A low-resistivity RPC for the ALICE dimuon arm

被引:0
作者
Arnaldi, R
Baldit, A
Barret, V
Bastid, N
Blanchard, G
Chiavassa, E
Cortese, P
Crochet, P
Dellacasa, G
DeMarco, N
Dupieux, P
Espagnon, B
Fargeix, J
Ferretti, A
Gallio, M
Lamoine, L
Luquin, L
Manso, F
Metivier, V
Musso, A
Piccotti, A
Rahmani, A
Roig, O
Royer, L
Scalas, E
Scomparin, E
Vercellin, E
机构
[1] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Fis Sperimentale, Sez Torino, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[2] CNRS, IN2P3, LPC Clermont Ferrand, Aubiere, France
[3] Univ Blaise Pascal, Aubiere, France
[4] Univ Piemonte Orientale, Dipartimento Sci & Tecnol Avanzate, Alessandria, Italy
[5] SUBATECH, Ecole Mines, CNRS, IN2P3, F-44070 Nantes 03, France
[6] Univ Nantes, F-44070 Nantes 03, France
关键词
Resistive Plate Chambers; bakelite; low resistivity;
D O I
暂无
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
In view of ALICE, the dedicated Heavy-Ion Experiment at LHC, a Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) with electrodes made of low-resistivity bakelite (rho similar or equal to 35 x 10(9) Omega cm) has been tested at the CERN SPS both in streamer and in avalanche mode. The chamber has shown a stable behaviour and excellent rate capability: its efficiency is better than 95% for local particle fluxes of about 1 and 10 kHz/cm(2) for operation in streamer and in avalanche mode, respectively. The cluster size and the time resolution have also been measured for both modes of operation. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:462 / 473
页数:12
相关论文
共 21 条
[1]   An environmental safe gas mixture for resistive plate chambers operated at low pressure [J].
Abbrescia, M ;
Bisceglie, E ;
Iaselli, G ;
Natali, S ;
Pugliese, G ;
Romano, G .
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1998, 417 (01) :16-23
[2]   RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS PERFORMANCES AT COSMIC-RAYS FLUXES [J].
ABBRESCIA, M ;
CARDARELLI, R ;
IASELLI, G ;
NATALI, S ;
NUZZO, S ;
RANIERI, A ;
ROMANO, F ;
SANTONICO, R .
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1995, 359 (03) :603-609
[3]  
*ALICE, 1995, 9571 CERNLHCC
[4]  
*ALICE, 1996, 9632 CERNLHCC
[5]   GLASS-ELECTRODE SPARK COUNTERS [J].
ANELLI, M ;
BENCIVENNI, G ;
FELICI, G ;
MAGRO, L .
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1991, 300 (03) :572-574
[6]   A GLASS SPARK COUNTER FOR HIGH-RATE ENVIRONMENTS [J].
BENCIVENNI, G ;
BENFATTO, M ;
FELICI, G ;
GUSTAVINO, C ;
LOCARDI, B .
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1993, 332 (03) :368-372
[7]   STUDY OF RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS FOR MUON DETECTION AT HADRON COLLIDERS [J].
BENCZE, GL ;
BENICHOU, JL ;
DELLANEGRA, M ;
EGGERT, K ;
HERVE, A ;
PEACH, D ;
RADERMACHER, E ;
SEEZ, C ;
WAURICK, G ;
WROCHNA, G ;
BACCI, C ;
CERADINI, F ;
CIAPETTI, G ;
LACAVA, F ;
MARGUTTI, G ;
NISATI, A ;
PETROLO, E ;
PONTECORVO, L ;
TUSI, A ;
VENEZIANO, S ;
ZANELLO, L ;
CARDARELLI, R ;
DICIACCIO, A ;
SANTONICO, R ;
ANDLINGER, M ;
SZONCSO, F ;
WALZEL, G ;
WULZ, CE .
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1994, 340 (03) :466-473
[8]   PERFORMANCE OF RESISTIVE PLATE COUNTERS AT BEAM FLUX UP TO 140 HZ/CM2 [J].
BERTINO, M ;
CARDARELLI, R ;
IORI, M ;
MASSA, F ;
SANTONICO, R ;
BERNARDINI, P ;
GORINI, E ;
GRANCAGNOLO, F ;
PALAMARA, O ;
PINTO, C ;
BRESSI, G ;
INTROZZI, G ;
LANZA, A ;
LIGUORI, G .
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1989, 283 (03) :654-657
[9]   Streamer suppression with SF6 in RPCs operated in avalanche mode [J].
Camarri, P ;
Cardarelli, R ;
Di Ciaccio, A ;
Santonico, R .
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1998, 414 (2-3) :317-324
[10]  
CAMARRI P, 1998, P 4 INT WORKSH RES P, V13, P125