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A single Time-of-Flight tray based on multigap resistive plate chambers for the STAR experiment at RHIC
- Source :
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 508:181-184
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2003.
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Abstract
- The STAR experiment at RHIC plans to implement a 60 m 2 Time-of-Flight (TOF) system. The Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) is a suitable candidate for the STAR TOF system due to its time resolution of order of 60 ps with efficiencies in excess of 97%. We obtained this result with modules composed of 6 gas gaps of 220 μm and pad area of 20 cm 2 . In this paper, we report on the performance of this MRPC module and present the current status of the construction and installation into STAR of a prototype tray.
Details
- ISSN :
- 01689002
- Volume :
- 508
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d7c45ee8bb1d71de37a83aa4bd699da3