21.15109/CONCORDA/11VP4PHamar, GergőGergőHamar0000-0002-2268-7830Wigner Research Centre for PhysicsVarga, DezsőDezsőVarga0000-0002-2450-1331Wigner Research Centre for PhysicsARP2023PhysicsThick GEMUV photon detectorCherenkov detectorHamar, GergőGergőHamarWigner Research Centre for Physics2023-10-112023-10-1210.1016/j.nima.2016.12.0298290484098904154920841173363972245567317149234127705125915514277826724275024462322347031496228812382274029004711490087322702963179139112258451127454809135320152289498102885499657application/octet-streamapplication/octet-streamapplication/octet-streamapplication/octet-streamapplication/octet-streamapplication/octet-streamapplication/octet-streamapplication/x-dtbresource+xmlapplication/octet-streamapplication/x-dtbresource+xmlapplication/postscriptapplication/postscriptapplication/octet-streamtext/plaintext/plaintext/plaintext/plaintext/plaintext/plaintext/plaintext/x-fixed-fieldapplication/octet-streamapplication/postscriptapplication/postscriptapplication/postscriptapplication/postscriptapplication/octet-streamapplication/postscriptapplication/octet-streamapplication/x-dtbresource+xmlapplication/postscriptapplication/postscripttext/plainapplication/postscriptapplication/octet-streamapplication/postscriptapplication/x-xfigtext/plainapplication/x-texapplication/pdftext/x-fixed-fieldtext/x-fixed-fieldapplication/x-dtbresource+xml1.0CC BY-NC-ND 4.0A micropattern and wire chamber hybrid has been constructed for UV photon detection, and its performance evaluated. It is revealed that such combination retains some key advantages of both the Thick-GEM primary and CCC secondary amplification stages, and results in a high gain gaseous photon detector with outstanding stability. Key features such as MIP suppression, detection efficiency and photon cluster size are discussed. The capability of the detector for UV photon detection has been established and proven with Cherenkov photons in particle beam tests.NKFIHOTKA-NK-106119NKFIHOTKA-K16-120660MTALP2013-60-Momentum