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AB - This work shows the results of a streamer discharge mode studies in various gas detectors devel- oped up-to-date. The results are based on a new experimental data from high-speed thin-gap gas detector application developments as well as on basic knowledge of multi-wire devices opera- tions. Keywords Gaseous Detectors, Micropattern Gaseous Detectors (MSGC, GEM, THGEM, RETGHEM, MICROMEGAS, RPC, etc.) 1. Introduction More than 40 years have passed since G. Charpak and F. Saulu [1] have discovered the high current mode of operation for multi-wire proportional chambers, which is known as “self-quenched streamer mode” (SQS) [2]. Nevertheless, there are a lot of unstudied features in the nature of this phenomenon in gases at normal pressure. The SQS-mode has been associated at the first time with large gas chambers and high fraction of extinguishing part (namely hydrocarbons and methylal) with thick anode wires. The existence of a high current mode has been discovered now in wireless thin-gap devices with position sensitivity (RPC, GEM, MICROMEGAS [3]-[5]) as well. 2. Main Part The main features of the streamer discharge mode have been proved based on results of a new experimental data. The features have been observed in most of position sensitive gas detectors during 
TI - Status of the Streamer Mode in Gas Detectors
JF - Modern Instrumentation
DO - 10.4236/mi.2014.32002
DA - 2014-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/status-of-the-streamer-mode-in-gas-detectors-9wLVwoDeGd
DP - DeepDyve
ER -