RPC gamma sensitivity simulation

Authors
Altieri, S Belli, G Bruno, G Gianini, G Merlo, M Ratti, SP Riccardi, C Torre, P Viola, L Vitulo, P Abbrescia, M Colaleo, A Iaselli, G Loddo, F Maggi, M Marangelli, B Natali, S Nuzzo, S Pugliese, G Ranieri, A Romano, F Salvemini, A
Citation
S. Altieri et al., RPC gamma sensitivity simulation, NUCL INST A, 456(1-2), 2000, pp. 99-102
Citations number
3
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
99 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(200012)456:1-2<99:RGSS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A method to simulate the Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) gamma sensitivity has been developed using a Monte Carlo code. The sensitivity has been evalu ated as a function of the gamma energy in the range 0.1-100 MeV and for dif ferent spectra. To evaluate the response of the detector in a Large Hadron Collider (LHC) background environment the gamma energy spectrum expected in the CMS muon barrel has been taken into account and the RPC gamma sensitiv ity evaluated as a function of the detector size. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.