High-resolution timing of MIPs with RPCs - a model

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 456, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 6-10

  Fonte, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRODES; GLASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS;

RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS (RPC);

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0034479390     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00953-0     Document Type: Article

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