Study of a large strip-type MRPC with single-ended readout

A double stack MRPC has been built and equipped with long pickup strips for its readout. It is a double stack design, with each stack having three gas gaps; the gap size is $250\mu m$. It has a sensitive area of 85 $\times$ 85 ${\mathrm{cm}}^2$. Particularly, this MRPC was equipped with readout cards on only one end of the chamber. On the other end, the strips were connected to other strips with 50 $\Omega$ coaxial cables. The gas mixture $C_2{F}_4{H}_2∕{\mathrm{SF}}_6$ was used during the beam test period.