Muon tomography is a promising method in the detection and imaging of high Z material. In general, considering the quality of track reconstruction in imaging, a detector of good position resolution, high efficiency and large area is required. This paper presents the design and study of a prototype of position sensitive MRPC with 0.15 mm narrow gas gap and 2.54 mm strip readout. Through a cosmic-ray experiment, the performance of MRPC module is carefully observed and each channel is calibrated. Through an X ray experiment with a narrow slit, the position resolution is studied. The results show that the time resolution of the module can reach 61ps and the spatial resolution can reach 0.36 mm.
An MRPC prototype for the future CBM-TOF inner area has been developed.The counter assembled with low resistive glass consists of 10×0.22 mm gas gaps and 2×8 readout pads.The size of each pad is 20 mm×20 mm with an interval of 2 mm between pads.The signals of the counter are collected by 4 eight-pin connectors.Preliminary tests performed with cosmic-rays showed an efficiency over 98%and a time resolution around 60 ps.The measured crosstalk,dark current and dark rate were at a very low levels.Results under uniform irradiation performed at JINR with high energy deuteron showed a time resolution of40–50 ps and over 98%efficiency at a low flux rate,meanwhile at a flux up to 70 kHz/cm2,93%efficiency and 77 ps time resolution still remained.These excellent performances call fully meet the demand of CBM-TOF inner wall.
ZHU WeiPingWANG YiFENG ShengQinWANG JingBoHUANG XinJieSHI LiBABKIN V.GOLOVATYUK V.RUMIANTCEV M.
To obtain a quantitative understanding of the influence of temperature on the performance of multi-gap resistive plate chambers （MRPCs）, we have tested the performance of a 10-gap, 12-pad, 2×2×12 cm2 active area MRPC at different temperatures with cosmic rays. Presented are results from measurements of high-voltage scans, noise rate, dark current, streamer, time resolution, count rate, charge spectrum, and detection efficiency. The test results show that the MRPC performance is significantly affected by temperature arising from the temperature- dependence of the glass resistivity.
