Gas mixture studies for streamer operation of Resistive Plate Chambers at low rate
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Gas mixtures have been studied in order to be used in the Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) of the OPERA spectrometers. We are interested in mixtures with a low R-134a concentration in order to reduce the streamer charge and the operating voltage without spoiling the usual RPC performances. r 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007