{"paper":{"title":"A new concept for streamer quenching in resistive plate chambers","license":"","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"physics.ins-det","authors_text":"2), 4) ((1) Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, A. Calcaterra (1), G.C. Trinchero (2, G. Mannocchi (1, IFSI Sezione di Torino, INFN, Italy), Italy (2) INAF, Italy (3) Universit\\`a di Milano Bicocca, Italy (4) INFN, Milano, M. Piccolo (1), N. Redaelli (3), P. Patteri (1), P. Picchi (1), R. de Sangro (1), Sezione di Torino, T. Tabarelli de Fatis (3)","submitted_at":"2006-02-21T14:40:33Z","abstract_excerpt":"In this paper we propose a new concept for streamer quenching in Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs). In our approach, the multiplication process is quenched by the appropriate design of a mechanical structure inserted between the two resistive electrodes. We show that stable performance is achieved with binary gas mixtures based on argon and a small fraction of isobutane. Fluorocarbons, deemed responsible for the degradation of the electrode inner surface of RPC detectors, are thus fully eliminated from the gas mixture. This design {also resulted} in a simplified assembly procedure. Preliminary r"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"physics/0602143","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}