Eco-friendly resistive plate chamber detectors for HEP applications
Resistive Plate Chamber detectors are largely employed in current High Energy Physics experiments, thanks to their relatively low cost and good spatial/time resolution. They are typically operated in avalanche mode with large fractions of Tetrafluoroethane (C 2 H 2 F 4 ), a gas recently banned by the European Union due to its high Global Warming Potential (GWP). An intense R&D activity is ongoing to improve RPC technology in view of present and future High Energy Particle Physics (HEP) applications. Since a few years, a joint effort among the ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, LHCb/SHiP and CERN Detector Technology (EP-DT) Communities is in place to search for potential eco-friendly gas mixtures and assess the performance of RPCs under different irradiation conditions. Tests are in progress at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF++). In this paper, a review on the promising results of these studies and future plans will be given.
Authors
- M. Romano
- B. Joly
- R. Cardarelli
- D. Piccolo
- G. Rigoletti
- J. Eysermans
- P. Dupieux
- A. Rocchi
- S.P. Manen
- A. Polini
- D. Boscherini
- N. Zaganidis
- P. Camarri
- E. Pastori
- B. Liberti
- L. Benussi
- A. Di Ciaccio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8289-5183)
- R. Santonico
- G. Saviano
- G. Proto
- L. Massa
- G. Aielli
- S. Bianco
- Marta F. Barroso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6477-8282)
- S. Simone
- M. Gagliardi
- M. Verzeroli
- G. Galati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-3312)
- L. Di Stante
- R. Aly
- Livia Terlizzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4119-7228)
- E. Vercellin
- B. Mandelli
- A. Samalan
- M.C. Arena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7234-4607)
- R. Guida
- D. Ramos
- A. Bruni
- L. Congedo
- P. Salvini
- G. Pugliese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5460-2638)
- M. De Serio
- M. Tytgat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3990-2074)
- A. Ferretti
- L. Pizzimento
- A. Pastore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5024-3495)
- L. Quaglia
- S. Buontempo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9526-556X)
- M. Abbrescia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8727-7544)
Institutions
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université Clermont Auvergne (FR)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino (IT)
- Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont Auvergne (FR)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia (IT)
- IIT@MIT (US)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)
- Clermont Université (FR)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna (IT)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CH)
- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Modern Physics A
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217751x25410027
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.21