Development of large area and of position-sensitive timing RPCs

Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) made with glass and metal electrodes forming accurately spaced gas gaps of a few hundred micrometers have reached timing accuracies below 50 ps [sigma] with efficiencies above 99% for MIPs. This type of detector, operating at atmospheric pressure with non-flammable gas...

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Main Author: Blanco, A. (author)
Other Authors: Marques, R. Ferreira (author), Finck, Ch. (author), Fonte, P. (author), Gobbi, A. (author), Mendiratta, S. K. (author), Monteiro, J. (author), Policarpo, A. (author), Rozas, M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2002
Subjects:
Gaseous detectors
Time resolution
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/4499
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/4499
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Summary:Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) made with glass and metal electrodes forming accurately spaced gas gaps of a few hundred micrometers have reached timing accuracies below 50 ps [sigma] with efficiencies above 99% for MIPs. This type of detector, operating at atmospheric pressure with non-flammable gases, seems well suited for large TOF systems, providing performances comparable to the scintillator-based TOF technology with significantly lower price per channel and being compatible with magnetic fields.

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