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20202026
most citedCoherent photoproduction of vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at TeV

37 citations · 72 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Atmospheric effects on cosmic-ray muon rate at high latitude (78.9°N)

M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini, L. Baldini +71

Since 2019, three scintillator detectors of the EEE collaboration have been continuously measuring cosmic muon rates at 78.9°N at the Ny-Ålesund Research Station (Svalbard). The re…

physics.ins-det2025

Performance and long-term aging studies on Eco-Friendly Resistive Plate Chamber detectors

D. Ahmadi, M. Tytgat

Resistive Plate Chambers detectors are extensively used in several domains of Physics. In High Energy Physics, they are typically operated in avalanche mode with a high-performance…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Signal shape studies and rate dependence of HFO-based gas mixtures in RPC detectors

L. Quaglia, M. Abbrescia, G. Aielli +56

The RPCs employed at the LHC experiments are currently operated in avalanche mode, with a mixture containing a large fraction of CHF (90\% or more) with…

nucl-ex2024★ 1 cited

Recent results and upgrade of the ALICE muon spectrometer

Luca Quaglia, ALICE collaboration

The ALICE experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a multi-purpose particle detector, mainly focused on the study of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) in heavy-ion collisions.…

hep-ex2024

In-beam performance of a Resistive Plate Chamber operated with eco-friendly gas mixtures

L. Quaglia, M. Abbrescia, G. Aielli +54

ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) studies the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP): a deconfined state of matter obtained in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. One of the probes fo…

physics.ins-det2024★ 5 cited

Exploring Eco-Friendly Gas Mixtures for Resistive Plate Chambers: A Comprehensive Study on Performance and Aging

The RPC ECOGas@GIF++ collaboration, :, L. Quaglia +57

Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) are gaseous detectors widely used in high energy physics experiments, operating with a gas mixture primarily containing Tetrafluoroethane (CH$…

physics.ins-det2023

High-rate tests on Resistive Plate Chambers operated with eco-friendly gas mixtures

M. Abbrescia, G. Aielli, R. Aly +52

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,…

physics.ins-det2023★ 5 cited

Preliminary results on the long term operation of RPCs with eco-friendly gas mixtures under irradiation at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility

L. Quaglia, D. Ramos, M. Abbrescia +55

Since 2019 a collaboration between researchers from various institutes and experiments (i.e. ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHCb/SHiP and the CERN EP-DT group), has been operating several RPCs…

nucl-ex2023★ 11 cited

Production of pions, kaons, and protons as a function of the relative transverse activity classifier in pp collisions at TeV

ALICE Collaboration

The production of , , and p is measured in pp collisions at TeV in different topological regions. Particle transverse momentum…

physics.ins-det2022★ 7 cited

Eco-friendly Resistive Plate Chambers for detectors in future HEP applications

Luca Quaglia

Resistive Plate Chamber detectors are largely used in current High Energy Physics experiments, typically operated in avalanche mode with large fractions of Tetrafluoroethane (C2H2F…

physics.ins-det2022

Searching for an eco-friendly gas mixture for the ALICE Resistive Plate Chambers

Luca Quaglia, R. Cardarelli, B. Liberti +47

The ALICE RPCs are operated with a mixture of 89.7% , 10% i- and 0.3% . and are fluorinated greenhouse gases with a…

physics.ins-det2021

Studies on tetrafluoropropene-CO2 based gas mixtures for the Resistive Plate Chambers of the ALICE Muon IDentifier

Alessandro Ferretti

Due to their simplicity and comparatively low cost Resistive Plate Chambers are gaseous detectors widely used in high-energy and cosmic rays physics when large detection areas are…

physics.ins-det2020★ 1 cited

Environment-friendly gas mixtures for Resistive Plate Chambers: an experimental and simulation study

A. Bianchi, S. Delsanto, P. Dupieux +10

Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) have shown stable operation at the Large Hadron Collider and satisfactory efficiency for the entire Run 1 (2010-2013) and Run 2 (2015-2018) with C$_{…

physics.ins-det2020★ 4 cited

Performance and aging studies for the ALICE muon RPCs

Luca Quaglia, Antonio Bianchi, Alessandro Ferretti +5

The ALICE muon trigger (MTR) system consists of 72 Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) detectors arranged in two stations, each composed of two planes with 18 RPCs per plane. The detecto…

nucl-ex2020★ 37 cited

Coherent photoproduction of vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at TeV

ALICE Collaboration

Cross sections for the coherent photoproduction of vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at TeV are reported. The measurements,…