201. New Eco-gas mixtures for the Extreme Energy Events MRPCs: results and plans
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M. Garbini, M. Trimarchi, M. Battaglieri, Luca Baldini, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, S. Boi, D. Hatzifotiadou, Eugenio Scapparone, Mn Mazziotta, L. Galante, L. Votano, M. Rizzi, Giancarlo C. Righini, Francesco Noferini, F. Coccetti, S. Pisano, Giuseppe Mandaglio, M. C. S. Williams, S. Serci, A. Corvaglia, C. Ripoli, Antonio Trifiro, L. Zheng, G. Maron, M. P. Panetta, I. Gnesi, F. Nozzoli, Francesco Riggi, P. La Rocca, C. Gustavino, M. C. Vistoli, Luisa Cifarelli, S. Grazzi, F. Carnesecchi, E. Coccia, L. Fabbri, M. Abbrescia, D. De Gruttola, G. Piragino, P. Galeotti, S. De Pasquale, G. Terreni, Antonino Zichichi, R. Baldini Ferroli, A. Scribano, R. Paoletti, V. V. Frolov, L. Perasso, F. Palmonari, C. Cicalo, G. Gemme, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, Rosario Nania, C. Pellegrino, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, R. Zuyeuski, E. Bossini, A. Chiavassa, S. Miozzi, M. Taiuti, Marco Schioppa, S. Squarcia, M. Panareo, W. Park, L. G. Batignani, G. Sartorelli, Pisano, S., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, L. G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., Gruttola, D. De, Pasquale, S. De, Fabbri, L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., Rocca, P. La, Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ,Resistive-plate chambers ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Nuclear engineering ,Resistive plate chamber ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Time resolution ,Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) ,Timing detectors ,Gaseous detectors ,Muon spectrometer ,Particle tracking detectors ,Greenhouse gas ,Environmental science ,Detectors and Experimental Techniques ,Instrumentation ,physics.ins-det ,Mathematical Physics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics - Abstract
The Extreme Energy Events observatory is an extended muon telescope array, covering more than 10 degrees both in latitude and longitude. Its 59 muon telescopes are equipped with tracking detectors based on Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber technology with time resolution of the order of a few hundred picoseconds. The recent restrictions on greenhouse gases demand studies for new gas mixtures in compliance with the relative requirements. Tetrafluoropropene is one of the candidates for tetrafluoroethane substitution, since it is characterized by a Global Warming Power around 300 times lower than the gas mixtures used up to now. Several mixtures have been tested, measuring efficiency curves, charge distributions, streamer fractions and time resolutions. Results are presented for the whole set of mixtures and operating conditions, %. A set of tests on a real EEE telescope, with cosmic muons, are being performed at the CERN-01 EEE telescope. The tests are focusing on identifying a mixture with good performance at the low rates typical of an EEE telescope., 8 pages, 6 figures, proceedings for the "XIV Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and Related Detectors" (19-23 February 2018), Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, Mexico
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- 2019