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% $C_2{H}_2{F}_4$, 10% i-$C_4{H}_{10}$ and 0.3% $S{F}_6$. $C_2{H}_2{F}_4$ and $S{F}_6$ are fluorinated greenhouse gases with a…