The charge readout of Resistive Plate Chambers(RPCs) is implemented in the ARGO YBJ experiment to measure the charged particle density of the shower front up to104/m2, enabling the study of the primary cosmic rays with energies in the??????knee??????region. As the first time for RPCs being used this way, a telescope with RPC sand scintillation detectors is setup to calibrate the number of charged particles hitting a RPC versus its charge readout. Air shower particles are taken as the calibration beam.
Calibration of the RPC charge readout in the ARGO-YBJ experiment / Bartoli, Bruno; Catalanotti, Sergio; D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto; DI GIROLAMO, Tristano; Iacovacci, Michele. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - 661:1(2012), pp. s56-s59. [10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.066]
Calibration of the RPC charge readout in the ARGO-YBJ experiment
BARTOLI, BRUNO;CATALANOTTI, SERGIO;D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, BENEDETTO;DI GIROLAMO, TRISTANO;IACOVACCI, MICHELE
2012
Abstract
The charge readout of Resistive Plate Chambers(RPCs) is implemented in the ARGO YBJ experiment to measure the charged particle density of the shower front up to104/m2, enabling the study of the primary cosmic rays with energies in the??????knee??????region. As the first time for RPCs being used this way, a telescope with RPC sand scintillation detectors is setup to calibrate the number of charged particles hitting a RPC versus its charge readout. Air shower particles are taken as the calibration beam.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
