PURE AVALANCHE MODE-OPERATION OF A 2 MM GAP RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBER

Authors
ZEBALLOS EC CROTTY I HATZIFOTIADOU D VALVERDE JL WILLIAMS MCS ZICHICHI A
Citation
Ec. Zeballos et al., PURE AVALANCHE MODE-OPERATION OF A 2 MM GAP RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBER, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 396(1-2), 1997, pp. 93-102
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
396
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
93 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)396:1-2<93:PAMOA2>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
It is necessary to operate the resistive plate chamber (RPC) in avalan che mode to obtain high efficiency at elevated particle fluxes. We exa mine this mode of operation with a 2 mm gap RPC using gas mixtures con taining C2F4H2 and C2F5H. In order to explain the data we propose that the avalanche growth is strongly limited by space charge effects.