Monthly Archives: February 2014

NEXT-MM taking data at 10 bar!

Last November, a very important milestone has been achieved in T-REX. The largest Micromegas prototype of the T-REX laboratory so far, the NEXT-MM detector, is operating at 10 bar of a mixture of Xenon and TMA (trimethylamine). This is the … Continue reading

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CAST Micromegas detectors: progress in 2013

During 2013, there were many upgrades in the Micromegas detectors of CAST, concerning muon veto system for the Sunset detectors, new readout electronics & DAQ, and a new detector design carefully conceived for low background. The performance of the Sunset … Continue reading

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