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Title	Long-Term Ageing Studies on Eco-Friendly Resistive Plate Chamber Detectors
Related title	Long-Term Ageing Studies on Eco-Friendly Resistive Plate Chamber Detectors†
Author(s)	Abbrescia, Marcello (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Aielli, Giulio (Rome U., Tor Vergata ; INFN, Rome2) ; Aly, Reham (Helwan U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Arena, Maria Cristina (Pavia U.) ; Ferreira, Mapse Barroso (Rio de Janeiro State U.) ; Benussi, Luigi (Frascati) ; Bianco, Stefano (Frascati) ; Bordon, Fabio (CERN) ; Boscherini, Davide (INFN, Bologna) ; Bruni, Alessia (INFN, Bologna) ; Buontempo, Salvatore (INFN, Naples) ; Busato, Mattia (CERN) ; Camarri, Paolo (Rome U., Tor Vergata ; INFN, Rome2) ; Cardarelli, Roberto (Rome U., Tor Vergata) ; Congedo, Liliana (INFN, Bari) ; De Serio, Marilisa (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Debernardis, Francesco (INFN, Bari) ; Di Ciaccio, Anna (Rome U., Tor Vergata ; INFN, Rome2) ; Di Stante, Luigi (Rome U., Tor Vergata ; INFN, Rome2) ; Dupieux, Pascal (LPC, Clermont-Ferrand) ; Eysermans, Jan (MIT, LNS) ; Ferretti, Alessandro (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Gagliardi, Martino (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Galati, Giuliana (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Garetti, Sara (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Guida, Roberto (CERN) ; Iaselli, Giuseppe (INFN, Bari ; Bari Polytechnic) ; Joly, Baptiste (LPC, Clermont-Ferrand) ; Juks, Stefania Alexandra (U. Paris-Saclay) ; Lakshmaiah, Umesh (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Lee, KyongSei (Korea U.) ; Liberti, Barbara (INFN, Rome2) ; Ramirez, Dalia Lucero (Iberoamericana U.) ; Mandelli, Beatrice (CERN) ; Manen, Samuel Pierre (LPC, Clermont-Ferrand) ; Massa, Lorenzo (INFN, Bologna) ; Pastore, Alessandra (INFN, Bari) ; Pastori, Enrico (INFN, Rome2) ; Piccolo, Davide (Frascati) ; Pizzimento, Luca (INFN, Rome2) ; Polini, Alessandro (INFN, Bologna) ; Proto, Giorgia (INFN, Rome2) ; Pugliese, Gabriella (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari) ; Quaglia, Luca (INFN, Turin) ; Ramos, Dayron (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari) ; Rigoletti, Gianluca (CERN) ; Rocchi, Alessandro (INFN, Rome2) ; Romano, Marino (INFN, Bologna) ; Salvini, Paola (INFN, Pavia) ; Samalan, Amrutha (Gent U.) ; Santonico, Rinaldo (Rome U., Tor Vergata ; INFN, Rome2) ; Saviano, Giovanna (Rome U., La Sapienza, Dip. di Matematica) ; Sessa, Marco (INFN, Rome2) ; Simone, Saverio (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Terlizzi, Livia (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Tytgat, Michael (Gent U. ; Brussels U., IIHE) ; Vercellin, Ermanno (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Verzeroli, Mattia (CERN ; IP2I, Lyon) ; Zaganidis, Nikolaos (Iberoamericana U.)
Publication	2025
Number of pages	10
In:	Particles 8, 1 (2025) pp.15 Particles 8, 1 (2025) pp.15
In:	13th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics 2024 (ICNFP 2024), Kolymbari, Greece, 26 Aug - 4 Sep 2024, pp.15
DOI	10.3390/particles8010015
Subject category	Particle Physics - Experiment ; Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Abstract	In high-energy physics, resistive plate chamber (RPC) detectors operating in avalanche mode make use of a high-performance gas mixture. Its main component, Tetrafluoroethane (C2H2F4), is classified as a fluorinated greenhouse gas. The RPC EcoGas@GIF++ collaboration is pursuing an intensive R&D on new gas mixtures for RPCs to explore eco-friendly alternatives complying with recent European regulations. The performance of different RPC detectors has been evaluated at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility with Tetrafluoropropene (C3H2F4)-CO2-based gas mixtures. A long-term ageing test campaign was launched in 2022, and since 2023, systematic long-term performance studies have been carried out thanks to dedicated beam tests. The results of these studies are discussed together with their future perspectives.
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