Property of LCP-GEM in Pure Dimethyl Ether at Low Pressure

摘要

We present a systematic investigation of the gain properties of a gaselectron multiplier (GEM) foil in pure dimethyl ether (DME) at low pressures.The GEM is made from copper- clad liquid crystal polymer insulator (LCP-GEM)designed for space use, and is applied to a time projection chamber filled withlow-pressure DME gas to observe the linear polarization of cosmic X-rays. Wehave measured gains of a 100 um-thick LCP-GEM as a function of the voltagebetween GEM electrodes at various gas pressures ranging from 10 to 190 Torrwith 6.4 keV X-rays. The highest gain at 190 Torr is about 2x10^4, while thatat 20 Torr is about 500. We find that the pressure and electric-fielddependence of the GEM gain is described by the first Townsend coefficient. Theenergy scale from 4.5 to 8.0 keV is linear with non-linearity of less than 1.4%above 30 Torr.