CMS Resistive Plate Chamber overview, from the present system to the upgrade phase I

TL;DR

This paper provides an overview of the CMS Resistive Plate Chamber system, detailing its current configuration and the planned upgrades for Phase I to enhance detector performance in high-energy physics experiments.

Contribution

It presents a comprehensive review of the existing CMS RPC system and outlines the design and implementation plans for the Phase I upgrade.

Findings

Current system performance and limitations analyzed

Upgrade design specifications and expected improvements detailed

Implementation timeline and testing procedures discussed

Abstract

University of Sofia, Faculty of Physics, Atomic Physics Department, 5, James Bourchier Boulevard, BG-1164 Sofia, Bulgaria Ghent University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Proeftuinstraat 86, BE-9000 Ghent, Belgium Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Inst. for Nucl. Res. and Nucl. Energy, Tzarigradsko shaussee Boulevard 72, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria Peking University, Department of Technical Physics, CN-100 871 Beijing, China Universidad de Los Andes, Apartado A\'ereo 4976, Carrera 1E, no. 18A 10, CO-Bogot\'a, Colombia Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 101 Sharia Kasr El-Ain, Cairo, Egypt Panjab University, Department of Physics, Chandigarh Mandir 160 014, India Universita e INFN, Sezione di Bari, Via Orabona 4, IT-70126 Bari, Italy INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, PO Box 13, Via Enrico Fermi 40, IT-00044 Frascati, Italy Universita e INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Univ. Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, IT-80126 Napoli, Italy Universita e INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Via Bassi 6, IT-Pavia, Italy Department of Physics and Korea Detector Laboratory, Korea University, Aman-dong 5-ga, Sungbuk-gu, Seou,l Republic of Korea Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Physics 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea