Download or read book The Floating Strip Micromegas Detector written by Jonathan Bortfeldt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses a novel and high-rate-capable micro pattern gaseous detector of the Micromegas (MICRO-MEsh GAS detector) type. It provides a detailed characterization of the performance of Micromegas detectors on the basis of measurements and simulations, along with an in-depth examination of analysis and reconstruction methods. The accurate and efficient detection of minimum ionizing particles in high-rate background environments is demonstrated. The excellent performance determined here for these lightweight detectors will make possible the live medical imaging of a patient during ion-beam treatment.