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<div>Regarding the hole, you can read some details in the newly published SHMS NIM paper, section 4.4 (<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.08706#page20">https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.08706#page20</a>). There is a nice plot of the hole at Figure 67. </div>
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<div>There is also an Kaon-LT analysis slide or two here (slide 30) <a href="https://indico.global/event/439/contributions/9726/attachments/2319/3748/CAP_2023_final.pdf">https://indico.global/event/439/contributions/9726/attachments/2319/3748/CAP_2023_final.pdf</a></div>
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<div dir="ltr"> I don’t see any problem with 0.65 atm. LAD used 0.38 atm and R-SIDIS ran with 1 atm. However when filling to 1 atm we ran out of the C4F8O and I had to finish the fill with C4F10 but they have almost the same index of refraction. See (<a href="https://logbooks.jlab.org/entry/4418173">https://logbooks.jlab.org/entry/4418173</a>).
Assuming no one else requests a change below 0.65 atm I would just need to pump out some heavy gas.
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<blockquote type="cite">On Oct 31, 2025, at 2:19 PM, Sebouh Paul <sebouh.paul@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span>Hi Dave and Bill,</span><br>
<span>Can you tell me more about this hole in the acceptance? This sounds</span><br>
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<span>On Fri, Oct 31, 2025, 13:29 Dave Gaskell <gaskelld@jlab.org> wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>In principle, 0.65 atm should not be a problem - I think one would</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>I'm cc-ing Bill Henry here as he takes care of the Cherenkov</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Cheers,</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>On 10/31/25 12:35 PM, Sebouh Paul wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>We seek your advice regarding the HGC. In the Pion CT experiment at</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks,</span><br>
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