The trigger of the ALICE dimuon arm: Architecture and detectors

Authors
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 Gallio, M Lamoine, L Luquin, L Manso, F Metivier, V Musso, A Piccotti, A Rahmani, A Ramillen, V Royer, L Roig, O Scalas, E Scomparin, E Vercellin, E
Citation
R. Arnaldi et al., The trigger of the ALICE dimuon arm: Architecture and detectors, NUCL PHYS A, 661, 1999, pp. 712C-715C
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR PHYSICS A
ISSN journal
03759474 → ACNP
Volume
661
Year of publication
1999
Pages
712C - 715C
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9474(199912)661:<712C:TTOTAD>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The trigger system of the ALICE dimuon arm is based on Resistive Plate Cham bers (RPC). Besides a short description of the trigger system, the test res ults of a RPC prototype with electrodes made of low resistivity bakelite (s imilar or equal to 3.10(9) Omega.cm) are presented. Rate capability, time r esolution and cluster size have been measured for the RPC operated both in streamer and in avalanche mode. Although the rate capability is obviously h igher in avalanche mode (few kHz/cm(2)), remarkable results have been achie ved even in streamer mode (several hundreds of Hz/cm(2)).