A readout system for a cosmic ray telescope using Resistive Plate Chambers

D. Cussans; P. Baesso; J. Burns; S. Quillin; C. Steer; C. Thomay; J. Velthuis

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/8/03/C03003

A readout system for a cosmic ray telescope using Resistive Plate Chambers

D. Cussans^*, P. Baesso, J. Burns, S. Quillin, C. Steer, C. Thomay, J. Velthuis

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Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) are widely used in high energy physics for both tracking and triggering purposes. They have good time resolution and with finely segmented readout can also give a spatial resolution of better than 1 mm. RPCs can be produced cost-effectively on large scales, are of rugged build, and have excellent detection efficiency for charged particles. Our group has successfully built a Muon Scattering Tomography (MST) prototype, using 12 RPCs to obtain tracking information of muons going through a target volume of similar to 50cm x 50cm x 70cm, reconstructing both the incoming and outgoing muon tracks. We describe a readout system for fine-pitch RPCs using MAROC3 readout chips capable of scaling to a large system.

Original language	English
Article number	03003
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/03/C03003
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013
Event	Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics - Oxford, United Kingdom Duration: 17 Sept 2012 → 21 Sept 2012

Keywords

Electronic detector readout concepts (gas, liquid)
Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors)
Search for radioactive and fissile materials
Interaction of radiation with matter

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Consolidated Grant 2012-16
Newbold, D. M. (Principal Investigator) & Rademacker, J. H. (Researcher)
1/10/12 → 1/10/16
Project: Research
Towards a commercial prototype for Cosmic Ray Tomography.
Velthuis, J. J. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/12 → 1/10/13
Project: Research

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