@article{3073906,
    title = "Development of large size Micromegas detector for the upgrade of the ATLAS Muon system",
    author = "Alexopoulos, T. and Altintas, A.A. and Alviggi, M. and Arik, M. and Cetin, S.A. and Chernyatine, V. and Cheu, E. and Della Volpe, D. and Dris, M. and Fassouliotis, D. and Gazis, E.N. and Giordano, R. and Gratchev, V. and Guan, L. and Iengo, P. and Ioannou, P. and Li, C. and Johns, K. and Kaushik, V. and Khodinov, A. and Kourkoumelis, C. and Maltezos, S. and Mermigka, K. and Muller, H. and Nikolopoulos, K. and Park, W. and Persembe, S. and Petridou, C. and Petti, R. and Polychronakos, V. and Purohit, M.V. and Sampsonidis, D. and Sekhniaidze, G. and Shao, M. and Sun, Y.J. and Tsipolitis, G. and Veenhof, R. and Wang, X.L. and Wotschack, J. and Wu, S.X. and Zhao, T. and Zhao, Z.G.",
    journal = "Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment",
    year = "2010",
    volume = "617",
    number = "1-3",
    pages = "161-165",
    publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
    doi = "10.1016/j.nima.2009.06.113",
    keywords = "Gas detectors;  Nuclear instrumentation;  Particle detectors;  Spectrometers, ATLAS experiment;  ATLAS Muon spectrometer;  Bulk Micromegas;  Large detectors;  Micromegas;  Micromegas detector;  Muon systems;  Tracking capability, Charged particles",
    abstract = "With the luminosity upgrade of the LHC machine (SLHC, Super-LHC), the Muon system of the ATLAS experiment at CERN will also need a detector upgrade in the highest rapidity region. MAMMA, Muon ATLAS Micromegas Activity, is an ongoing R&D activity with the aim to develop large detectors based on the bulk-Micromegas technology for use in the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer. Micromegas is a good potential candidate for the construction of large muon chambers that combine trigger and tracking capability and can sustain high particle rates expected at the SLHC. A medium size Micromegas prototype, in scale 1:10 of the final chambers, has been built and evaluated in the laboratory and in beam tests at CERN. Results from the analysis of test-beam data are presented. The results indicate that large size Micromegas is a viable candidate for ATLAS Muon upgrade © 2009 Elsevier B.V."
}