The μ-RWELL technology for tracking apparatus in High Energy Physics

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 1069; p. 169831
• Main Authors: Alì, M., Bencivenni, G., Bondì, M., Cerioni, S., Cibinetto, G., D’Angelo, A., De Lucia, E., De Oliveira, R., Di Bari, D., Farinelli, R., Felici, G., Gatta, M., Giacomelli, P., Giovannetti, M., Gramigna, S., Melchiorri, M., Melendi, F.M., Morello, G., Lavezzi, L., Paoletti, E., Papalino, G., Poli Lener, M., Sidoretti, E., Tesauro, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01-12-2024
• Subjects: Gaseous detectors; Micro-pattern gaseous detectors; Trackers; Micro-pattern gaseous detectors; Gaseous detectors; Trackers
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2024.169831

The micro-Resitive WELL (μ-RWELL) is a Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) that inherits some of the best characteristics of existing MPGDs, like GEMs and MicroMegas, while simplifying the detector construction. A significant progress towards large-scale applications has been achieved through the consolidation and industrial cost-effective manufacturing of this technology. The μ-RWELL, showing excellent spatial performance, good time resolution and stability under irradiation, is proposed for several tracking apparatus for future experiments at future accelerators such as FCC (CERN), CEPC (China) and EIC (Brookhaven National Laboratory). The reduced impact in terms of material budget makes this technology suitable for the development of tracking devices in the muon spectrometer. In addition, the flexibility of the μ-RWELL base material makes this device suitable for the development of very light, fully cylindrical inner trackers at future high luminosity tau-charm factories, SCTF (China). We report in this paper some results in the development of 2D readouts for IDEA apparatus and the construction steps of a cylindrical μ-RWELL.