Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1832846 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2006 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The timing performance of multigap resistive plate chambers (MRPCs) has been tested at the Rossendorf electron linac ELBE. Electrons with energies of 20–40 MeV have been used to mimic minimum ionizing hadrons to be detected in large-scale time-of-flight (TOF) detectors for future heavy-ion collision experiments. Referencing the TOF measurement to the accelerator radio frequency, no fast start detector was necessary. A typical time resolution (including contributions from frontend electronics) of about 70 ps has been achieved for individual strips of the multistrip-anode MRPCs. Rate dependencies and detection efficiencies have been investigated.
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Authors
R. Kotte, F. Dohrmann, J. Hutsch, L. Naumann, D. Stach,