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View article: Signal shape studies and rate dependence of HFO-based gas mixtures in RPC detectors
Signal shape studies and rate dependence of HFO-based gas mixtures in RPC detectors Open
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View article: Observatory Science with eXTP
Observatory Science with eXTP Open
Scheduled for launch in 2030, the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarization (eXTP) telescope is a Chinese space-based mission aimed at studying extreme conditions and phenomena in astrophysics. eXTP will feature three main payloads: Spectrosc…
View article: Long-Term Ageing Studies on Eco-Friendly Resistive Plate Chamber Detectors
Long-Term Ageing Studies on Eco-Friendly Resistive Plate Chamber Detectors Open
In high-energy physics, resistive plate chamber (RPC) detectors operating in avalanche mode make use of a high-performance gas mixture. Its main component, Tetrafluoroethane (C2H2F4), is classified as a fluorinated greenhouse gas. The RPC …
View article: Exploring eco-friendly gas mixtures for resistive plate chambers: A comprehensive study on performance and aging
Exploring eco-friendly gas mixtures for resistive plate chambers: A comprehensive study on performance and aging Open
Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) are gaseous detectors widely used in high\nenergy physics experiments, operating with a gas mixture primarily containing\nTetrafluoroethane (C$_{2}$H$_{2}$F$_{4}$), commonly known as R-134a, which has\na glo…
View article: In-beam performance of a Resistive Plate Chamber operated with eco-friendly gas mixtures
In-beam performance of a Resistive Plate Chamber operated with eco-friendly gas mixtures Open
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 for QGP study are quarkonia and open heavy flavour, of which …
View article: Preliminary results on the long term operation of RPCs with eco-friendly gas mixtures under irradiation at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility
Preliminary results on the long term operation of RPCs with eco-friendly gas mixtures under irradiation at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility Open
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 with diverse electronics, gas gap thicknesses and detector…
View article: Searching for an eco-friendly gas mixture for the ALICE Resistive Plate Chambers
Searching for an eco-friendly gas mixture for the ALICE Resistive Plate Chambers Open
Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) are gaseous detectors with parallel plate geometry and resistive electrodes, widely employed at the LHC. In ALICE (A Large Hadron Collider Experiment) 72 RPCs are installed in the forward muon spectrometer a…
View article: RPC-based Muon Identification System for the neutrino detector of the SHiP experiment
RPC-based Muon Identification System for the neutrino detector of the SHiP experiment Open
The SHiP experiment has been proposed at CERN to shed light on phenomena still unexplained in the framework of the Standard Model, such as the nature of dark matter, the baryonic asymmetry of the Universe and the neutrino oscillations, sea…
View article: A Method Based on Muon System to Monitor LHCb Luminosity
A Method Based on Muon System to Monitor LHCb Luminosity Open
LHCb is one of the four main experiments running at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Since 2010, it has been collecting data to study the Physics of b and c quarks. For the past three years…