Study of F- Production in BaBar RPCs [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2008.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description
- 14 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- The BaBar detector has operated over 200 2nd generation Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) in the forward endcap since 2002. Many chambers have increased noise rates and high voltage currents. These aging symptoms are correlated with the integrated RPC current as expected, but also depend on the rate and direction of the gas flow, indicating that pollutants produced in the gas can accelerate aging of downstream RPC surfaces. HF produced by decomposition of the Freon 134a component of the BaBar RPC gas in electric discharges has been proposed as the main pollutant. This paper presents measurements of HF production and absorption rates in BaBar RPCs. Since many of the highest rate chambers in the forward endcap were converted to avalanche mode operation, a comparison of HF production in streamer and avalanche mode RPCs is made. Correlations between the HF production rate and other chamber operating conditions were also explored.
- Report Numbers
- E 1.99:slac-pub-12854
slac-pub-12854 - Subject(s)
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
02/22/2008.
"slac-pub-12854"
Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods (NIM) A FT
Covarelli, R.; Lopez, L.; Band, H.R.; Di Marco, E.; Li Gioi, L.; D'Orazio, A.; Ferroni, F.; Bellini, F.; Polci, F. - Funding Information
- AC02-76SF00515
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