Potential of RPCs for tracking


Francke T., Fonte P., Peskov V., Rantanen J.

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, cilt.508, sa.1-2, ss.83-87, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Özet

We have demonstrated that small gap (0.1-0.4 mm) RPCs made of low-resistivity materials (rho < 10(8) Omega cm) can operate at counting rates of up to 10(5) Hz/mm(2) with position resolutions better than 50 mum. Results of preliminary tests allow us to suggest a possible application of this new type of RPC for tracking. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.