Performance of Glass Resistive Plate Chambers for a high granularity semi-digital calorimeter

M. Bedjidian (1) , K. Belkadhi (2) , V. Boudry (2) , C. Combaret (1) , D. Decotigny (2) , E. Cortina Gil , C. de La Taille (3) , R. Della Negra (1) , V. A. Gapienko , G. Grenier (1) , C. Jauffret (2) , R. Kieffer (1) , M. -C. Fouz , R. Han (1) , I. Laktineh (1) , N. Lumb (1) , K. Manai , S. Mannai , H. Mathez (1) , L. Mirabito (1) , J. Puerta Pelayo , M. Ruan (2) , F. Schirra (1) , N. Seguin-Moreau (3) , W. Tromeur (1) , M. Tytgat , M. Vander Donckt (1) , N. Zaganidis

1 IPNL - Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon
2 LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
3 LAL - Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire

A new design of highly granular hadronic calorimeter using Glass Resistive Plate Chambers (GRPCs) with embedded electronics has been proposed for the future International Linear Collider (ILC) experiments. It features a 2-bit threshold semi-digital read-out. Several GRPC prototypes with their electronics have been successfully built and tested in pion beams. The design of these detectors is presented along with the test results on efficiency, pad multiplicity, stability and reproducibility.

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Expérience [hep-ex]; Instrumentations et Détecteurs [physics.ins-det]

M. Bedjidian, K. Belkadhi, V. Boudry, C. Combaret, D. Decotigny, et al.. Performance of Glass Resistive Plate Chambers for a high granularity semi-digital calorimeter. Journal of Instrumentation, 2011, 6, pp.P02001. ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/6/02/P02001⟩. ⟨in2p3-00553302⟩