leidner, F. Murtas, M. Silari)
YEAR 2020
RD51-NOTE-2020-006 – “Report on DLC Applications” (by A. Valentini)
RD51-NOTE-2020-005 – “Development of Micromegas detectors with resistive pads” (M. Chefdeville, C. Drancourt, N. Geffroy, T. Geralis, A. Kalamaris, Y. Karyotakis, D. Nikas, F. Peltier, A. Psallidas, M. Titov, G. Vouters)
RD51-NOTE-2020-004 – “Study of charging up effect in a triple GEM detector” (by S. Chatterjee, A. Sen, S. Roy, K. Nivedita G, A. Paul, S. Das and S. Biswas)
RD51-NOTE-2020-003 - “Measurements of the charging-up effect in Gas Electron Multipliers” (by P. Hauer, K. Flöthner, D. Schaab, J. Ottnad, V. Ratza, M. Ball, B. Ketzer)
RD51-NOTE-2020-002 - “High voltage scheme optimization for secondary discharge mitigation in GEM-based detectors” (by L. Lautner, L. Fabbietti, P. Gasik, T. Klemenz)
RD51-NOTE-2020-001 - “Why do we flush gas in gaseous detectors?” (by S. Procureur, D. Attié, S. Bouteille, D. Calvet, X. Coppolani, B. Gallois, H. Gomez, M. Kebbiri, E. Le Courric, P. Magnier, I. Mandjavidze, N. Sellami, R. Veenhof)
YEAR 2019
RD51-NOTE-2019-006 – “Direct measurements of the properties of Thick-GEM reflective photocathodes” (by M. Baruzzo, C. Chatterjee, P. Ciliberti, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, B. Gobbo, M. Gregori, G. Hamar, S. Levorato, G. Menon, C. A. Santos, F. Tessarotto, Triloki, D. Varga, Y. X. Zhao)
RD51-NOTE-2019-005 – “Six Concepts in Search of an Author” (by F. Sauli)
RD51-NOTE-2019-004 - “The high voltage system with pressure and temperature corrections for the novel MPGD-based photon detectors of COMPASS RICH-1” (by J. Agarwala, M. Bari, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, C. Chatterjee, A. Ciuttin, P. Ciliberti, M. Crespo, S. Dalla Torre, S. Dasgupta, B. Gobbo, M. Gregori, G. Hamar, S. Levorato, A. Martin, G. Menon, L.B. Rizzuto, Triloki, Y.X. Zhao)
RD51-NOTE-2019-003 - “X-Ray fluorescence imaging system based on Thick-GEM detectors (Master Thesis)” (by G. G. A. de Souza)
RD51-NOTE-2019-002 - “Characterization of a triple-GEM position sensitive detector for X-ray fluorescence imaging” (by G. G. A. de Souza, Hugo Natal da Luz)
RD51-NOTE-2019-001 - “XRF element localization with a triple GEM detector using resistive charge division” (by G. G. A. de Souza, Hugo Natal da Luz)
YEAR 2018
RD51-NOTE-2018-013 - “Experimental measurement of the mobility of ions originated in ethane in their parent gas” (by A.F.V. Cortez, A.N.C. Garcia, P.N.B. Neves, F.P. Santos, F.I.G.M. Borges, J.A.S. Barata, C.A.N. Conde)
RD51-NOTE-2018-012 - “Experimental ion mobility measurements in Ar-C2H6 mixtures” (by A.F.V. Cortez, A.N.C. Garcia, P.N.B. Neves, F.P. Santos, F.I.G.M. Borges, J.A.S. Barata, C.A.N. Conde)
RD51-NOTE-2018-011 - “Experimental ion mobility measurements in Xe-N2 mixtures” (by A.N.C. Garcia, P.N.B. Neves, A.M.F. Trindade, A.F.V. Cortez, F.P. Santos, C.A.N. Conde)
RD51-NOTE-2018-010 - “Experimental studies on ion mobility in xenon-trimethylamine mixtures” (by A.M.F. Trindade, P.M.C.C. Encarnação, J. Escada, A.F.V. Cortez, P.N.B. Neves, C.A.N. Conde, F.I.G.M. Borges, F.P. Santos)
