Test of a four-gap resistive plate chamber with cosmic muons and high-rate gamma rays

S. K. Park, S. S. Shin, B. Hong, G. Jhang, M. S. Jeong, M. Jo, S. W. Cho, E. Joo, C. Kim, H. C. Kim, K. S. Lee, K. S. Lee, S. Lee, S. K. Lee, J. K. Lim, D. H. Moon, H. H. Shim, K. S. Sim

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Abstract

We report a new development of a phenolic four-gap resistive plate chamber (RPC) for use as a high-rate particle trigger in high-energy physics experiments. In the current study, a prototype RPC equipped with four 1-mm-thick gaps made from high-pressure-laminated (HPL) resistive plates has been designed and built. The current detector R&D aims to reduce the probability of radiation-induced degradation of the core detector components of the RPCs, the gas gaps, as well as to improve the detection rate capability. The detector characteristics of the four-gap RPC were obtained though a series of tests with cosmic muons and gamma rays and were compared with those of the typical 2-mm thick double-gap RPCs currently used in the CMS experiment at the LHC and in the PHENIX experiment at the RHIC.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)134-138
Number of pages5
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume680
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012 Jul 11

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea under a Grant No. K20802011718-11B1301-00610 . The authors also wish to thank Prof. Inkyu Park, University of Seoul, for the effective coordination of the project.

Keywords

  • Aging effect
  • HPL
  • Multigap RPCs
  • Muon trigger detectors
  • Rate capability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

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