Progress in timing Resistive Plate Chambers

• Author(s): Blanco, A. ; Carolino, N. ; Correia, C. M. B. A. ; Ferreira-Marques, R. ; Fonte, P. ; Gobbi, A. ; González-Díaz, D. ; Lopes, M. I. ; Lopes, L. ; Macedo, M. P. ; Mangiarotti, A. ; Peskov, V. ; Policarpo, A.
• Date: 2004
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/4429
• Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Timing RPCs are Resistive Plate Chambers made with glass and metal electrodes separated by precision spacers. Typical gas gaps are a few hundred micrometers wide. Such counters were introduced in 1999 and have since reached timing accuracies below 50 ps [sigma] with efficiencies above 99% for MIPs. Applications in high-energy physics have already taken place with several more under study. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-4D2X8RC-C/1/57cfcc1e61698517f57c61eb2108c514