Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: . Resistive plate chambers (RPCs) are widely used in high energy physics for both tracking and triggering purposes, due to their excellent time resolution, rate capability, and good spatial resolution. RPCs can be produced cost-effectively on large scales, are of rugged build, and have excellent detection efficiency for charged particles. Our group has successfully built a muon scattering tomography (MST) prototype, using 12 RPCs to obtain tracking information of muons going through a target volume of ∼ 50 cm × 50 cm × 70 cm, reconstructing both the incoming and outgoing muon tracks. The required spatial granularity is achieved by using 330 readout strips per RPC with 1.5 mm pitch. The RPCs have shown an efficiency above 99% and an estimated intrinsic resolution below 1.1 mm. Due to these qualities, RPCs serve as excellent candidates for usage in volcano radiography.
Institutions: University of Bristol, AWE Nuclear Security Technologies
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,035
Awards: Wakeham Rebate against Rolling Grant 2010-11, Bristol Particle Physics Consolidated Grant 2012-17, G262978291, Towards a commercial prototype for Cosmic Ray Tomography, GridPP networking infrastructure (DRI) - Bristol Grant, GridPP3 Tier-2 Hardware Funding (Tranche 2), Particle physics equipment grant, The GridPP3 Project - Tier-2 support, GridPP4 Tranche 1 SouthGrid Bristol Grant
OpenAlex ID: W2170506256