XVII Conference on Resistive Plate Chambers and Related Detectors

Session

Applied research and new ideas (part I)

13 Sept 2024, 09:30

160. Timing RPCs: 25 years

Paulo Fonte

13/09/2024, 09:30

About 25 years ago, in the framework of the ALICE TOF R&D effort, the time resolution of the RPC detector technology was extended to sub-100 ps by decreasing the gap width by about one order of magnitude and adopting the multigap construction method. This resolution range is interesting for particle identification or tagging by time-of-flight and opened the way to practical very large...

38. Developmental Studies on the Performance Enhancement of Gas-Tight Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) for Muography Applications

Samip Basnet (UCL - CP3)

13/09/2024, 10:00

Muon-based radiography, also known as “muography”, is an application of particle physics based on muons naturally produced from cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere. Muography determines the average density of an object by measuring the muon flux passing through it and comparing it with a reference flux through the unobstructed sky.
In this talk, we report on the status of our development of...

41. A modular muon telescope for tomography and radiography applications

Dr Raveendrababu Karnam (National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) (IN))

13/09/2024, 10:20

Muography is a non-invasive technique that exploits the absorption and scattering features of cosmic-ray muons and produces projectional image of a target volume. We are studying different muon telescope configurations for use in tomography applications such as imaging the spent nuclear fuel dry cask, border controls of transport, and radiography applications such as to investigate...

56. New Readout Codification in Large-Area Multi-Gap Timing RPCs for Muon Scattering Tomography

Joao Pedro De Carvalho Saraiva (Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (PT))

13/09/2024, 10:40

A novel readout technique was designed for applications covering large surfaces, such as the muon scattering tomography. Knowing that the FEE is often the driving cost of RPCs, the new codification was developed with the initial intention of significantly reducing the dependence of the number of electronic channels on the detector area, without substantial decrease of its performance.
The...

62. The first miniTRASGO Cosmic Ray telescope

Cayetano Soneira-Landín (GFN - Complutense University of Madrid)

13/09/2024, 11:00

Since their discovery in 1912, cosmic rays have been an invaluable source of information about the distant universe, constituting one of the pillars of the so-called multi-messenger astronomy. Also, they act as a penetrating radiation providing information about near-Earth space and the solar activity. In order to deepen our knowledge in cosmic rays, a new family of detectors called Trasgos...

6. A TOF-tracker MRPC for simultaneous measurements of timing and position at the pi20 beamline of J-PARC

Ryotaro Koike (Kyoto Universuty)

13/09/2024, 11:20

In the Hadron Hall of J-PARC, we plan to measure the cross sections for exclusive Drell-Yan reaction ($π^- p→μ^+ μ^- n$) aiming to determine the generalized parton distribution functions (GPDs) of nucleons. The experiment will be conducted in the π20 beamline and MRPCs will be utilized for muon identification. An area of 1.8 m × 2.4 m will be covered by a MRPC that is designed to identify a...