High-rate tests on Resistive Plate Chambers operated with eco-friendly gas mixtures
Abstract
Results obtained by the RPC ECOgas@GIF++ Collaboration, using Resistive Plate Chambers operated with new, eco-friendly gas mixtures, based on Tetrafluoropropene and carbon dioxide, are shown and discussed in this paper. Tests aimed to assess the performance of this kind of detectors in high-irradiation conditions, analogous to the ones foreseen for the coming years at the Large Hadron Collider experiments, were performed, and demonstrate a performance basically similar to the one obtained with the gas mixtures currently in use, based on Tetrafluoroethane, which is being progressively phased out for its possible contribution to the greenhouse effect. Long term aging tests are also being carried out, with the goal to demonstrate the possibility of using these eco-friendly gas mixtures during the whole High Luminosity phase of the Large Hadron Collider.
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@article{arxiv.2311.08259,
title = {High-rate tests on Resistive Plate Chambers operated with eco-friendly gas mixtures},
author = {M. Abbrescia and G. Aielli and R. Aly and M. C. Arena and M. Barroso and L. Benussi and S. Bianco and F. Bordon and D. Boscherini and A. Bruni and S. Buontempo and M. Busato and P. Camarri and R. Cardarelli and L. Congedo and D. De Jesus Damiao and M. De Serio and A. Di Ciaccio and L. Di Stante and P. Dupieux and J. Eysermans and A. Ferretti and G. Galati and M. Gagliardi and R. Guida and G. Iaselli and B. Joly and K. S. Lee and B. Liberti and D. Lucero Ramirez and B. Mandelli and S. P. Manen and L. Massa and A. Pastore and E. Pastori and D. Piccolo and L. Pizzimento and A. Polini and G. Proto and G. Pugliese and L. Quaglia and D. Ramos and G. Rigoletti and A. Rocchi and M. Romano and A. Samalan and P. Salvini and R. Santonico and G. Saviano and S. Simone and L. Terlizzi and M. Tytgat and E. Vercellin and M. Verzeroli and N. Zaganidis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.08259},
year = {2023}
}
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Submitted to European Physical Journal C on October 24, 2023, 15 pages, 14 figures