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View SchemaNew results from an extensive aging test on bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers
| Authors | Giovanni Carboni, Gianmaria Collazuol, Stefano De Capua, Danilo Domenici, Gerardo Ganis, Roberto Messi, Giovanni Passaleva, Emanuele Santovetti, Michele Veltri |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0302077 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0302077 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0920-5632(03)91019-X |
Abstract
We present recent results of an extensive aging test, performed at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility on two single--gap RPC prototypes, developed for the LHCb Muon System. With a method based on a model describing the behaviour of an RPC under high particle flux conditions, we have periodically measured the electrode resistance R of the two RPC prototypes over three years: we observe a large spontaneous increase of R with time, from the initial value of about 2 MOhm to more than 250 MOhm. A corresponding degradation of the RPC rate capabilities, from more than 3 kHz/cm2 to less than 0.15 kHz/cm2 is also found.
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"Giovanni Carboni",
"Gianmaria Collazuol",
"Stefano De Capua",
"Danilo Domenici",
"Gerardo Ganis",
"Roberto Messi",
"Giovanni Passaleva",
"Emanuele Santovetti",
"Michele Veltri"
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"doi": "10.1016/S0920-5632(03)91019-X",
"title": "New results from an extensive aging test on bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers",
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