Published December 1, 2003
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Journal article
Performances of RPCs in the BaBar experiment
Creators
- Anulli, F.
- Baldini, R.
- Band, H.
- Bionta, R.
- Brau, J.
- Brigljevic, V.
- Buzzo, A.
- Calcaterra, A.
- Carpinelli, M.
- Cartaro, T.
- Cavallo, N.
- Crosetti, G.
- De Nardo, G.
- De Sangro, R.
- Eichenbaum, A.
- Falciai, D.
- Fabozzi, F.
- Ferroni, F.
- Finocchiaro, G.
- Forti, F.
- Frey, R.
- Johnson, J.
- Gatto, C.
- Grauges-Pous, E.
- Iwasaki, M.
- Lange, D.
- Lista, L.
- Lo Vetere, M.
- Lu, C.
- Neal, H.
- Neri, N.
- Macri, M.
- Messener, B.
- Monge, M.R.
- Moore, T.
- Morganti, S.
- Palano, A.
- Paoloni, E.
- Paolucci, P.
- Passaggio, S.
- Pastore, F.
- Patrignani, C.
- Patteri, P.
- Peruzzi, I.
- Piccolo, D.
- Piccolo, M.
- Piredda, G.
- Pompili, A.
- Robutti, E.
- Roodman, A.
- Santroni, A.
- Sciacca, C.
- Sinev, N.
- Soha, A.
- Storm, D.
- Tosi, S.
- Va'vra, J.
- Xie, Y.
- Wright, D.
- Wisniewski, W.
Description
The BaBar experiment uses a big system based on RPC detectors to discriminate muons from pions and to identify neutral hadrons. About 2000 m2 of RPC chambers have been working at SLAC since the end of 1998. We report on the performances of the RPC chambers focusing on new problems discovered in the RPC behaviour. These problems started very soon after the installation of the chambers on the detector when the high-ambient temperature triggered an increase of dark currents inside the chambers and a reduction of the efficiency. Careful analysis of the BaBar data and dedicated R and D efforts in the laboratory have helped to identify the main source of the trouble in the linseed oil varnish on the bakelite electrodes
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2003.09.018;
- PII
- S0168900203024896;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 515
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 322-327
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- International workshop on aging phenomena in gaseous detectors
- Dates
- 2-5 Oct 2001
- Place
- Hamburg (Germany)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Slovenia
- INIS RN
- 35047896
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- AGING; MULTIWIRE IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; MUONS; PIONS; STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LEPTONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MESONS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.