RD51-NOTE-2018-009 - “Experimental Ion Mobility measurements in Ne-CO2 and CO2-N2 mixtures” (by P.M.C.C. Encarnação, A.F.V. Cortez, R. Veenhof, P.N.B. Neves, F.P. Santos, A.M.F. Trindade, F.I.G.M. Borges, C.A.N. Conde)
RD51-NOTE-2018-008 - “Experimental ion mobility measurements in Xe-CH4” (by J.M.C. Perdigoto, A.F.V. Cortez, R. Veenhof, P.N.B. Neves, F.P. Santos, F.I.G.M. Borges, C.A.N. Conde)
RD51-NOTE-2018-007 - “Experimental ion mobility measurements in Xe-C2H6” (by J.M.C. Perdigoto, A.F.V. Cortez, R. Veenhof, P.N.B. Neves, F.P. Santos, F.I.G.M. Borges, C.A.N. Conde)
RD51-NOTE-2018-006 - “Experimental ion mobility measurements in Ne-N2” (by A.F.V. Cortez, P.M.C.C. Encarnação, R. Veenhof, P.N.B. Neves, F.P. Santos, F.I.G.M. Borges, C.A.N. Conde)
RD51-Note-2018-005 – “Experimental ion mobility measurements in Xe-CO2” (by A.F.V. Cortez, M.A.G. Santos, R. Veenhof, R.N. Patra, P.N.B. Neves, F.P. Santos, F.I.G.M. Borges, C.A.N. Conde)
RD51-Note-2018-004 – “Study of the PICOSEC Micromegas Detector with Test Beam Data and Phenomenological Modelling of its Response” (by K. Paraschou – Master thesis)
RD51-Note-2018-003 – “Ion backflow studies with a triple-GEM stack with increasing hole pitch” (by H. Natal da Luza, P. Bhattacharya, L.A.S. Filho, L.E.F.M. França)
RD51-Note-2018-002 – “R&D Proposal RD51 Extension Beyond 2018” (Editors - S. Dalla Torre, E. Oliveri, L. Ropelewski, M. Titov)
RD51-Note-2018-001 – “Gain stabilization in Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors: methodology and results” (by D. Shaked Renous, A. Roy, A. Breskin, S. Bressler)
YEAR 2017
RD51-Note-2017-012 – “Gaseous and dual-phase time projection chambers for imaging rare processes” (by D. Gonzalez-Dıaz, F. Monrabal, S. Murphy)
RD51-Note-2017-011 – “Analysis Methods and Results of the Picosecond-Micromegas Laser Beam Data: PART C - Simulation of the PICOSEC-Micromegas and Results” (compiled by K. Paraschou, I. Manthos, S.E. Tzamarias)
RD51-Note-2017-010 – “Analysis Methods and Results of the Picosecond-Micromegas Laser Beam Data: PART B - Timing Characteristics of the PICOSEC Waveforms” (compiled by S. E. Tzamarias, G. K. Fanourakis)
RD51-Note-2017-009 – “Analysis Methods and Results of the Picosecond-Micromegas Laser Beam Data: PART A - Charge and Amplitude Properties of the PICOSEC Waveforms” (compiled by S. E. Tzamarias, G. K. Fanourakis)
RD51-Note-2017-008 – “Development of a tracker based on GEM optically readout” (by N. Torchia, D. Pinci)
RD51-Note-2017-007 – “On the localization properties of an RPWELL gas-avalanche detector” (by L. Moleri, P. Bhattacharya, A.E.C. Coimbra, A. Breskin, S. Bressler)
RD51-Note-2017-006 – “Picosecond MicroMeGaS signal processing with Kaiser - Bessel Filters” (by V. P. Niaouris, S.E. Tzamarias)
RD51-Note-2017-005 – “MPGD-based photon detector upgrade for COMPASS RICH” (by G. Hamar, S. Dalla Torre, F. Tessarotto, S. Levorato, S.S. Dasgupta, C.D.R. Azevedo)
RD51-Note-2017-004 – “Particle identification with the Cherenkov imaging technique using MPGD based photon detectors for physics at COMPASS Experiment at CERN” (by S. S. Dasgupta)
RD51-Note-2017-003 – “On the possibility of positive-ion detection in gaseous TPCs and its potential use for neutrinoless double beta decay searches in 136Xe” (by L. Arazi)
