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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…

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-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-det2011★ 95 cited

Momentum measurement by the Multiple Coulomb Scattering method in the OPERA lead emulsion target

The OPERA Collaboration

A new method of momentum measurement of charged particles through Multiple Coulomb Scattering (MCS) in the OPERA lead emulsion target is presented. It is based on precise measureme…