Published December 1, 2000
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Journal article
Response of a resistive plate chamber to particles leaking laterally from a thick absorber
Creators
- Arnaldi, R.
- Baldit, A.
- Barret, V.
- Bastid, N.
- Blanchard, G.
- Chiavassa, E.
- Cortese, P.
- Crochet, P.
- Dellacasa, G.
- De Marco, N.
- Dupieux, P.
- Espagnon, B.
- Fargeix, J.
- Ferretti, A.
- Gallio, M.
- Lamoine, L.
- Luquin, L.
- Manso, F.
- Metivier, V.
- Musso, A.
- Oppedisano, C.
- Piccotti, A.
- Rahmani, A.
- Roig, O.
- Royer, L.
- Scalas, E.
- Scomparin, E.
- Vercellin, E.
Description
Resistive plate chamber detectors, working in streamer mode, have been chosen to equip the ALICE/LHC dimuon trigger. In ALICE, the detector will be placed orthogonal to a thick beam shield. Tests of the detector have been performed in order to investigate its performances in such running conditions. These tests show that resistive plate chambers can be operated in streamer mode in these particular conditions without dramatic deterioration of the overall performances. FLUKA simulations reproduce the experimental results within a factor 1.5. Such a test is not only relevant for the ALICE dimuon trigger but for all collider experiments using the RPC detector
Additional details
Identifiers
- PII
- S0168900200005155;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 455
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 390-396
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34041202
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALICE CYCLOTRON; AVALANCHE QUENCHING; CERN LHC; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; LEAK DETECTORS; STREAMER SPARK CHAMBERS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; CYCLOTRONS; GAS TRACK DETECTORS; ISOCHRONOUS CYCLOTRONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SIMULATION; SPARK CHAMBERS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.