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Qualification of Eco-Friendly Gas Mixture for Avalanche Mode Operation of RPC

  • Jaydeep Datta
  • , Abhik Jash
  • , Nayana Majumdar
  • , Supratik Mukhopadhyay
  • SINP
  • Homi Bhabha National Institute

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Abstract

The gas mixture to be used in the RPCs of INO-ICAL experiment is a mixture of R-134a, isobutane and SF6. Owing to huge Global Warming Potential of this mixture (GWP1403), this needs to be substituted with an eco-friendly gas mixture without compromising the performance of ICAL. In this work, we propose to study the qualification of a mixture of argon and CO2 for avalanche mode operation of RPC, which has a very low GWP (<1). To estimate the streamer probability of the new gas mixture at different operating voltages, the electronic charge produced in RPC signal has been simulated using two numerical methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Detectors for Nuclear, High Energy and Astroparticle Physics - Proceedings of ADNHEAP 2017
EditorsSaikat Biswas, Supriya Das, Sanjay Kumar Ghosh
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media, LLC
Pages129-136
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789811076640
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
EventNational conference on Advanced Detectors for Nuclear, High Energy and Astroparticle Physics, ADNHEAP 2017 - Kolkata, India
Duration: Feb 15 2017Feb 17 2017

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Physics
Volume201
ISSN (Print)0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)1867-4941

Conference

ConferenceNational conference on Advanced Detectors for Nuclear, High Energy and Astroparticle Physics, ADNHEAP 2017
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityKolkata
Period02/15/1702/17/17

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