RD51-Note-2017-002 – “Evaluation of Statistical and Systematical Errors in Arrival Time Estimations: MCP slewing and resolution” (by S.E. Tzamarias, G. K. Fanourakis)
RD51-Note-2017-001 – “Status and Perspectives of Gaseous Photon Detectors” (by F. Tessarotto)
YEAR 2016
RD51-Note-2016-004 – “The Resistive-Plate WELL with Argon mixtures – A robust gaseous radiation detector” (by L. Moleri, F. D. Amaro, L. Arazi, C. D. . Azevedo, E. Oliveri, M. Pitt, J. Schaarschmidt, D. Shaked-Renous, J. M. F. dos Santos, J. F. C. A. Veloso, A. Breskin, S. Bressler)
RD51-Note-2016-003 – “Building of a 4-channel TTL scaler for counting detector signals” (by S. Sahu, R. P. Adak, S. Biswas, T. Mishra, D. Nag, R.N. Patra, S. Rudra, P. K. Sahu, S. Swain)
RD51-Note-2016-002 – “Numerical Studies on Time Resolution of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors” (by P. Bhattacharya, N. Majumdar, S. Mukhopadhyay, S. Bhattacharya)
RD51-Note-2016-001 – “First in-beam studies of a Resistive-Plate WELL gaseous multiplier” (by S. Bressler, L. Moleri, M. Pitt, S. Kudella, C.D.R. Azevedo, F.D. Amaro, M.R. Jorge, J.M.F. dos Santos, J.F.C.A. Veloso, H. Natal da Luz, L. Arazi, E. Olivieri, A. Breskin)
YEAR 2015
RD51-Note-2015-012 – “Prospects in MPGDs development for neutron detection”, Summary based on presentations during RD51 Academia-Industry Matching Event at CERN, March 16-17, 2015 (by G. Croci, F. Murtas, F. Resnati)
RD51-Note-2015-011 – “Study of the energy deposited on a resistive bulk micromegas detector using Geant4 simulation and test beam data” (by N. Karastathis, M. Kastriotou, G. Tsipolitis)
RD51-Note-2015-010 – “The gas electron multiplier (GEM): operating principles and applications” (by F. Sauli)
RD51-Note-2015-009 – “Cluster ions in gas-based detectors” (by Y. Kalkan, M. Arslandok, A. F.V. Cortez, Y. Kaya, I. Tapan, R. Veenhof)
RD51-Note-2015-008 – “The effect of spacers on the performance of Micromegas detectors: a numerical investigation” (by P. Bhattacharya, S. Mukhopadhyay, N. Majumdar, S. Bhattacharya)
RD51-Note-2015-007 – “Investigation of Ion Backflow in Bulk Micromegas Detectors” (by P. Bhattacharya, D. S. Bhattacharya, S. Mukhopadhyay, S. Bhattacharya, N. Majumdar, S. Sarkar, P. Colas, D. Attie)
RD51-Note-2015-006 – “Performance Studies of Bulk Micromegas of Different Design Parameters” (by P. Bhattacharya, S. Bhattacharya, N. Majumdar, S. Mukhopadhyay, S. Sarkar, P. Colas, D. Attie)
RD51-Note-2015-005 – “Precision Tracking with a Single Gaseous Pixel Detector” (by S. Tsigaridas, N. van Bakel, Y. Bilevych, V. Gromov, F. Hartjes, N.P. Hessey, P. de Jong, R. Kluit)
RD51-Note-2015-004 – “Design and fabrication of a data logger for atmospheric pressure, temperature and relative humidity for gas-filled detector development” (by S. Sahu, M. R. Bhuyan, Sharmili Rudra, S. Biswas, B. Mohanty, P. K. Sahu)
RD51-Note-2015-003 – “A DAQ System for RD51 Micromegas Telescope” (by N. Karastathis, G. Tsipolitis)
RD51-Note-2015-002 – “GridPix: Development and Characterisation of a Gaseous Tracking Detector” (by W. Koppert – PhD Thesis)
