EFFECT OF THE LINSEED OIL SURFACE-TREATMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS

Authors
ABBRESCIA M COLALEO A IASELLI G MAGGI M MARANGELLI B NATALI S NUZZO S RANIERI A ROMANO F ARENA V BONOMI G BRAJ A GIANINI G LIGUORI G RATTI SP RICCARDI C VIOLA L VITULO P
Citation
M. Abbrescia et al., EFFECT OF THE LINSEED OIL SURFACE-TREATMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 394(1-2), 1997, pp. 13-20
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
394
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
13 - 20
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)394:1-2<13:EOTLOS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Results on the behaviour of several bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) without the linseed oil treatment of the internal electrodes wi ll be presented. Efficiency, collected charge and cluster size distrib utions will be compared to the ones of a standard oiled RPC. Currents and single rate are the quantities most affected by the surface treatm ent of the electrodes beyond the optical/mechanical properties. A fact or 4 less in currents and at least a factor 10 less in single rate is achieved using standard oiled RPCs operated in streamer mode.