Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2013) 128: 160
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2013-13160-7

Regular Article

Advances in the development of micropattern gaseous detectors with resistive electrodes

¹ St. Etienne Ecole des Mines, St. Etienne, France
² LIP/ISEC, Coimbra, Portugal
³ INFN, Bari, Italy
⁴ CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

^* e-mail: vladimir.peskov@cern.ch

Received: 5 June 2013
Revised: 23 October 2013
Accepted: 21 November 2013
Published online: 24 December 2013

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to highlight very promising developments of a new family of micropattern gaseous detectors characterized by the presence in their layout of at least one resistive electrode. These novel detectors combine in one design the best features of RPCs (i.e. the protection against sparks) and conventional micropattern gaseous detectors (i.e. the high granularity and space resolution).