Abstract
We describe recent measurements carried out in well controlled and reproducible conditions to help understanding the factors affecting the short- and long-term behaviour of Microstrip Gas Chambers. Special care has been taken concerning the gas purity and choice of materials used in the system and for the detectors construction. Detectors built on glasses with surface resistivity in the range 10 13 –10 15 Ω/□ have shown satisfactory performance as they do not show charging-up process at high rate and stand the large doses required for the future high luminosity experiments (∼10 mC-cm −1 .yr −1 ). Concerning the lifetime measurements, it has been observed that chambers manufactured on high-resistivity glass are far more susceptible of suffering ageing than detectors made on low resistivity, electron-conducting supports, independently of the metal used for the artwork (chromium or gold) at least in clean gas conditions. The successfully operation in the laboratory of detectors manufactured on diamond-coated glass with a surface resistivity around 10 15 Ω/□ confirms the last statement. Results from a long-term, high rate beam test are also reported.
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