Author(s):
Fonte, P. 
; Peskov, V.
Date: 2002
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/4502
Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
Subject(s): Gaseous detectors; Time resolution
Document details
High-resolution TOF with RPCs
Description
In this work, we describe some recent results concerning the application of Resistive Plate Chambers operated in avalanche mode at atmospheric pressure for high-resolution time-of-flight measurements. A combination of multiple, mechanically accurate, thin gas gaps and state-of-the-art electronics yielded an overall (detector plus electronics) timing accuracy better than 50 ps [sigma] with a detection efficiency up to 99% for MIPs. Single gap chambers were also tested in order to clarify experimentally several aspects of the mode of operation of these detectors. These results open perspectives of affordable and reliable high granularity large area TOF detectors, with an efficiency and time resolution comparable to the existing scintillator-based TOF technology but with a significantly, up to an order of magnitude, lower price per channel. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-45F4WHB-7/1/95e90d633532cd93d712a5bfad6b902b
In this work, we describe some recent results concerning the application of Resistive Plate Chambers operated in avalanche mode at atmospheric pressure for high-resolution time-of-flight measurements. A combination of multiple, mechanically accurate, thin gas gaps and state-of-the-art electronics yielded an overall (detector plus electronics) timing accuracy better than 50 ps [sigma] with a detection efficiency up to 99% for MIPs. Single gap chambers were also tested in order to clarify experimentally several aspects of the mode of operation of these detectors. These results open perspectives of affordable and reliable high granularity large area TOF detectors, with an efficiency and time resolution comparable to the existing scintillator-based TOF technology but with a significantly, up to an order of magnitude, lower price per channel. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-45F4WHB-7/1/95e90d633532cd93d712a5bfad6b902b
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Language English
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