Abstract
Abstract
This paper presents the study on the characterization of
glass electrodes, which are one of the main components of detectors
like Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs). The RPCs are being used in
various ongoing High Energy Physics experiments, e.g., BELLE at KEK,
CMS at LHC, and would be used in the near future experiments e.g.,
INO-ICAL in India. The characterization of glass electrodes has been
done to understand the factors like quality of glass that can help
in improving the detector's performance. The glass samples chosen
were procured locally Asahi (A), Saint Gobain (S), Modi (M) that are
easily available in Indian industry. The characterization includes
the tests to study the optical, surface, physical, electrical
properties, the composition of glass samples, and leakage
currents. This paper adds new information to the existing body of
research on the subject. Based on the techniques discussed in the
paper a comparison of the measurements among the three different
types of glass electrodes has been done. This study helps us to
determine the best quality of glass that can be chosen for better
operation of the detectors.
Subject
Mathematical Physics,Instrumentation
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