Cosmic ray test of INO RPC stack

The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) collaboration is planning to build a 50 kt magnetised iron calorimeter (ICAL) detector using glass Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) as active detector elements. A stack of 12 such glass RPCs of 1 m ×1 m in area is tracking cosmic ray muons for over three yea...

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Published inNuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 661; pp. S68 - S72
Main Authors Bhuyan, M., Datar, V.M., Kalmani, S.D., Lahamge, S.M., Mondal, N.K., Nagaraj, P., Pal, S., Reddy, L.V., Redij, A., Samuel, D., Saraf, M.N., Satyanarayana, B., Shinde, R.R., Verma, P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 2012
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Cosmic ray test
ICAL
INO
RPC stack
INO
RPC stack
Cosmic ray test
ICAL
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Summary:The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) collaboration is planning to build a 50 kt magnetised iron calorimeter (ICAL) detector using glass Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) as active detector elements. A stack of 12 such glass RPCs of 1 m ×1 m in area is tracking cosmic ray muons for over three years. In this paper, we will review the constructional aspects of the stack and discuss the performance of the RPCs using this cosmic ray data.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.034