RPC sensitivity to low energy neutrons and ? rays:preliminary results

S. P. Ratti; S. Altieri; V. Baratti; G. Belli; G. Bruno; R. Guida; E. Imbres; G. Musitelli; R. Nardò; C. Riccardi; P. Torre; A. Vicini; P. Vitulo; M. Abbrescia; A. Colaleo; G. Iaselli; F. Loddo; M. Maggi; B. Marangelli; S. Natali; S. Nuzzo; G. Pugliese; A. Ranieri; F. Romano; F. Volpe

RPC sensitivity to low energy neutrons and ? rays:preliminary results

S. P. Ratti, S. Altieri, V. Baratti, G. Belli, G. Bruno, R. Guida, E. Imbres, G. Musitelli, R. Nardò, C. Riccardi, P. Torre, A. Vicini, P. Vitulo, M. Abbrescia, A. Colaleo, G. Iaselli, F. Loddo, M. Maggi, B. Marangelli, S. NataliS. Nuzzo, G. Pugliese, A. Ranieri, F. Romano, F. Volpe

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A double gap Bakelite Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) with common readout has been exposed to the radiation emitted from a ²⁵²Cf source to measure its neutron and ? sensitivity. RPC signals were triggered by fission events detected using BaF₂ scintillators. A GEANT 3.21 Monte Carlo code with MICAP interface estimated the ? and neutron contributions to the total number of collected RPC signals. A neutron sensitivity s_n = 0.46 × 10^-3 at ˜ 2 MeV and a ? sensitivity s_? = 12.6 × 10^-3 at ˜ 1.5 MeV have been measured for the double gap configuration.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	7
Publication status	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	2001 International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, HEP 2001 - Budapest, Hungary Duration: Jul 12 2001 → Jul 18 2001

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Ratti, SP, Altieri, S, Baratti, V, Belli, G, Bruno, G, Guida, R, Imbres, E, Musitelli, G, Nardò, R, Riccardi, C, Torre, P, Vicini, A, Vitulo, P, Abbrescia, M, Colaleo, A, Iaselli, G, Loddo, F, Maggi, M, Marangelli, B, Natali, S, Nuzzo, S, Pugliese, G, Ranieri, A, Romano, F & Volpe, F 2001, 'RPC sensitivity to low energy neutrons and ? rays:preliminary results', Proceedings of Science, vol. 7.

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AU - Imbres, E.

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RPC sensitivity to low energy neutrons and ? rays:preliminary results

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