A prototype MRPC beam test for the BESIII ETOF upgrade

201220 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Y. J. Sun · University of Science and Technology of China

S. Yang · University of Science and Technology of China

Cheng Li · University of Science and Technology of China

S. Qian · Institute of High Energy Physics

L. Xu · University of Science and Technology of China

Zaiwei Fu · Institute of High Energy Physics

Y. K. Heng

Abstract

A prototype multi-gap resistive plate chamber (MRPC) with a 2×6 gap structure is developed for the upgrading of the endcap time-of-flight (ETOF) detector in the Beijing Spectrometer (BESIII). The prototype MRPC is tested in the E3 beam line of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC) with secondary charged particles (π and p, etc) of 600 MeV/c. The test results show that the time resolution of the MRPC can reach 50 ps and that the detection efficiency is greater than 98%.

Topics & Keywords

Particle Detector Development and Performance Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Chinese Physics C

Volume 36, Issue 5, pp. 429-433

DOI: 10.1088/1674-1137/36/5/008

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