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Title: | The analog Resistive Plate Chamber detector of the ARGO-YBJ experiment | Authors: | Bartoli, B. Bernardini, P. Bi, X. J. Branchini, P. Budano, A. Camarri, P. Cao, Z. Cardarelli, R. Catalanotti, S. Chen, S. Z. Chen, T. L. Creti, P. Cui, S. W. Dai, B. Z. D'Amone, A. Danzengluobu De Mitri, I. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B. Di Girolamo, T. Di Sciascio, G. Feng, C. F. Feng, Zhaoyang Feng, Zhenyong Gou, Q. B. Guo, Y. Q. He, H. H. Hu, Haibing Hu, Hongbo Iacovacci, M. Iuppa, R. Jia, H. Y. Labaciren Li, H. J. Liguori, G. Liu, C. Liu, J. Liu, M. Y. Lu, H. Ma, L. L. Ma, X. H. Mancarella, G. Mari, S. M. Marsella, G. Martello, D. Mastroianni, S. Montini, P. Ning, C. C. Panareo, M. Perrone, L. Pistilli, P. Ruggieri, F. Salvini, P. Santonico, R. Shen, P. R. Sheng, X. D. Shi, F. Surdo, A. Tan, Y. H. VALLANIA, PIERO VERNETTO, Silvia Teresa Vigorito, C. Wang, H. Wu, C. Y. Wu, H. R. Xue, L. Yang, Q. Y. Yang, X. C. Yao, Z. G. Yuan, A. F. Zha, M. Zhang, H. M. Zhang, L. Zhang, X. Y. Zhang, Y. Zhao, J. Zhaxiciren Zhaxisangzhu Zhou, X. X. Zhu, F. R. Zhu, Q. Q. Zizzi, G. |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Journal: | ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | Number: | 67 | First Page: | 47 | Abstract: | The ARGO-YBJ experiment has been in stable data taking from November 2007 till February 2013 at the YangBaJing Cosmic Ray Observatory (4300 m a.s.l.). The detector consists of a single layer of Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) (6700 m<SUP>2</SUP>) operated in streamer mode. The signal pick-up is obtained by means of strips facing one side of the gas volume. The digital readout of the signals, while allows a high space-time resolution in the shower front reconstruction, limits the measurable energy to a few hundred TeV. In order to fully investigate the 1-10 PeV region, an analog readout has been implemented by instrumenting each RPC with two large size electrodes facing the other side of the gas volume. Since December 2009 the RPC charge readout has been in operation on the entire central carpet (∼5800 m<SUP>2</SUP>). In this configuration the detector is able to measure the particle density at the core position where it ranges from tens to many thousands of particles per m<SUP>2</SUP>. Thus ARGO-YBJ provides a highly detailed image of the charge component at the core of air showers. In this paper we describe the analog readout of RPCs in ARGO-YBJ and discuss both the performance of the system and the physical impact on the EAS measurements. | Acknowledgments: | Acknowledgments This work is supported in China by NSFC , the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology , the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics , CAS, and in Italy by the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and, partially, by Ministero per gli Affari Esteri (MAE), Government of Italy. We also acknowledge the essential support of W.Y. Chen, G. Yang, X. F. Yuan, C.Y. Zhao, R. Assiro, B. Biondo, S. Bricola, F. Budano, A. Corvaglia, B. DAquino, R. Esposito, A. Innocente, A. Mangano, E. Pastori, C. Pinto, E. Reali, F. Taurino, and A. Zerbini in the installation, debugging, and maintenance of the detector. We thank the group of the DAFNE Beam-Test Facility, especially G. Mazzitelli and P. Valente, for their valuable support during and after the test beam. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/29834 | URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927650515000171?via%3Dihub | ISSN: | 0927-6505 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2015.01.007 | Bibcode ADS: | 2015APh....67...47B | Fulltext: | open |
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