Properties of discharge in the narrow gap glass RPC

Authors
Semak, A Ammosov, V Gapienko, V Ivanilov, A Koreshev, V Kulemzin, A Sviridov, Y Zaets, V Gushin, E Somov, S
Citation
A. Semak et al., Properties of discharge in the narrow gap glass RPC, NUCL INST A, 456(1-2), 2000, pp. 50-54
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
456
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
50 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(200012)456:1-2<50:PODITN>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Properties of discharges in a 2 mm glass Resistive Plate Chamber were inves tigated using the light amplifier for optical pictures and the digital scop e for waveforms of induced pick-up signals. Multiple discharges were observ ed for different tetrafluoroethane-based gas mixtures both in 'avalanche' a nd 'streamer' modes. Multiple discharges substantially increase the spatial size of the initial discharge caused by a through-going particle ionisatio n. Average spatial characteristics and typical optical pictures are present ed. Space-time relationships for the streamer do not show any prominent dep endence. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.