Outdoor MARTA RPCs performace update

IF 1.5 3区物理与天体物理 Q3 INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Pub Date : 2025-04-09 DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2025.170476

L. Lopes , P. Assis , G. Neves , R. Conceição , M. Ferreira , L. Mendes , J.C. Nogueira

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Abstract

Over the last two decades, the possibility of using RPCs in outdoors systems has increased considerably. Our group has participated in this effort having installed several systems and continues to work on their optimization, while simultaneously studying and developing new approaches that can lead to use of RPCs in outdoor applications.

In particular, some detectors, deployed in the field at the Pierre Auger Observatory in 2019, remained inactive, awaiting the commissioning of support systems. During the pandemic the detectors were left without gas flow for more than two years, until 2022 when they were filled with gas and HV was turned on. The behavior of 4 large area RPCs deployed under one of the AUGER water Cherenkov tanks will be presented.

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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 物理-光谱学

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

21.40%

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787

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： Section A of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research publishes papers on design, manufacturing and performance of scientific instruments with an emphasis on large scale facilities. This includes the development of particle accelerators, ion sources, beam transport systems and target arrangements as well as the use of secondary phenomena such as synchrotron radiation and free electron lasers. It also includes all types of instrumentation for the detection and spectrometry of radiations from high energy processes and nuclear decays, as well as instrumentation for experiments at nuclear reactors. Specialized electronics for nuclear and other types of spectrometry as well as computerization of measurements and control systems in this area also find their place in the A section. Theoretical as well as experimental papers are accepted.