Preliminary results on optimisation of gas flow rate for ICAL RPCs

The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) collaboration is planning to build a magnetised Iron CALorimeter (ICAL) detector to study atmospheric neutrinos and to measure their oscillation parameters. The ICAL will use 50kton iron as target mass and about 28,800 Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) of 2×2...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2014-02, Vol.736, p.135-142
Main Authors: Bhuyan, M.R., Kalmani, S.D., Mondal, N.K., Pal, S., Samuel, D., Satyanarayana, B., Shinde, R.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerators
Construction
Detectors
Gas flow
Gas system
INO
Iron
Neutrinos
Optimising gas flow rate
Optimization
Oscillations
RPC
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Summary:The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) collaboration is planning to build a magnetised Iron CALorimeter (ICAL) detector to study atmospheric neutrinos and to measure their oscillation parameters. The ICAL will use 50kton iron as target mass and about 28,800 Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) of 2×2m2 in area as active detector elements. As part of its R&D programme, a stack of 12 glass RPCs of 1×1m2 in area has been set up to study and characterise the performance of the RPCs. In this paper, we describe our study on the optimisation of gas flow through the RPCs. We conclude that the refreshing frequency of gas can be reduced by a factor of 30 with leak free RPCs, without compromising performance of the RPCs.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2013.10.047