• DocumentCode
    437775
  • Title

    A high rate gas mixture for glass RPC operated in streamer mode

  • Author

    Kikuchi, N. ; Ando, S. ; Fujikawa, T. ; Hayasaka, H. ; Hoshi, Y. ; Kumagai, M. ; Nagamine, T. ; Neichi, K. ; Yamaguchi, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-22 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    437
  • Abstract
    In Belle, glass RPCs have operated in streamer mode with the Belle standard gas mixture. However, efficiencies of RPCs for the outermost few layers of the endcap region decrease from ∼95% to ∼50% due to hit-rate of 1.4 Hz/cm2 from neutron background originated from KEKB with higher beam current operation. To operate efficiently glass RPCs at this high background rate, high rate gas mixtures using SF6 have been tested. We report the performance of glass RPC.
  • Keywords
    ionisation chambers; position sensitive particle detectors; Belle standard gas mixture; KEKB; SF6 gas; beam current; endcap region; glass RPC; glass resistive plate chamber; high rate gas mixture; hit-rate; neutron background; streamer mode; Argon; Conductivity; Electrodes; Glass; Helium; Neutrons; Particle beams; Physics; Testing; US Department of Commerce;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8700-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1082-3654
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462229
  • Filename
    1462229
    • Link To Document
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