Long-Term Ageing Studies on Eco-Friendly Resistive Plate Chamber Detectors

Long-Term Ageing Studies on Eco-Friendly Resistive Plate Chamber Detectors

In high-energy physics, resistive plate chamber (RPC) detectors operating in avalanche mode make use of a high-performance gas mixture. Its main component, Tetrafluoroethane (C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>F<sub>4</sub>), is classified as a fluorinated greenhouse gas....

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Main Authors:	Marcello Abbrescia, Giulio Aielli, Reham Aly, Maria Cristina Arena, Mapse Barroso Ferreira, Luigi Benussi, Stefano Bianco, Fabio Bordon, Davide Boscherini, Alessia Bruni, Salvatore Buontempo, Mattia Busato, Paolo Camarri, Roberto Cardarelli, Liliana Congedo, Marilisa De Serio, Francesco Debernardis, Anna Di Ciaccio, Luigi Di Stante, Pascal Dupieux, Jan Eysermans, Alessandro Ferretti, Martino Gagliardi, Giuliana Galati, Sara Garetti, Roberto Guida, Giuseppe Iaselli, Baptiste Joly, Stefania Alexandra Juks, Umesh Lakshmaiah, KyongSei Lee, Barbara Liberti, Dalia Lucero Ramirez, Beatrice Mandelli, Samuel Pierre Manen, Lorenzo Massa, Alessandra Pastore, Enrico Pastori, Davide Piccolo, Luca Pizzimento, Alessandro Polini, Giorgia Proto, Gabriella Pugliese, Luca Quaglia, Dayron Ramos, Gianluca Rigoletti, Alessandro Rocchi, Marino Romano, Paola Salvini, Amrutha Samalan, Rinaldo Santonico, Giovanna Saviano, Marco Sessa, Saverio Simone, Livia Terlizzi, Michael Tytgat, Ermanno Vercellin, Mattia Verzeroli, Nikolaos Zaganidis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-02-01
Series:	Particles
Subjects:	high-energy particle physics resistive plate chamber eco-friendly gas mixtures
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2571-712X/8/1/15
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Summary:	In high-energy physics, resistive plate chamber (RPC) detectors operating in avalanche mode make use of a high-performance gas mixture. Its main component, Tetrafluoroethane (C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>F<sub>4</sub>), is classified as a fluorinated greenhouse gas. The RPC EcoGas@GIF++ collaboration is pursuing an intensive R&D on new gas mixtures for RPCs to explore eco-friendly alternatives complying with recent European regulations. The performance of different RPC detectors has been evaluated at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility with Tetrafluoropropene (C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>2</sub>F<sub>4</sub>)-CO<sub>2</sub>-based gas mixtures. A long-term ageing test campaign was launched in 2022, and since 2023, systematic long-term performance studies have been carried out thanks to dedicated beam tests. The results of these studies are discussed together with their future perspectives.
ISSN:	2571-712X