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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 71: Detectors VI (Gaseous Detectors)
T 71.2: Talk
Thursday, April 3, 2025, 16:30–16:45, VG 1.101
Quality assurance and quality control of the production of thin-gap RPCs for the ATLAS phase 2 upgrade. — •Davide Costa1,2, Francesco Fallavolita2, Oliver Kortner2, Hubert Kroha2, Giorgia Proto2, Pavel Maly2, and Daniel Soyk2 — 1Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Munich — 2Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching bei Munchen
The planned upgrades to the ATLAS muon spectrometer for the phase 2 upgrade of the LHC have increased the demand for better-performing Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs). The upgrade requires gas gaps reduced thickness, both of the electrode plates and the gas volume itself, which lead to improved rate-capability and longevity, as well as allowing for the installation of additional triplets of thin-gap RPCs, with the aim to improve acceptance and efficiency of the ATLAS muon trigger. In order to improve production rate and assure redundancy, facilities for the production and certification of RPCs have been set up at the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) in Munich, in collaboration with German industrial partners. This contribution illustrates the role the MPP has played in setting up the infrastructure, developing quality assurance as quality control (QA/QC) standards, in order to ensure that efficient production be accompanied by high performance standards, as well as the Institute*s ongoing participation in the development of innovative solutions for detector construction that allow to more reliably reach the required performance goals.
Keywords: Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC); Gaseous detectors; ATLAS muon spectrometer; Trigger detectors