Study of gas mixtures and ageing of the multigap resistive plate chamber used for the Alice TOF

• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.07.007
• Publication Date: 2004-07-24T14:25:55Z
• Authors: A.V. Akindinov; A. Alici; F. Anselmo; P. Antonioli; M. Basile; G. Cara Romeo; L. Cifarelli; F. Cindolo; F. Cosenza; I. D' Antone; A. De Caro; S. De Pasquale; A. Di Bartolomeo; M. Fusco Girard; V. Golovine; M. Guerzoni; M. Guida; D. Hatzifotiadou; A.B. Kaidalov; D.H. Kim; D.W. Kim; S.M. Kisselev; G. Laurenti; E. Lioublev; K. Lee; S.C. Lee; M.L. Luvisetto; A. Margotti; A.N. Martemiyanov; F. Massera; S. Meneghini; R. Michinelli; R. Nania; P. Otiougova; G. Pancaldi; A. Pesci; R. Pilastrini; O. Pinazza; P.A. Polozov; M. Rizzi; E. Scapparone; G. Scioli; S.B. Sellitto; F. Semeria; S. Serra; A.V. Smirnitski; M.M. Tchoumakov; E. Ugolini; E. Usenko; G. Valenti; K.G. Voloshin; M.C.S. Williams; B.V. Zagreev; C. Zampolli; A. Zichichi; A. Zucchini; M. Zuffa
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine

We present in this paper a study of the Alice-TOF Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) performance by using several gas mixtures. We also present a search for possible ageing effects, by studying two MRPCs irradiated at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility.