An MRPC prototype for the future CBM-TOF inner area has been developed.The counter assembled with low resistive glass consists of 10×0.22 mm gas gaps and 2×8 readout pads.The size of each pad is 20 mm×20 mm with an interval of 2 mm between pads.The signals of the counter are collected by 4 eight-pin connectors.Preliminary tests performed with cosmic-rays showed an efficiency over 98%and a time resolution around 60 ps.The measured crosstalk,dark current and dark rate were at a very low levels.Results under uniform irradiation performed at JINR with high energy deuteron showed a time resolution of40–50 ps and over 98%efficiency at a low flux rate,meanwhile at a flux up to 70 kHz/cm2,93%efficiency and 77 ps time resolution still remained.These excellent performances call fully meet the demand of CBM-TOF inner wall.
ZHU WeiPingWANG YiFENG ShengQinWANG JingBoHUANG XinJieSHI LiBABKIN V.GOLOVATYUK V.RUMIANTCEV M.
Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chamber （MRPC） is a new generation of gas detector with good timing and spacial resolution, whose technique is widely applied in some recent high energy （nuclear） physics experiments. In this letter, we report a long-strip two-end readout MRPC and its test beam performance. The measurements show that the long-strip performs a transmission line characteristic and the impedance is independent of the length of strip. The MRPC module we developed is presented to gain a timing resolution of -80 ps and a spacial resolution of -6.4 mm. The possible application of the MRPC is also discussed.
The possibility to detect fast neutrons with a multi-gap resistive plate chamber （MRPC） has been investigated. To detect fast neutrons, a thin polyethylene layer is coated on the surface of electrode glass as a fast neutron converter. The MRPC detects the charged particles generated by neutrons via the （n,p） reaction on hydrogen. A prototype detector has been developed and tested on fast neutron sources in order to evaluate its performance： good agreement between experimental results and simulation has been achieved. A detailed description of the detector and the experimental test results are presented.
Muon tomography is a promising method in the detection and imaging of high Z material. In general, considering the quality of track reconstruction in imaging, a detector of good position resolution, high efficiency and large area is required. This paper presents the design and study of a prototype of position sensitive MRPC with 0.15 mm narrow gas gap and 2.54 mm strip readout. Through a cosmic-ray experiment, the performance of MRPC module is carefully observed and each channel is calibrated. Through an X ray experiment with a narrow slit, the position resolution is studied. The results show that the time resolution of the module can reach 61ps and the spatial resolution can reach 0.36 mm.
Six-gap resistive plate chamber （MRPC） prototypes with semiconductive glass electrodes （bulk resistivity ～ 10^10Ω·cm） were studied for suitability in time-of-flight （TOF） applications at high rates. These studies were performed using a continuous electron beam of 800 MeV at IHEP and an X-ray machine. Time resolutions of about 100 ps and efficiencies larger than 90% were obtained for flux densities up to 28 kHz/cm^2.
The variation in environmental scattering background is a major source of systematic errors in X- ray inspection and measurement systems. As the energy of these photons consisting of environmental scattering background is much lower generally, the Cerenkov detectors having the detection threshold are likely insensitive to them and able to exclude their influence. A thickness measurement experiment is designed to verify the idea by employing a Cerenkov detector and an ionizing chamber for comparison. Furthermore, it is also found that the application of the Cerenkov detectors is helpful to exclude another systematic error from the variation of low energy components in the spectrum incident on the detector volume.
