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Time resolution of a 6-gap resistive plate chamber with strip readout

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A 6-gap glass resistive plate chamber with a strip readout was tested on the beam of the U-70 accelerator at the Institute for High Energy Physics. A time resolution of ∼45 ps was attained at an efficiency of >98%. The position resolution along a strip was estimated to be ∼1 cm.

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  1. Institute for High Energy Physics, ul. Pobedy 1, Protvino, Moscow oblast, 142281, Russia

    V. V. Ammosov, V. A. Gapienko, V. G. Zaets, Yu. M. Sviridov & A. A. Semak

  2. Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, ul. Joliot-Curie 6, Dubna, Moscow oblast, 141980, Russia

    O. P. Gavrishchuk, N. A. Kuz’min, S. Ya. Sychkov, E. A. Usenko & A. I. Yukaev

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Ammosov, O.P. Gavrishchuk, V.A. Gapienko, V.G. Zaets, N.A. Kuz’min, Yu.M. Sviridov, A.A. Semak, S.Ya. Sychkov, E.A. Usenko, A.I. Yukaev, 2010, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2010, No. 2, pp. 20–24.

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Ammosov, V.V., Gavrishchuk, O.P., Gapienko, V.A. et al. Time resolution of a 6-gap resistive plate chamber with strip readout. Instrum Exp Tech 53, 175–179 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441210020041

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