The Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) sensitivity to neutrons has been simulated using GEANT code with MICAP and FLUKA interfaces. The calculations have been performed as a function of the neutrons energy in the range 0.02 eV- 1 GeV. To evaluate the response of the detector in the LHC background environment, the neutron energy spectrum expected in the CMS muon barrel has been taken into account; a hit rate due to neutrons of about 0.6 Hz cm(-2) has been estimated for a 250 x 250 cm(2) RPC in the RBL station. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Simulation of resistive plate chamber sensitivity to neutrons / Altieri, S.; Belli, G.; Bruno, G.; Merlo, M.; Ratti, S. P.; Riccardi, C.; Torre, P.; Vitulo, P.; Abbrescia, M.; Colaleo, A.; Iaselli, Giuseppe; Loddo, F.; Maggi, M.; Marangelli, B.; Natali, S.; Nuzzo, S.; Pugliese, Gabriella Maria Incoronata; Ranieri, A.; Romano, F.. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - 461:1-3(2001), pp. 57-59. [10.1016/S0168-9002(00)01160-8]
Simulation of resistive plate chamber sensitivity to neutrons
IASELLI, Giuseppe;PUGLIESE, Gabriella Maria Incoronata;
2001-01-01
Abstract
The Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) sensitivity to neutrons has been simulated using GEANT code with MICAP and FLUKA interfaces. The calculations have been performed as a function of the neutrons energy in the range 0.02 eV- 1 GeV. To evaluate the response of the detector in the LHC background environment, the neutron energy spectrum expected in the CMS muon barrel has been taken into account; a hit rate due to neutrons of about 0.6 Hz cm(-2) has been estimated for a 250 x 250 cm(2) RPC in the RBL station. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
