3rd International Conference on Detector Stability and Aging Phenomena in Gaseous Detectors

Experience gained about Resistive Plate Chambers ageing from the ALICE Muon TRigger/IDentifier detector

7 Nov 2023, 14:25

25m

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

Oral Detector operation and performance

Speaker

Alessandro Ferretti (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

Description

The ALICE Muon IDentifier is composed by 72 single gap bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers, which have been operational since 2009 in maxi-avalanche mode (discrimination threshold:7 mV without amplification) with a tetrafluoroethane/isobutane/sulfur hexafluoride gas mixture, undergoing counting rates of the order of tens of Hz/cm^2.

In this talk, the long-term performance and stability of this RPC system will be discussed, in terms of efficiency, dark current and dark rate. An assessment of potential signs of ageing observed on the detectors will be presented, together with a summary of the most common hardware problems experienced.

Presentation materials

Ageing_Ferretti.pdf