Intrinsic linearity of bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers operated in streamer mode

Bartoli, B.; Bernardini, P.; X. J., Bi; Branchini, P.; Budano, A.; Camarri, P.; Cao, Z.; Cardarelli, R.; Catalanotti, S.; Chen, S. Z.; Chen, T. L.; Creti, P.; Cui, S. W.; Dai, B. Z.; D'Amone, A.; Danzengluobu,; De Mitri, I.; D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B.; Di Girolamo, T.; Di Sciascio, G.; Feng, C. F.; Feng, Z.; Feng, Z.; Gou, Q. B.; Guo, Y. Q.; H. H., He; Hu, H.; Hu, H.; Iacovacci, M.; Iuppa, R.; Jia, H. Y.; Labaciren,; H. J., Li; Liguori, G.; Liu, C.; Liu, J.; Liu, M. Y.; Lu, H.; L. L., Ma; X. H., Ma; Mancarella, G.; Mari, S. M.; Marsella, G.; Martello, D.; Mastroianni, S.; Montini, P.; Ning, C. C.; Panareo, M.; Perrone, L.; Pistilli, P.; Ruggieri, F.; Salvini, P.; Santonico, R.; Shen, P. R.; Sheng, X. D.; Shi, F.; Surdo, A.; Tan, Y. H.; Vallania, P.; Vernetto, S.; Vigorito, C.; Wang, H.; C. Y., Wu; H. R., Wu; Xue, L.; Yang, Q. Y.; Yang, X. C.; Yao, Z. G.; Yuan, A. F.; Zha, M.; Zhang, H. M.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, X. Y.; Zhang, Y.; Zhao, J.; Zhaxisangzhu, Zhaxiciren; Zhou, X. X.; Zhu, F. R.; Zhu, Q. Q.; Zizzi, G.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.162746

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.

Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X.J., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Camarri, P., et al. (2019). Intrinsic linearity of bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers operated in streamer mode. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 947, 162746 [10.1016/j.nima.2019.162746].