کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1830964 | 1526498 | 2007 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

The counting rate capability of RPCs is strongly conditioned by the availability of suitable resistive materials for the electrodes. For time-of-flight measurements in heavy-ion high-energy physics, the extension of the counting rate capabilities achievable with glass electrodes, around 2 kHz/cm2, to much higher values is of fundamental importance. To address this issue we developed single-gap tRPCs with electrodes made from metal and from a commercially available ceramic material free of charge-depletion effects. Tests performed with 511 keV photons yielded a time resolution around 90 ps σ. Neither the time resolution nor the efficiency have been affected by background rates of up to 20 kHz/cm2 produced with photons from an X-ray generator. The present result establishes the practical feasibility of accurate timing measurements with RPCs at rates up to 20 kHz/cm2, while keeping a time resolution below 100 ps σ.
Journal: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment - Volume 573, Issues 1–2, 1 April 2007, Pages 4–7