Detailed models for timing and efficiency in resistive plate chambers

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

Volumn 508, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 14-18

  Riegler, Werner ^a   Lippmann, Christian ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Efficiency; RPC; Simulation; Time resolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0041663468     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01269-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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