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    wow, <br>
    that is the same epoxy that is use in boat building together with
    fiberglass.<br>
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    so a 45 degree C is the max it seems.<br>
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    cheers,<br>
    Beni<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/31/23 16:08, Timothy Whitlatch
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        It looks like the weakest link is the West System 105/205 epoxy.
        It is good to about 50C.</div>
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        Cheers,<br>
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          <b>Subject:</b> [Halld-pid] [EXTERNAL] Re: Start Counter
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          <p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Beni,</span></p>
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          <p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When
              warming the detector remember that the scintillators are
              held together with a self-clinging plastic packing wrap. I
              do not know how this reacts when it gets warm (I think we
              still have some of the material here somewhere), we do not
              want the detectors getting loose or too tight. Also, the
              rohacell foam support and the carbon fiber inner tube are
              glued to the aluminum mandril and you might want to ask
              the engineers about the temperature properties of the glue
              that was used.</span></p>
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          <p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kind
              regards</span></p>
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          <p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Werner</span></p>
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                    <b>Date: </b>Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 2:05 PM<br>
                    <b>To: </b>Benedikt Zihlmann
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                    <b>Subject: </b>Re: [Halld-pid] Start Counter
                    "warming"</span></p>
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                    Hello Beni,<br>
                    <br>
                    Looking at the plots, I agree with your assessment
                    of significant gain degradation. However, I am a bit
                    dubious that the gain can be recovered by that much
                    via annealing. This will be an interesting test.<br>
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                    Best regards,<br>
                    Fernando<br>
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                    -----Original Message-----<br>
                    From: Fernando Barbosa <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:barbosa@jlab.org"><barbosa@jlab.org></a><br>
                    Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 8:12 AM<br>
                    To: Benedikt Zihlmann <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:zihlmann@jlab.org"><zihlmann@jlab.org></a>;
                    <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:halld-pid@jlab.org">halld-pid@jlab.org</a><br>
                    Cc: Fernando Barbosa <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:barbosa@jlab.org"><barbosa@jlab.org></a><br>
                    Subject: RE: Start Counter "warming"<br>
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                    Hello Beni,<br>
                    <br>
                    I suggest 40 to 60 degree C and 1 month of annealing
                    should provide considerable recovery. I would also
                    suggest keeping the bias off.<br>
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                    Best regards,<br>
                    Fernando<br>
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                    -----Original Message-----<br>
                    From: Benedikt Zihlmann <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:zihlmann@jlab.org"><zihlmann@jlab.org></a><br>
                    Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 7:20 AM<br>
                    To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:halld-pid@jlab.org">halld-pid@jlab.org</a>; Fernando Barbosa
                    <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:barbosa@jlab.org"><barbosa@jlab.org></a><br>
                    Subject: Start Counter "warming"<br>
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                    Hi Fernando, Werner,<br>
                    <br>
                    in view of the fact that we do see a significant
                    degradation in the gain of the Start counter
                    response over the years I was thinking if active
                    "annealing" may help.<br>
                    see also:<br>
                    <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/halldweb.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/Start_Counter_Operations*Run_Period_Winter_2023__;Iw!!FjuHKAHQs5udqho!Nk-OYfMHDbkBaRlkuKDCils8sI-c1M2TiRC4IK3Omz3pN4U1-69uADQTkIB3RpB9iK3wYcztgQCBt_1Rmrw$" moz-do-not-send="true">https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/Start_Counter_Operations*Run_Period_Winter_2023__;Iw!!FjuHKAHQs5udqho!Nk-OYfMHDbkBaRlkuKDCils8sI-c1M2TiRC4IK3Omz3pN4U1-69uADQTkIB3RpB9iK3wYcztgQCBt_1Rmrw$</a><br>
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                    It is not clear why this drop in gain occurred. It
                    does not seem to be related to a loss in light since
                    the ration of width divided by mean-amplitude has
                    not changed much, and in the nose area not at all
                    (this is the middle histogram of the plot). So the
                    source of the loss in gain may be related to the
                    SiPM photo sensor itself?<br>
                    <br>
                    We know "annealing" helps with regards to dark
                    current but I am not aware of recovering gain.<br>
                    An active annealing can be employed by covering the
                    photo sensor area with a "heating blanket"<br>
                    and warm up the region to a certain temperature. The
                    question is what temperature can be considered
                    "save" with regards to the PCB board and electronics
                    as well as the plastic scintillators.<br>
                    <br>
                    how high in temperature do you think can we go
                    without affecting these parts? 70 degree Celsius or
                    even more?<br>
                    The time frame for such an "annealing" attempt would
                    be of order 1 month.<br>
                    <br>
                    any comments?<br>
                    <br>
                    cheers,<br>
                    Beni<br>
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