RD51-Note-2015-001 – “The gain in Thick GEM multipliers and its time-evolution” (by M. Alexeev, R. Birsa, F. Bradamante, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, M. Chiosso, P. Ciliberti, S. Dalla Torre, S. Dasgupta, O. Denisov, V. Duic, M. Finger, M. Finger Jr, H. Fischer, B. Gobbo, M. Gregori, F. Herrmann, K. Königsmann, S. Levorato, A. Maggiora, N. Makke, A. Martin, G. Menon, K. Novakova, J. Novy, D. Panzieri, F.A. Pereira, C.A. Santos, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, S. Schopferer, M. Slunecka, F. Sozzi, L. Steiger, M. Sulc, S. Takekawa, F. Tessarotto and J.F.C.A. Veloso)
YEAR 2014
RD51-Note-2014-006 – “Performance of a Large-Area GEM Detector Prototype for the
Upgrade of the CMS Muon Endcap System” (by D. Abbaneo, M. Abbas, M. Abbrescia, A.A. Abdelalim, M. Abi Akl, W. Ahmed, W. Ahmed, P. Altieri, R. Aly, C. Asawatangtrakuldee, A. Ashfaq, P. Aspell, Y. Assran, I. Awan, S. Bally, Y. Ban, S. Banerjee, P. Barria, L. Benussi, V. Bhopatkar, S. Bianco, J. Bos, O. Bouhali, S. Braibant, S. Buontempo, C. Calabria, M. Caponero, C. Caputo, F. Cassese, A. Castaneda, S. Cauwenbergh, F.R. Cavallo, A. Celik, M. Choi, K. Choi, S. Choi, J. Christiansen, A. Cimmino, S. Colafranceschi, A. Colaleo, A. Conde Garcia, M.M. Dabrowski, G. De Lentdecker, R. De Oliveira, G. de Robertis, S. Dildick, B. Dorney, W. Elmetenawee, G. Fabrice, M. Ferrini, S. Ferry, P. Giacomelli, J. Gilmore, L. Guiducci, A. Gutierrez, R.M. Hadjiiska, A. Hassan, J. Hauser, K. Hoepfner, M. Hohlmann, H. Hoorani, Y.G. Jeng, T. Kamon, P.E. Karchin, H.S. Kim, S. Krutelyov, A. Kumar, J. Lee, T. Lenzi, L. Litov, F. Loddo, T. Maerschalk, G. Magazzu, M. Maggi, Y. Maghrbi, A. Magnani, N. Majumdar, P.K. Mal, K. Mandal, A. Marchioro, A. Marinov, J.A. Merlin, A.K. Mohanty, A. Mohapatra, S. Muhammad, S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Naimuddin, S. Nuzzo, E. Oliveri, L.M. Pant, P. Paolucci, I. Park, G. Passeggio, B. Pavlov, B. Philipps, M. Phipps, D. Piccolo, H. Postema, G. Pugliese, A. Puig Baranac, A. Radi, R. Radogna, G. Raffone, S. Ramkrishna, A. Ranieri, C. Riccardi, A. Rodrigues, L. Ropelewski, S. RoyChowdhury, M.S. Ryu, G. Ryu, A. Safonov, A. Sakharov, S. Salva, G. Saviano, A. Sharma, S.K. Swain, J.P. Talvitie, C. Tamma, A. Tatarinov, N. Turini, T. Tuuva, J. Twigger, M. Tytgat, I. Vai, M. van Stenis, R. Venditi, E. Verhagen, P. Verwilligen, P. Vitulo, D. Wang, M. Wang, U. Yang, Y. Yang, R. Yonamine, N. Zaganidis, F. Zenoni, A. Zhang)
RD51-Note-2014-005 – “Understanding avalanches in a Micromegas from single-electron response measurement” (by T. Zerguerras, B. Genolini, F. Kuger, M. Josselin, A. Maroni, T. Nguyen-Trung, J. Pouthas, P. Rosier, O. Sahin, D. Suzuki, R. Veenhof )
RD51-Note-2014-004 – “Demonstration of new possibilities of multilayer technology on resistive microstrip/microdot detectors” (by V. Cairo, R. de Oliveira, P. Fonte, S. Franchino, V. Peskov, P. Picchi, F. Pietropaolo)
RD51-Note-2014-003 – “Prospects in MPGDs development for neutron detection”, Summary based on presentations during RD51 Academia-Industry Matching Event at CERN, October 14-15, 2013 (by Bruno Guerard, Richard Hall-Wilton, Fabrizio Murtas
