TY - JOUR
T1 - Resistive plate chamber neutron and gamma sensitivity measurement with a 252Cf source
AU - Abbrescia, M.
AU - Altieri, S.
AU - Baratti, V.
AU - Barnabà, O.
AU - Belli, G.
AU - Bruno, G.
AU - Colaleo, A.
AU - DeVecchi, C.
AU - Guida, R.
AU - Iaselli, G.
AU - Imbres, E.
AU - Loddo, F.
AU - Maggi, M.
AU - Marangelli, B.
AU - Musitelli, G.
AU - Nardò, R.
AU - Natali, S.
AU - Nuzzo, S.
AU - Pugliese, G.
AU - Ranieri, A.
AU - Ratti, S.
AU - Riccardi, C.
AU - Romano, F.
AU - Torre, P.
AU - Vicini, A.
AU - Vitulo, P.
AU - Volpe, F.
PY - 2003/6/21
Y1 - 2003/6/21
N2 - A bakelite double gap Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC), operating in avalanche mode, has been exposed to the radiation emitted from a 252Cf source to measure its neutron and gamma sensitivity. One of the two gaps underwent the traditional electrodes surface coating with linseed oil. RPC signals were triggered by fission events detected using BaF2 scintillators. A Monte Carlo code, inside the GEANT 3.21 framework with MICAP interface, has been used to identify the gamma and neutron contributions to the total number of collected RPC signals. A neutron sensitivity of (0.63±0.02)×10-3 (average energy 2MeV) and a gamma sensitivity of (14.0±0.5)×10-3 (average energy 1.5MeV) have been measured in double gap mode. Measurements done in single gap mode have shown that both neutron and gamma sensitivity are independent of the oiling treatment.
AB - A bakelite double gap Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC), operating in avalanche mode, has been exposed to the radiation emitted from a 252Cf source to measure its neutron and gamma sensitivity. One of the two gaps underwent the traditional electrodes surface coating with linseed oil. RPC signals were triggered by fission events detected using BaF2 scintillators. A Monte Carlo code, inside the GEANT 3.21 framework with MICAP interface, has been used to identify the gamma and neutron contributions to the total number of collected RPC signals. A neutron sensitivity of (0.63±0.02)×10-3 (average energy 2MeV) and a gamma sensitivity of (14.0±0.5)×10-3 (average energy 1.5MeV) have been measured in double gap mode. Measurements done in single gap mode have shown that both neutron and gamma sensitivity are independent of the oiling treatment.
KW - Compact Muon Solenoid
KW - Gamma sensitivity
KW - Neutron sensitivity
KW - Resistive Plate Chamber
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U2 - 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01378-0
DO - 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01378-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037701566
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 506
SP - 101
EP - 109
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1-2
ER -