Speaker
Description
The expected limitations on the use of HFCs and other fluorinated gases motivated the opening of a new line of R&D in RPCs: sealed RPCs. This approach requires only very low amounts of gas and dispenses with the very complex and expensive recirculation and/or recycling gas systems.
At the moment it is not clear if this solution can cover all the fields of application of RPCs, but it seems that it can be considered as a valid option for triggering/tracking at low particle flux, for instance in cosmic-ray or rare-event experiments.
The results obtained in the last couple of years will be presented, advances and setbacks will be shared and discussed. All practical quantities, their dependence on the environmental variables and the evolution over time will be presented, with main focus on the performance stability.