RD51-Note-2014-002 – “Scalable Detector Control as a Remote Control of Micromegas Chambers with the Scalable Readout System” (by G. Iakovidis, K. Karakostas, T. Alexopoulos, G. Tsipolitis)
RD51-Note-2014-001 – “Resistive MSGC with double layered electrodes” (by R. Oliveira, S. Franchino, V. Peskov)
YEAR 2013
RD51-Note-2013-008 – “First Studies with the Resistive-Plate WELL Gaseous Multiplier” (by A. Rubin, L. Arazi, S. Bressler, L. Moleri, M. Pitt, and A. Breskin)
RD51-Note-2013-007 – “Development of a new generation of micropattern gaseous detectors for high energy physics, astrophysics and environmental applications” (by V. Peskov, A.Di Mauro, P. Fonte, P. Martinengo, E. Nappi, R. Oliveira, P. Pietropaolo, P. Picchi)
RD51-Note-2013-006 – “Comparison of Bulk Micromegas with Different Amplication Gaps” (by P. Bhattachary, S. Bhattacharya, N. Majumdar, S. Mukhopadhyay, S. Sarkar, P. Colas, D. Attie)
RD51-Note-2013-005 – “Summary of the results and further advances of the 2011 RD51 Common Project: MPGDs technology laboratory for training, development, fabrication, applications and innovation” (by R. Gutierrez)
RD51-Note-2013-004 – “Simulation of gaseous Ar and Xe electroluminescence in the Near Infra-Red range” (by C. A. B. Oliveira, P. M. M. Correia, A. L. Ferreira, S. Biagi, R. Veenhof, J. F. C. A. Veloso)
RD51-Note-2013-003 – “Liquid noble gas detectors for low energy particle physics” (by V. Chepel; H. Araujo)
RD51-Note-2013-002 – “Proposal of the Micromegas/InGrid test program using low energy electrons from the versatile facility at PHIL” (by D. Attie, A. Chaus, P. Colas, M. Titov, S. Barsuk, L. Burmistrov, A. Variola, H. Monard, O. Fedorchuk, O. Bezshyyko)
RD51-Note-2013-001 – “Micromegas-TPC operation at high pressure in xenon-trimethylamine mixtures” (by S. Cebrián, T. Dafni, E. Ferrer-Ribas, I. Giomataris, D. Gonzalez-Diaz, H. Gomez, D.C. Herrera, F.J. Iguaz, I.G. Irastorza, G. Luzon, A. Rodríguez, L. Segui, A. Tomas)
YEAR 2012
RD51-Note-2012-012 – “Beam Test Results for New Full-scale GEM Prototypes for a Future Upgrade of the CMS High-Eta Muon System” (by D. Abbaneo, M. Abbrescia, C. Armagnaud, P. Aspell, Y. Assran, Y. Ban, S. Bally, L. Benussi, U. Berzano, S. Bianco, J. Bos, K. Bunkowski, J. Cai, J. P. Chatelain, J. Christiansen, S. Colafranceschi, A. Colaleo, A. Conde Garcia, E. David, G. de Robertis, R. De Oliveira, S. Duarte Pinto, S. Ferry, F. Formenti, L. Franconi, T. Fruboes, A. Gutierrez, M. Hohlmann, A. E. Kamel, P. E. Karchin, F. Loddo, G. Magazzu, M. Maggi, A. Marchioro, A. Marinov, K. Mehta, J. Merlin, A. Mohapatra, T. Moulik, M. V. Nemallapudi, S. Nuzzo, E. Oliveri, D. Piccolo, H. Postema, A. Radi, G. Raffone, A. Rodrigues, L. Ropelewski, G. Saviano, A. Sharma, M. J. Staib, H. Teng, M. Tytgat, S. A. Tupputi, N. Turini, N. Smilkjovic, M. Villa, N. Zaganidis, M. Zientek)
RD51-Note-2012-011 – “Secondary Scintillation Yield from GEM and THGEM Gaseous
Electron Multipliers for direct Dark Matter search” (by C.M.B.Monteiro, L.M.P. Fernandes, J.F.C.A. Veloso, C.A.B. Oliveira and J.M.F. dos Santos)
RD51-Note-2012-010 – “Secondary Scintillation readout from GEM and THGEM with a large area avalanche photodiode” (by C.M.B. Monteiro, L.M.P. Fernandes, J.F.C.A. Veloso, J.M.F. dos Santos)
