A large area timing RPC

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

Volumn 485, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 328-342

  Blanco, A ^a,b   Ferreira Marques, R ^a   Finck, Ch ^c   Fonte, P ^a,d   Gobbi, A ^c   Policarpo, A ^a   Rozas, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^d POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gaseous detectors; Large area; RPC; Time resolution; TOF

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; GAS DETECTORS; GLASS; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

LARGE AREA; RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBER (RPC); TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF);

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0041608490     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)02119-2     Document Type: Article

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