Author: Tranquille, G.
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TUPD63 Gas Electron Multipliers for the Antiproton Decelerator 449
 
  • S.C. Duarte Pinto, O.R. Jones, L. Ropelewski, J. Spanggaard, G. Tranquille
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The new beam profile measurement for the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) at CERN is based on a single Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) with a 2D readout structure. This detector is very light (~0.4% X0), and measures horizontal and vertical profiles directly in one plane. This overcomes the problems previously encountered with multi-wire proportional chambers (MWPCs) for the same purpose, where beam interactions with the detector severely affect the obtained profiles. A prototype was installed and successfully tested in late 2010, with another 3 detectors now installed in the ASACUSA beam line. This paper will provide a detailed description of the detector and discuss the initial results obtained.