RD51-Note-2012-009 – “A Piggyback Resistive Micromegas” (by D. Attie, A. Chaus, P. Colas, E. Ferrer, J. Galan, I. Giomataris, F.J. Iguaz, A. Gongadze, R. De Oliveira, T. Papaevangelou, A. Peyaud)
RD51-Note-2012-008 – “Development and preliminary tests of resistive microdot and microstrip detectors” (by P. Fonte, E. Nappi, P. Martinengo, R. Oliveira, V. Peskov, F. Pietropaolo, P. Picchi)
RD51-Note-2012-007 – “Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) Detectors: Principles of Operation and Applications” (by F. Sauli)
RD51-Note-2012-006 – “A Tracking Program for the RD51 Telescopes” (by K. Karakostas, Th. Alexopoulos, G. Tsipolitis)
RD51-Note-2012-005 – “Simulation of VUV electroluminescence in micropattern gaseous detectors: the case of GEM and MHSP” (by C. A. B. Oliveira, P. M. M. Correia, H. Schindler, A. L. Ferreira, C. M. B. Monteiro, J. M. F. dos Santos, S. Biagi, R. Veenhof, J. F. C. A. Veloso)
RD51-Note-2012-004 – “TOFtracker: combination of time-of-flight and high-accuracy bidimensional tracking in a single gaseous detector” (by A. Blanco, P. Fonte, L.Lopes, P. Martins, J. Michel, M. Palka, M. Kajetanowicz, G. Korcyl, M. Traxler, R. Ferreira Marques)
RD51-Note-2012-003 – “High Resolution Surface Scanning of Thick-GEM for Single Photo-Electron Detection” (by G. Hamar, D. Varga)
RD51-Note-2012-002 – “A novel liquid-Xenon detector concept for combined fast-neutrons and gamma imaging and spectroscopy” (by A. Breskin, I. Israelashvili, M. Cortesi, L. Arazi, S. Shchemelinin, R. Chechik, V. Dangendorf, B. Bromberger and D. Vartskyd)
RD51-Note-2012-001 - "A Comparative Numerical Study on GEM, MHSP and MSGC" (by Purba Bhattacharya, Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Nayana Majumdar and Sudeb Bhattacharya).
YEAR 2011
RD51-Note-2011-017 – “Transport properties of operational gas mixtures used at LHC” (by Y. Assran, A. Sharma)
RD51-Note-2011-016 – “THGEM-based detectors for sampling elements in DHCAL: laboratory and beam evaluation” (by L. Arazi, H. Natal da Luz, D. Freytag, M. Pitt, C. D. R. Azevedo, A. Rubin, M. Cortesi, D. S. Covita, C. A. B. Oliveira, E. Oliveri, R. Herbst, S. Park, J. Yu, R. Chechik, J. M. F. dos Santos, M. Breidenbach, G. Haller, A. White, J. F. C. A. Veloso, A. Breskin)
RD51-Note-2011-015 – “Detection and removal of short circuits from GEM foils” (by
M. Kalliokoski, T. Hildén, R. Lauhakangas, P. Karppinen, T. Karppinen, R. Turpeinen, F. Garcia, J. Heino and E. Tuominen)
RD51-Note-2011-014 – “Optical Scanning System for Quality Control of GEM foils”
(by M. Kalliokoski, T. Hilden, F. Garcia, J. Heino, R. Lauhakangas, E. Tuominen and R. Turpeinen)
RD51-Note-2011-013 – “Test beam results of the GE1/1 prototype for a future upgrade of the CMS high-eta muon system” (by D. Abbaneo, M. Abbrescia, C. Armagnaud, P. Aspell, Y. Ban, S. Bally, L. Benussi, U. Berzano, S. Bianco, J. Bos, K. Bunkowski, J. Cai, J. P. Chatelain, J. Christiansen, S. Colafranceschi, A. Colaleo, A. Conde Garcia, E. David, G. de Robertis, R. De Oliveira, S. Duarte Pinto, S. Ferry, F. Formenti, L. Franconi, K. Gnanvo, A. Gutierrez, M. Hohlmann, P. E. Karchin, F. Loddo, G. Magazzu, M. Maggi, A. Marchioro, A. Marinov, K. Mehta, ,J. Merlin, A. Mohapatra, T. Moulik, M. V. Nemallapudi, S. Nuzzo, E. Oliveri, D. Piccolo, H. Postema, G. Raffone, A. Rodrigues, L. Ropelewski, G. Saviano, A. Sharma, M. J. Staib, H. Teng, M. Tytgat, S. A. Tupputi, N. Turini, N. Smilkjovic, M. Villa, N. Zaganidis, M. Zientek)
