Characterizing MICROMEGAS ion detection capabilities at the INFN Pisa ion beam facility

Researchers at INFN Pisa are currently developing a detector based on MICROMEGAS technology, sensitive to atoms with a kinetic energy in the 1–100 keV range and operating under low-pressure conditions (100 hPa or less). For the detector test, an Ion Beam Facility (IBF) was set up at the INFN laboratory in Pisa in order to have a controlled test bench capable of guaranteeing the stability and repeatability of the measurements. The group effort dedicated to the development of the IBF led to detailed characterization measurements of the MICROMEGAS performance using H2 and He ion beams. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.