Innovative resistive plate chambers for the CMS phase-2 upgrade: Project summary, construction, and quality assurance
In view of the Phase-2 of the LHC physics program, called High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), the CMS muon system will be upgraded to maintain a robust muon triggering and reconstruction performance. Therefore RE3/1 and RE4/1 stations of the forward muon system will be equipped with new improved Resistive Plate Chambers (iRPC) as dedicated detectors for muon triggering in CMS . The new iRPC detectors have a different design and geometry with respect to the present RPC system to improve the rate capability and survive the harsh background condition during HL-LHC. This work summarizes the iRPC project including the iRPC design and production process, details of the ongoing detector production, quality control procedures at the production sites and results of performance studies with high energy muon beam under intense gamma radiation at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF++) facility.
Authors
- A. Santoro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0568-665X)
- L. Balleyguier
- I. Lomidze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3901-2765)
- Neal Patrick Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1394-3158)
- E. Asilar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5680-599X)
- Andrés Cabrera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0486-6296)
- H. Kou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-243X)
- C. Uribe Estrada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2425-7340)
- J. Eysermans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6483-7123)
- H. Castilla-Valdez
- Xiangnan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6744-3418)
- E. Zareian
- K. Skovpen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1160-0621)
- I. Crotty
- A. Sánchez-Hernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9548-0358)
- E. Shumka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0104-2574)
- A. Samalan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9024-2609)
- C. Ávila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5610-2693)
- P. Iaydjiev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6330-0607)
- B.C. Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7988-7545)
- H. R. Hoorani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0088-5043)
- F. Marujo da Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3555-0489)
- M. Shopova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6664-2493)
- P. Cao
- E. Coelho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6114-9907)
- Yeonsu Ryou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2762-8650)
- C. Combaret
- A. Braghieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9606-5604)
- A. Dimitrov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2899-701X)
- A. Luciol
- D. Ramos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7165-1017)
- A. Petrov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8899-1514)
- K. Mota Amarilo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-3348)
- Kyong Sei Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3680-7039)
- G. Galbit
- L. Mundim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9964-7805)
- F. Loddo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9517-6815)
- G. Iaselli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2546-5341)
- J. Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8365-7726)
- P. Salvini
- L. Litov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8511-6883)
- R. Hadjiiska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1824-1737)
- T. J. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8336-2434)
- I. Pedraza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2669-4659)
- V. Amoozegar
- B. Pavlov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3635-0646)
- B. Boghrati
- E. M. Da Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5016-6434)
- G. Sultanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8030-3866)
- Yasaman Hosseini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-8963)
- G. A. Alves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8369-1446)
- Qingfeng Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1965-5918)
- J.P. Pinheiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6293-3332)
- D.L. Ramirez Guadarrama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7280-8269)
- Na Wang
- P. Vitulo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9247-7778)
- C. Riccardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0165-3962)
- Y. Assran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6974-9595)
- Ashfaq Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4770-1897)
- D. Piccolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5404-543X)
- S. Bianco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8300-4124)
- M. Ebrahimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8967-7725)
- P. Paolucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8773-4781)
- Fabiola Vazquez Valencia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6379-3982)
- F. Fienga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5978-4952)
- A. Radi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7857-3445)
- S. J. Qian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0630-481X)
- G. Grenier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1976-5877)
- C. Florez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3222-0249)
- M. Gouzevitch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5524-880X)
- J. A. Reyes Vega
- I. Bagaturia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8646-4372)
- Zhenan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2896-1386)
- F. Carnevali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3857-1231)
- J. Goh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1129-2083)
- G. Pugliese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5460-2638)
- Diego Andres Barbosa Trujillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6607-4238)
- Z. Tsamalaidze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5377-3558)
- P. Montagna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9647-9420)
- R. Aly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6808-1335)
- O. Kemularia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3212-8880)
- M. Tytgat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3990-2074)
- S. Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6225-9876)
- B. Hong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-9929)
- D. De Jesus Damião (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3769-1680)
- M. Thiel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7139-7963)
- Mehar Ali Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0581-9090)
- S. Muhammad
- S. Meola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8233-7277)
- M. Abbrescia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8727-7544)
- N. Zaganidis
- R. Gomes De Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4153-1126)
- S. Fonseca De Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7830-0837)
- Y. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6954-9964)
- R. López-Fernández
- H. Nogima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7705-1066)
- M. Ramirez-García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4564-3822)
- M. A. Mahmoud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8692-5458)
- S. Buontempo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9526-556X)
- M. Mohammadi Najafabadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6131-5987)
- J. Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3306-4518)
- L. Mirabito
- W. Tromeur
- M. I. Asghar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7137-2106)
- W. Diao
- W. X. Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4161-7210)
- J. Song
- M. Barroso Ferreira Filho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3904-0571)
- L. Benussi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2363-8889)
- P. Petkov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0420-9480)
- L. Lista (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6471-5492)
- N. De Filippis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0625-6811)
- А. Александров (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6934-2541)
- F. Esfandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9245-0840)
- Jules Vandenbroeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6141-3404)
Institutions
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (BG)
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.170453
- Primary Topic
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00