Time and position resolution of high granularity, high counting rate MRPC for the inner zone of the CBM-TOF wall

TL;DR

This paper reports on the development and testing of high-granularity, high-rate MRPC detectors for the CBM-TOF inner zone, achieving over 98% efficiency and 70-80 ps time resolution in demanding conditions.

Contribution

The study introduces a novel MRPC prototype with low resistivity glass and optimized strip design for high-rate particle detection in the CBM-TOF inner zone.

Findings

Efficiency > 98% in high-rate environment

System time resolution of 70-80 ps

Successful operation in heavy ion collision conditions

Abstract

Multi-gap RPC prototypes with readout on a multi-strip electrode were developed for the small polar angle region of the CBM-TOF subdetector, the most demanding zone in terms of granularity and counting rate. The prototypes are based on low resistivity ($\sim$10$^{10}$ $\Omega$cm) glass electrodes for performing in high counting rate environment. The strip width/pitch size was chosen such to fulfill the impedance matching with the front-end electronics and the granularity requirements of the innermost zone of the CBM-TOF wall. The in-beam tests using secondary particles produced in heavy ion collisions on a Pb target at SIS18 - GSI Darmstadt and SPS - CERN were focused on the performance of the prototype in conditions similar to the ones expected at SIS100/FAIR. An efficiency larger than 98\% and a system time resolution in the order of 70~-~80~ps were obtained in high counting rate and high multiplicity environment.