XVIII Conference on Resistive Plate Chambers and Related Detectors

Session

HEP and Beyond HEP Applications Techniques

17 Sept 2026, 09:20

Conveners

HEP and Beyond HEP Applications Techniques

• Eduardo Alves Coelho (Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (CBPF))

HEP and Beyond HEP Applications Techniques

• Eduardo Alves Coelho (Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (CBPF))

Description

Auditorium 111 (UERJ/Maracanã)

This session is dedicated to the applications of RPC technology in and beyond HEP (e.g., muography/tomography, medical imaging, security, neutron detection, cosmic-ray telescopes), including readout and system techniques enabling these use cases.

59. RPC chambers in the COMET experiment Cosmic Ray Veto

Dr Maxime Gouzevitch (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

17/09/2026, 09:20

HEP and Beyond HEP Applications Techniques

Talk

The COMET experiment at J-PARC searches for the charged-lepton-flavour-
violating process of coherent muon-to-electron conversion in a muonic atom,
μ−N → e−N , with a target single-event sensitivity of O(10−15) during Phase I,
which is expected to begin in 2028. Low-energy negative muons are produced
by collisions of a high-intensity proton beam with an upstream production tar-
get and...

60. Detector Physics-Driven Design of Future RPC and Hybrid Detectors

Giulio Aielli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))

17/09/2026, 09:40

HEP and Beyond HEP Applications Techniques

Talk

The RPC R&D effort of the last decades is culminating in the HL-LHC upgrades of the ATLAS and CMS systems and in the installation of pilot detectors for large Long-Lived Particle (LLP) experiments. In parallel, the need to drastically reduce the use of fluorinated gases has driven RPC research toward previously unexplored operating conditions, leading to promising results combining improved...

23. Cosmic-Ray Study of HSCP Search Capability Based on the CMS iRPC Prototype Readout System

Zhen-An Liu (IHEP,Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))

17/09/2026, 10:30

HEP and Beyond HEP Applications Techniques

Talk

Various Beyond-the-Standard-Model theories predict the existence of Heavy Stable Charged Particles (HSCPs), making their search one of the key objectives of the CMS Phase-II upgrade for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). Owing to their large masses, HSCP candidates are expected to traverse the detector at velocities significantly lower than those of relativistic muons. Therefore, their flight...

56. Performance Evaluation of a TOF-Tracker MRPC for Volcano Muography

Shintaro TANAKA (RCNP, The University of Osaka)

17/09/2026, 10:50

HEP and Beyond HEP Applications Techniques

Talk

We are developing an MRPC for imaging the internal structure of volcanoes and estimating soil water content using cosmic-ray muons.
Continuous observations of cosmic-ray muons may contribute to monitoring geophysical mass variations such as volcanic activity and soil moisture changes.
To identify high-energy penetrating muons, time-of-flight information from two MRPC layers is used to...

12. Gamma ray burst detection over a wide energy range with a ground-based detector

Rinaldo Santonico (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))

17/09/2026, 11:10

HEP and Beyond HEP Applications Techniques

Talk

The experiment Argo-(Tibet 4300 m asl) has demonstrated the great RPC potential for gamma ray astrophysics with ground-based detectors. The Argo most relevant point was its very low energy threshold, approaching 100 GeV, which allowed to detect soft Extensive Air Showers (EAS) down to unprecedented energies. This feature offers a unique opportunity for the detection of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB)...