Research Paper: Evaluating the Performance of a Resistive Plate Chamber by Measurement of the Detector’s Count Rate
Resistive plate chamber (RPC) is a gaseous particle detector primarily developed for particle physics experiments and found vast applications in industry. We have constructed a prototype of a single gap glass RPC, with gap width of 2 mm. For simplicity, this prototype has a single 10×10 cm2 Al pad t...
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| description | Resistive plate chamber (RPC) is a gaseous particle detector primarily developed for particle physics experiments and found vast applications in industry. We have constructed a prototype of a single gap glass RPC, with gap width of 2 mm. For simplicity, this prototype has a single 10×10 cm2 Al pad to readout the detector’s signals. An electronic board is designed and built at our laboratory to receive, amplify and register pulses as counts per unit time at the computer. In this study, we have used the count rate (noise) as an indicator of the detector's performance. We observed that the count rate reduced in the presence of Fe shields above the detector, due to the absorption of particles related to the cosmic rays. We also studied the sensitivity of the detector to the 60 keV gammas of the Am source. Although an increase in the count rate in the presence of the 241Am source is evident, the efficiency of the detector to 60 keV gammas is very small. All of the measurements are performed at several high voltages between 1 kV and 3 kV. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b6a92bc0b1f4979839e62da3649e1522022-12-21T19:34:18ZfasAlzahra Universityفیزیک کاربردی ایران2783-10432783-10512021-12-01114385610.22051/ijap.2021.37470.12336084Research Paper: Evaluating the Performance of a Resistive Plate Chamber by Measurement of the Detector’s Count RateYousef Pezeshkian0Majid Ahmadpouri1Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, IranPhD Student, Physics department, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, IranResistive plate chamber (RPC) is a gaseous particle detector primarily developed for particle physics experiments and found vast applications in industry. We have constructed a prototype of a single gap glass RPC, with gap width of 2 mm. For simplicity, this prototype has a single 10×10 cm2 Al pad to readout the detector’s signals. An electronic board is designed and built at our laboratory to receive, amplify and register pulses as counts per unit time at the computer. In this study, we have used the count rate (noise) as an indicator of the detector's performance. We observed that the count rate reduced in the presence of Fe shields above the detector, due to the absorption of particles related to the cosmic rays. We also studied the sensitivity of the detector to the 60 keV gammas of the Am source. Although an increase in the count rate in the presence of the 241Am source is evident, the efficiency of the detector to 60 keV gammas is very small. All of the measurements are performed at several high voltages between 1 kV and 3 kV.https://jap.alzahra.ac.ir/article_6084_1b7cd747ebc18352a89292812ca10dd0.pdfresistive plate chamber (rpc)gaseous detectorcosmic muonsamericium source |
| spellingShingle | Yousef Pezeshkian Majid Ahmadpouri Research Paper: Evaluating the Performance of a Resistive Plate Chamber by Measurement of the Detector’s Count Rate فیزیک کاربردی ایران resistive plate chamber (rpc) gaseous detector cosmic muons americium source |
| title | Research Paper: Evaluating the Performance of a Resistive Plate Chamber by Measurement of the Detector’s Count Rate |
| title_full | Research Paper: Evaluating the Performance of a Resistive Plate Chamber by Measurement of the Detector’s Count Rate |
| title_fullStr | Research Paper: Evaluating the Performance of a Resistive Plate Chamber by Measurement of the Detector’s Count Rate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research Paper: Evaluating the Performance of a Resistive Plate Chamber by Measurement of the Detector’s Count Rate |
| title_short | Research Paper: Evaluating the Performance of a Resistive Plate Chamber by Measurement of the Detector’s Count Rate |
| title_sort | research paper evaluating the performance of a resistive plate chamber by measurement of the detector s count rate |
| topic | resistive plate chamber (rpc) gaseous detector cosmic muons americium source |
| url | https://jap.alzahra.ac.ir/article_6084_1b7cd747ebc18352a89292812ca10dd0.pdf |
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