RD51-Note-2011-012 – “Construction and Performance of Large-Area Triple-GEM Prototypes for Future Upgrades of the CMS Forward Muon System” (by M. Tytgat, A. Marinov, N. Zaganidis, Y. Ban, J. Cai, H. Teng, A. Mohapatra, T. Moulik, M. Abbrescia, A. Colaleo, G. de Robertis, F. Loddo, M. Maggi, S. Nuzzo, S. A. Tupputi, L. Benussi, S. Bianco, S. Colafranceschi, D. Piccolo, G. Raffone, G. Saviano, G. Magazzu, E. Olivieri, N. Turini, T. Fruboes, D. Abbaneo, C. Armagnaud, P. Aspell, S. Bally, U. Berzano, J. Bos, K. Bunkowski, J. P. Chatelain, J. Christiansen, A. Conde Garcia, E. David, R. De Oliveira, S. Duarte Pinto, S. Ferry, F. Formenti, L. Franconi, A. Marchioro, K. Mehta, J. Merlin, M. V. Nemallapudi, H. Postema, A. Rodrigues, L. Ropelewski, A. Sharma, N. Smilkjovic, M. Villa, M. Zientek, A. Gutierrez, P. E. Karchin, K. Gnanvo, M. Hohlmann, M. J. Staib)
RD51-Note-2011-011 – “A Slow Control System for RD51 Test Facilities”, (by K. Karakostas, T. Alexopoulos, G. Tsipolitis)
RD51-Note-2011-010 – “Signal propagation and spark mitigation in resistive strips read-outs” (by J. Galan)
RD51-Note-2011-009 – “Innovative designs of resistive microstrip gaseous detectors (R-MSGCs)” (by P. Martinengo, E. Nappi, R. Oliveira, V. Peskov, P. Pietropaolo, P. Picchi)
RD51-Note-2011-008 – “An improved design of spark-protected microstrip gas counters (R-MSGC)” (by R. Oliveira, V. Peskov, F. Pietropaolo, P.Picchi)
RD51-Note-2011-007 – “First observation of Cherenkov rings with a large area CsI-TGEM-based RICH prototype” (by V. Peskov, G. Bencze, A. Di Mauro, P. Martinengo, D. Mayani, L. Molnar, E. Nappi, G. Paic, N. Smirnov, H. Anand, I. Shukla)
RD51-Note-2011-006 - "On the low-temperature performances of THGEM and THGEM/G-APD multipliers in gaseous and twophase Xe" (by A. Bondar, A. Buzulutskov, A. Grebenuk, E. Shemyakina, A. Sokolov, D. Akimov, I. Alexandrov and A. Breskin )
RD51-Note-2011-005 –“ Modelling of avalanches and streamers by finite elements with COMSOL: step-by-step guide”, Notes for the RD51 Simulation School, CERN, Jan. 19-21 2011, (by P. Fonte)
RD51-Note-2011-004 –“Thermal Stretching of Large-Area GEM Foils Using an Infrared Heating Method” (by Michael Staib, Bryant Benson, Kondo Gnanvo, Marcus Hohlmann, Amilkar Quintero)
RD51-Note-2011-003 –“On the operation of a Micropattern Gaseous UV Photomultiplier in Liquid-Xenon” (by S. Duval, A. Breskin, R. Budnik, W.T. Chen, H. Carduner, M. Cortesi, J.P. Cussonneau , J. Donnard, J. Lamblin, P. Le Ray, E. Morteau, T. Oger, J.S. Stutzmann and D. Thers)
RD51-Note-2011-002 –“Infrared scintillation yield in gaseous and liquid argon for rare-event experiments” (by A. Buzulutskov, A. Bondar, A. Grebenuk)
RD51-Note-2011-001 - "Further Developments and Tests of Microstrip Gas Counters with Resistive Electrodes" (by R. Oliveira, V. Peskov, Pietropaolo, P.Picchi).
