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Purdue Particle Physics
Cosmic rays detected in a cloud chamber built as an outreach project at Purdue.

Introduction to P3MD Labs

Micro Patterned Gas Detector Development

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Achievements
  • 1st in US to fabricate a MPGD in-house
  • 1st triple Gas Electron Multiplier
  • Most rad hard MPGD
  • 1st mass production of GEMs and Micromesh for MicroMegas detector
  • Cornell TPC equipped with Purdue-3M MicroMegas as charge amplification device
Facilities:
  • X-ray generator for radiation hardness studies
  • ultra clean custom stainless steel monitored gas system
  • inspection scopes, digital and analog oscilloscopes
  • multiple CAMAC/GPIB DAQ systems
  • variety of commercial and custom electronics and diagnostics equipment

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