Further developments and tests of microstrip gas counters with resistive electrodes

Abstract

We present results from further tests of Microstrip Gas Counters (MSGCs) with resistive electrodes. The maim advantage of this detector is that it is spark-protected: in contrast to "classical" MSGCs with metallic electrodes, sparks in this new detector do not destroy its electrodes. As a consequence the MSGC with resistive electrodes is more reliable in operation which may open new avenues in applications. One of them which is under investigation now is the use of Resistive electrodes MSGC (R-MSGC) as photodetector in some particular designs of noble liquid dark matter detectors.