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LLMCP – Long Live Micro Channel Plate
Local Coordinator: Vincenzo Vagnoni
National Coordinator: Vincenzo Vagnoni
Research Units: BO, LNF
Duration: 2021 -2023
Local Group:
V. Vagnoni, G. Bruni, L. Capriotti, F. Ferrari, D. Manuzzi, S. Perazzini, V. Vagnoni
Main purpose: Photomultipliers based on microchannel plates (MCP) are characterised by impressive time resolutions, in some cases approaching the picosecond level. However, they have limitations preventing their use when large areas need to be covered (high cost per unit area), as well as in high radiation environments (ageing).
The LLMCP Project (Long Live the MicroChannel Plate!) is dedicated to the study of novel approaches to overcome such limitations, such that MCP-based detectors can be adopted in harsh environments as those of experiments operating at the Large Hadron Collider.