LATEST RESULTS FROM THE MULTIGAP RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBER

Authors
ZEBALLOS EC CROTTY I HATZIFOTIADOU D VALVERDE JL WILLIAMS MCS
Citation
Ec. Zeballos et al., LATEST RESULTS FROM THE MULTIGAP RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBER, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 392(1-3), 1997, pp. 145-149
Citations number
10
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
392
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
145 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)392:1-3<145:LRFTMR>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We present the current status of the multigap resistive plate chamber. Our device has resistive plates made of melamine and is operated in a valanche mode with argon-based gases with a small percentage of quench er (CO2, isobutane, etc). It has excellent lime resolution (sigma = 1. 5-2 ns) and rate capability (> 98% efficiency at 1 kHz/cm(2)); in addi tion, it has a long efficiency plateau and low dark current.