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Re: fcal radiation hardness




Hi Elke,

Yes, this is something we talked about with Tim, but did not bring up  
in the workshop.  It is on our list of things to try to understand.

-Matt

On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:44 AM, Elke-Caroline Aschenauer wrote:

>
> Dear Matt and Beni,
>
> I think we overlooked an important point during the calorimeter  
> meeting
> what needs to be finalized for a review.
> I think we need a clear plan how to deal wit the radiation hardness
> problem of the inner block of the fcal.
>
> We can either develop an insitu cure for the radiation damage of the
> blocks. UV-light only cures part of the problem and insitu heating  
> seems
> not really practically. The other option would be to use radiation  
> hard
> blocks, if we don't find the money to buy them maybe we can find  
> blocks
> somewhere. Like CMS spare blocks or fermi or ....
>
> I think we need a strategy to attack this problem. I think it would  
> also
> be good to look again how long we can run till we see really damage  
> and
> light losses.
>
> bye elke
>
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