A high resolution resistive plate chamber tracking system developed for cosmic ray muon tomography

被引：29

作者：

Baesso, P. ^{[1
]}

Cussans, D. ^{[1
]}

Thomay, C. ^{[1
]}

Velthuis, J. J. ^{[1
]}

Burns, J. ^{[2
]}

Steer, C. ^{[2
]}

Quillin, S. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bristol, HH Wills Phys Lab, Bristol BS8 1TL, Avon, England

[2] Atom Weapon Estab, Reading RG7 4PR, Berks, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION | 2013年 / 8卷

关键词：

Particle tracking detectors; Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors);

D O I：

10.1088/1748-0221/8/08/P08006

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

This work describes the performance of a muon tracker built with high resolution glass resistive plate chambers. The tracker is the result of a collaboration between University of Bristol and the Atomic Weapon Establishment to develop a reliable and cost effective system to scan shipping containers in search of special nuclear materials. The current setup consists of 12 detection layers, each comprised of a resistive plate chamber read out by 1.5 mm pitch strips. For most of the layers we achieved an efficiency better than 95%, a purity above 95% and a signal-to-noise ratio better than 300. A spatial resolution better than 500 mu m was obtained for most layers, thus satisfying the main requirements to apply resistive plate chambers to cosmic ray tomography.

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