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Calibration of the RPC charge readout in the ARGO-YBJ experiment

2012

""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 to 10^4\\\/m^2, 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 RPCs and 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. The telescope was tested at sea level and then moved to the ARGO-YBJ site for coincident operation with the ARGO-YBJ experiment. The charge readout shows good linearity with the particle de…

Optical telescopesNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsCamere a Piastre Resistive (RPC)Resistive plate chamberAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaCosmic raylaw.inventionTelescopeSettore FIS/05 - Astronomia E AstrofisicaOpticslawCoincidentAir showersCalibrationSea levelInstrumentationParticle densitiesCosmic raysResistive Plate Chambers Charge read-out Extended Air ShowersPhysicsAir showers Charge readout Dynamic range Knee regions Particle densities Resistive plate chambers; Calibration Charged particles Cosmic rays Experiments Optical telescopes Sea level Telescopes; Particle spectrometersResistive touchscreenScintillationDynamic rangeCharge readoutParticle spectrometersbusiness.industryCharged particlesSettore FIS/01 - Fisica SperimentaleAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsCharged particleAir showerCalibrazione della Risposta Analogica di RPCKnee regionsLettura Analogica di RPCCalibrationResistive plate chambersbusinessExperimentsTelescopes
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The Argo YBJ daq system and the GRID based data transfer

2008

The Argo-YBJ experiment has now reached itsfinal design configuration. The detector system consists of a fullcoverage array (about 5800 square meters) of Resistive PlateChambers (RPCs). The throughput depends on the trigger rateand threshold. The DAQ system must be able to sustain a max-imum transfer rate of the order of 15 MB/s and a high peakdata flow. Data are read out using a typical front-end acquisitionchain built around a custom bus. Specialized electronics have beendesigned and dedicated software has been written to perform thistask. Data are sent to the online farm through a switch exploitinga gigabit ethernet protocol. A solution to transfer data from theYBJ laboratory to the labo…

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsEngineeringbusiness.industryGigabit Ethernetcomputer.software_genreGridData flow diagramData acquisitionNuclear Energy and EngineeringGrid computingNuclear electronicsData acquisition data mover GRID RPCElectrical and Electronic EngineeringbusinessThroughput (business)computerComputer hardwareData transmission
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The analog Resistive Plate Chamber detector of the ARGO-YBJ experiment

2015

The ARGO-YBJ experiment has been in stable data taking from November 2007 till February 2013 at the YangBaJing Cosmic Ray Observatory (4300 m a.s.l.). The detector consists of a single layer of Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) (6700 m2) operated in streamer mode. The signal pick-up is obtained by means of strips facing one side of the gas volume. The digital readout of the signals, while allows a high space–time resolution in the shower front reconstruction, limits the measurable energy to a few hundred TeV. In order to fully investigate the 1–10 PeV region, an analog readout has been implemented by instrumenting each RPC with two large size electrodes facing the other side of the gas volume…

Physics - Instrumentation and DetectorsPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAir shower detectionFOS: Physical sciencesCosmic raySTRIPSCalorimetrySignallaw.inventionOpticsObservatorylawAir shower detection RPC detector CalorimetryCosmic-ray observatoryphysics.ins-detInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)PhysicsResistive touchscreenbusiness.industryDetectorSettore FIS/01 - Fisica SperimentaleAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)Core (optical fiber)RPC detectorbusinessAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysicsastro-ph.IM
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Intrinsic linearity of bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers operated in streamer mode

2019

Abstract Resistive Plate Chambers have largely been used in High Energy Physics and Cosmic Ray research. In view of using this detector for calorimetry applications it is important to know the maximum measurable particle density, or its intrinsic linearity limit, which is tightly related to the dimension of the discharge region. In this paper we report the results of measurements performed at the Beam Test Facility (INFN National Laboratory of Frascati, Italy) where the intrinsic linearity of bakelite RPCs operated in streamer mode has been tested at different impinging particle densities.

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsIntrinsic linearityStreamer modeCosmic rayCalorimetry01 natural scienceschemistry.chemical_compoundOptics0103 physical sciencesBakeliteParticle density010303 astronomy & astrophysicsInstrumentationPhysicsResistive touchscreen010308 nuclear & particles physicsbusiness.industryDetectorSettore FIS/01 - Fisica SperimentaleLinearityRPC detector Streamer mode Intrinsic linearity CalorimetrychemistryParticlePhysics::Accelerator PhysicsRPC detectorCalorimetry; Intrinsic linearity; RPC detector; Streamer modebusinessBeam (structure)
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