Recent results of an aging test performed at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility on a single-gap RPC prototype developed for the LHCb Muon System are presented. The results are based on an accumulated charge of about 0.45 C/cm2 ; corresponding to about 4 years of LHCb running at the highest background rate. The performance of the chamber has been studied, under several photon flux values, exploiting a muon beam. A degradation of the rate capability above 1 kHz/cm2 is observed, which can be correlated to a sizeable increase of resistivity of the chamber plates. An increase of the chamber dark current is also observed. The chamber performance is found to fulfill the LHCb operation requirements.

First results from an aging test of a prototype RPC for the LHCb Muon System / Bizzeti, Andrea; G., Carboni; G., Collazuol; S., De Capua; D., Domenici; G., Ganis; R., Messi; G., Passaleva; E., Santovetti; M., Veltri. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - STAMPA. - 515:1-2(2003), pp. 348-353. [10.1016/j.nima.2003.09.022]

First results from an aging test of a prototype RPC for the LHCb Muon System

BIZZETI, Andrea;
2003

Abstract

Recent results of an aging test performed at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility on a single-gap RPC prototype developed for the LHCb Muon System are presented. The results are based on an accumulated charge of about 0.45 C/cm2 ; corresponding to about 4 years of LHCb running at the highest background rate. The performance of the chamber has been studied, under several photon flux values, exploiting a muon beam. A degradation of the rate capability above 1 kHz/cm2 is observed, which can be correlated to a sizeable increase of resistivity of the chamber plates. An increase of the chamber dark current is also observed. The chamber performance is found to fulfill the LHCb operation requirements.
2003
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1-2
348
353
First results from an aging test of a prototype RPC for the LHCb Muon System / Bizzeti, Andrea; G., Carboni; G., Collazuol; S., De Capua; D., Domenici; G., Ganis; R., Messi; G., Passaleva; E., Santovetti; M., Veltri. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - STAMPA. - 515:1-2(2003), pp. 348-353. [10.1016/j.nima.2003.09.022]
Bizzeti, Andrea; G., Carboni; G., Collazuol; S., De Capua; D., Domenici; G., Ganis; R., Messi; G., Passaleva; E., Santovetti; M., Veltri
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