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Study of HF production in BaBar Resistive Plate Chambers

✍ Scribed by H.R. Band; F. Bellini; R. Covarelli; E. Di Marco; A. D’Orazio; F. Ferroni; L. Li Gioi; L. Lopez; F. Polci

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
600 KB
Volume
594
Category
Article
ISSN
0168-9002

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✦ Synopsis

The BaBar detector has operated over 200 2nd generation Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) in the forward endcap since 2002. Many chambers have increased noise rates and high-voltage currents. These aging symptoms are correlated with the integrated RPC current as expected, but also depend on the rate and direction of the gas flow, indicating that pollutants produced in the gas can accelerate aging of downstream RPC surfaces. HF produced by decomposition of the Freon 134a component of the BaBar RPC gas in electric discharges has been proposed as the main pollutant. This paper presents measurements of HF production and absorption rates in BaBar RPCs. Since many of the highest rate chambers in the forward endcap were converted to avalanche mode operation, a comparison of HF production in streamer and avalanche mode RPCs is made. Correlations between the HF production rate and other chamber operating conditions were also explored.

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