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, G., Loddo, F., Maggi, M., Marangelli, B., Natali, S., Nuzzo, S., Pugliese, G.M.I., 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

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.
2001
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, G., Loddo, F., Maggi, M., Marangelli, B., Natali, S., Nuzzo, S., Pugliese, G.M.I., 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]
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