YEAR 2010
RD51-Note-2010-009 – "Gas Flow Simulations for gaseous detectors" (by D. Abbaneo, S. Bally, H. Postema, A. Conde Garcia, J. P. Chatelain, G. Faber, L. Ropelewski, S. Duarte Pinto, G. Croci, M. Alfonsi, M. Van Stenis, A. Sharma, L. Benussi, S. Bianco, S. Colafranceschi, F. Fabbri, L. Passamonti, D. Piccolo, D. Pierluigi, A. Russo, G. Saviano, A. Marinov, N. Zaganidis, N. Turini, E. Oliveri, G. Magazzu, Y. Ban, H. Teng, J. Cai)
RD51-Note-2010-008 – "Construction of the first full-size GEM-based prototype for the CMS high-eta muon system" (by D. Abbaneo, S. Bally, H. Postema, A. Conde Garcia, J. P. Chatelain, G. Faber, L. Ropelewski, S. Duarte Pinto, G. Croci, M. Alfonsi, M. Van Stenis, A. Sharma, L. Benussi, S. Bianco, S. Colafranceschi, F. Fabbri, L. Passamonti, D. Piccolo, D. Pierluigi, G. Raffone, A. Russo, G. Saviano, A. Marinov, M. Tytgat, N. Zaganidis, M. Hohlmann, K. Gnanvo, M.G. Bagliesi, R. Cecchi, N. Turini, E. Oliveri, G. Magazz`u, Y. Ban, H. Teng, J. Cai)
RD51-Note-2010-007 – “First tests of “bulk” MICROMEGAS with resistive cathode mesh” (by R. Oliveira, V. Peskov, Pietropaolo, P.Picchi)
RD51-Note-2010-006 – “A spark-resistant bulk-micromegas chamber for high-rate applications" (by T. Alexopoulos, J. Burnens, R. de Oliveira, G. Glonti, O. Pizzirusso, V. Polychronakos, G. Sekhniaidze, G. Tsipolitis, J. Wotschack)
RD51-Note-2010-005 – “Characterization of GEM Detectors for Application in the CMS Muon Detection System" (by D. Abbaneo, S. Bally, H. Postema, A. Conde Garcia, J. P. Chatelain, G. Faber, L. Ropelewski, E. David, S. Duarte Pinto, G. Croci, M. Alfonsi, M. van Stenis, A. Sharma, L. Benussi, S. Bianco, S. Colafranceschi, D. Piccolo, G. Saviano, N. Turini, E. Oliveri, G. Magazzu’, A. Marinov, M. Tytgat*, N. Zaganidis, M. Hohlmann, K. Gnanvo, Y. Ban, H. Teng, J. Cai)
RD51-Note-2010-004 - "Detection and Imaging of High-Z Materials with a Muon Tomography Station Using GEM Detectors" (by K. Gnanvo, B. Benson, W. Bittner, F. Costa, L. Grasso, M. Hohlmann, J.B. Locke, S. Martoiu, H. Muller, and M. Staib)
RD51-Note-2010-003 - "Further evaluation of a THGEM UV-photon detector for RICH and comparison with MWPC" (by V. Peskov, M. Cortesi, R. Chechik and A. Breskin)
RD51-Note-2010-002 - "Imaging of high-Z material for nuclear contraband detection with a minimal prototype of a Muon Tomography station based on GEM detectors" (by Kondo Gnanvo, Leonard V. Grasso III, Marcus Hohlmann, Judson B. Locke, Amilkar S. Quintero, Debasis Mitra)
RD51-Note-2010-001 - "First Tests of MICROMEGAS and GEM-like Detectors Made of a Resistive Mesh" (by R. Oliveira, V. Peskov, F. Pietropaolo, P. Picchi)
YEAR 2009
RD51-Note-2009-007 - "RETGEM with polyvinylchloride (PVC) electrodes" (by V.I.Razin, B.M.Ovchinnikov, A.I.Reshetin, S.N.Filippov).
RD51-Note-2009-006 - "Performance and prospects of GridPix and Gossip detectors" (by Harry van der Graaf, Fred Hartjes, Anatoli Romaniouk)
RD51-Note-2009-005 - "Numerical methods in the simulation of gas-based detectors" (by Rob Veenhof)
RD51-Note-2009-004 - "Summary of what is known about discharges in MPGDs and what will be important to study in the frame of WG2 of the RD51" (by P. Fonte, V. Peskov)
RD51-Note-2009-003 – “RD51, an R&D Collaboration for Micropattern Gaseous Detectors” (by Serge Duarte Pinto)
RD51-Note-2009-002 – “About aging of gas detectors: a compilation of some validation studies carried out for LHC (by M. Capeans, S. Konovalov, A. Romaniouk)
RD51-Note-2009-001 – “neBEM: a Field Solver” (by Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Nayana Majumdar, Sudeb Bhattacharya)