Results from the GIF++ Long-Term Study of Eco-Friendly Gas Mixtures for RPCs

@misc{ahmadi2026results,
  title = {{Results from the GIF++ Long-Term Study of Eco-Friendly Gas Mixtures for RPCs}},
  author = {D. Ahmadi and M. Tytgat and M. Abbrescia and G. Aielli and R. Aly and M. C. Arena and M. Barroso and L. Benussi and S. Bianco and D. Boscherini and F. Bordon and A. Bruni and S. Buontempo and M. Busato and P. Camarri and R. Cardarelli and L. Congedo and D. De Jesus Damiao and M. De Serio and F. Debernardis and A. Di Ciaccio and L. Di Stante and P. Dupieux and J. Eysermans and N. Ferrara and A. Ferretti and G. Galati and M. Gagliardi and R. Guida and G. Iaselli and B. Joly and S. A. Juks and U. Lakshmaiah and K. S. Lee and B. Liberti and D. Lucero Ramirez and B. Mandelli and S. P. Manen and L. Massa and A. Pastore and E. Pastori and D. Piccolo and L. Pizzimento and A. Polini and G. Proto and G. Pugliese and L. Quaglia and D. Ramos and G. Rigoletti and A. Rocchi and M. Romano and P. Salvini and R. Santonico and G. Saviano and M. Sessa and S. Simone and E. Vercellin and M. Verzeroli and N. Zaganidis},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.23706},
  eprint = {2610.23706},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.23706},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - Results from the GIF++ Long-Term Study of Eco-Friendly Gas Mixtures for RPCs
AU  - D. Ahmadi
AU  - M. Tytgat
AU  - M. Abbrescia
AU  - G. Aielli
AU  - R. Aly
AU  - M. C. Arena
AU  - M. Barroso
AU  - L. Benussi
AU  - S. Bianco
AU  - D. Boscherini
AU  - F. Bordon
AU  - A. Bruni
AU  - S. Buontempo
AU  - M. Busato
AU  - P. Camarri
AU  - R. Cardarelli
AU  - L. Congedo
AU  - D. De Jesus Damiao
AU  - M. De Serio
AU  - F. Debernardis
AU  - A. Di Ciaccio
AU  - L. Di Stante
AU  - P. Dupieux
AU  - J. Eysermans
AU  - N. Ferrara
AU  - A. Ferretti
AU  - G. Galati
AU  - M. Gagliardi
AU  - R. Guida
AU  - G. Iaselli
AU  - B. Joly
AU  - S. A. Juks
AU  - U. Lakshmaiah
AU  - K. S. Lee
AU  - B. Liberti
AU  - D. Lucero Ramirez
AU  - B. Mandelli
AU  - S. P. Manen
AU  - L. Massa
AU  - A. Pastore
AU  - E. Pastori
AU  - D. Piccolo
AU  - L. Pizzimento
AU  - A. Polini
AU  - G. Proto
AU  - G. Pugliese
AU  - L. Quaglia
AU  - D. Ramos
AU  - G. Rigoletti
AU  - A. Rocchi
AU  - M. Romano
AU  - P. Salvini
AU  - R. Santonico
AU  - G. Saviano
AU  - M. Sessa
AU  - S. Simone
AU  - E. Vercellin
AU  - M. Verzeroli
AU  - N. Zaganidis
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/16
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.23706
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.23706
AB  - Gaseous detectors play a crucial role in high-energy physics experiments, yet their operation often relies on fluorinated gases with a very high Global Warming Potential (GWP). Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) operated in avalanche mode typically use high-performance gas mixtures based on high-GWP F-gases such as C_2H_2F_4 and SF_6. As environmental concerns grow and regulations become increasingly stringent, the development of sustainable gas mixtures has become a global priority. Within the RPC ECOGas@GIF++ Collaboration, a long-term R&D program has investigated eco-friendly gas mixtures for RPCs and assessed their performance under irradiation. RPCs operated with an HFO-1234ze/CO_2 mixture were exposed to high particle fluxes at CERN GIF++, accumulating 𝒪(10^2 mC/cm^2) over three years. This ageing campaign is now complete, and the detector performances have been systematically evaluated across a broad range of particle rates. This paper presents preliminary final results from the campaign, along with future perspectives.
ER  -