Author/Authors :
Abbrescia، نويسنده , , M and Altieri، نويسنده , , S and Baratti، نويسنده , , V and Barnabà، نويسنده , , O and Belli، نويسنده , , G and Bruno، نويسنده , , G and Colaleo، نويسنده , , A and DeVecchi، نويسنده , , C and Guida، نويسنده , , R and Iaselli، نويسنده , , G and Imbres، نويسنده , , E and Loddo، نويسنده , , F and Maggi، نويسنده , , M and Marangelli، نويسنده , , B and Musitelli، نويسنده , , G and Nardٍ، نويسنده , , R and Natali، نويسنده , , S and Nuzzo، نويسنده , , S and Pugliese، نويسنده , , G and Ranieri، نويسنده , , A and Ratti، نويسنده , , S and Riccardi، نويسنده , , C and Romano، نويسنده , , F and Torre، نويسنده , , P and Vicini، نويسنده , , A and Vitulo، نويسنده , , P and Volpe، نويسنده , , F، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A bakelite double gap Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC), operating in avalanche mode, has been exposed to the radiation emitted from a 252Cf source to measure its neutron and gamma sensitivity. One of the two gaps underwent the traditional electrodes surface coating with linseed oil. RPC signals were triggered by fission events detected using BaF2 scintillators. A Monte Carlo code, inside the GEANT 3.21 framework with MICAP interface, has been used to identify the gamma and neutron contributions to the total number of collected RPC signals. A neutron sensitivity of (0.63±0.02)×10−3 (average energy 2 MeV) and a gamma sensitivity of (14.0±0.5)×10−3 (average energy 1.5 MeV) have been measured in double gap mode. Measurements done in single gap mode have shown that both neutron and gamma sensitivity are independent of the oiling treatment.
