Speakers
Description
In High Energy Physics, Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) detectors operated in avalanche mode make use of a high-performance gas mixture. Its main component, Tetrafluoroethane (C2H2F4), is classified as a fluorinated high Global Warming Potential greenhouse gas.
The RPC EcoGas@GIF++ Collaboration is pursuing an intensive R&D on new gas mixtures for RPCs to explore eco-friendly alternatives complying with recent European regulations. The performance of different RPC detectors have been evaluated at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility with Tetrafluoropropene (C3H2F4)-CO2 based gas mixtures. A long-term ageing test campaign was launched in 2022 and since 2023 systematic long-term performance studies are carried out by means of dedicated beam tests.
In this talk, preliminary results on these studies will be presented together with their future perspectives.
Details
N/A
| Internet talk | Maybe |
|---|---|
| Is this an abstract from experimental collaboration? | Yes |
| Name of experiment and experimental site | RPC EcoGas@GIF++, GIF++ CERN |
| Is the speaker for that presentation defined? | No |
