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ECAL and HCAL status

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TED shots, 24-Nov

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HCAL 137Cs calibration 18-19/11/2014

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The 137Cs sources installed into HCAL on 03/11/2014; The calibration performed 18-19/03/2014 (two runs)Two goals

produce new HV, after 2 years and 193 PMT replacements (121 new PMTs) ==> quite significant HV changes expected

one source passage, i.e. assumed α unchanged (G=G0·HVα)a new PHYSICS recipe created (preliminary)

test linux version of the calibration s/w (Vasily Kudryavtsev, BINP) one source passage at side C; minor problems found

Need 1-2 runs morefinalize the linux versionperform 3 source passages at different HV, in order to determine both G0 and α

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ECAL

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Few dead cells appeared after closing the detector (one of them makes the whole power line, 20 PMTs, not working). There will be a chance to access, in a shadow of MUON work.

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HCAL PMT problem – follow-up

Yu. Guz 2014/11/26

Found by HAMAMATSU experts:the vacuum inside the PMT bulb is not degraded, no micro cracks in glassthe problems (dark current etc) are caused by migration of alcali inside the bulbone PMT had been baked for 1.5 hour at 125oC – the behavior improved significantly

however the HAMAMATSU experts do not expect the improvement to be stable for long term

The differences in PMT operation conditions between HCAL and ECAL:

higher voltage: 900 – 1300 V in HCAL vs 600 – 900 V in ECAL (max 1800 V according to the datasheet)electrostatic: the magnetic shielding in HCAL is grounded black paint applied to HCAL PMTs for light tightness (may contribute to electrostatic conditions)some mechanical stress in HCAL PMTS (can lead to micro cracks and degradation of vacuum – discarded by HAMAMATSU studies, see below)

From HAMAMATSU: light emission shows the place where dark current occurs

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While the way of degradation was found (migration of alcalis within PMT bulb), the reason why it happens in ECAL and not in ECAL is unclear. We can only make hypotheses.The differences in the HCAL/ECAL operating conditions which can be relevant are only

somewhat higher voltage (900 – 1300 vs 600 – 900)in combination with electrostatic conditions (grounded bulb)

The limit operating voltage for this type of PMTs is 1800 V according to the specs, it is not exceeded. However an additional factor leading to the decrease of allowed voltages can be the special treatment of the dynode system, which HAMAMATSU made for us in order to decrease the rate effectWhen purchasing additional PMTs from HAMAMATSU, we can think of asking them to produce (a significant part of) PMTs without such treatment. The rate effect will of course become larger; however it will be mitigated by the 11 kHz LED pulsing. It can be a good compromise for (most of) HCAL, where the requirements are not very tight (5% will be good enough) – of course if the guess is right and PMTs without treatment will not experience such degradationWe can also try to modify the electrostatic conditions in HCAL, by, e.g., wrapping the µ-metal shield with kapton tape In the meanwhile, we can bake the bad PMTs (we have ~150 for the moment) and see whether it will help; however HAMAMATSU experts do not expect steady improvement

HCAL PMT problem – follow-up

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CALO operation at high lumi (slides from 2012)

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high lumi test

HCAL PMT anode currents at 1033. Factor of 2.5 wrt normal operation @ 4·1032.The current is up to 50 µA (max 100 µA according to the datasheet)The system of measurement of current is close to limit at the 4 central counters

04/12/2012

L=1033

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ECAL PMT anode currents at 1033. Factor of 2.5 wrt normal operation @ 4·1032.Sensitivity is ~ 100 DCU counts per 1 µA (current up to 10 – 12 µA )

high lumi test04/12/2012

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MV currents in HCAL and ECAL – only slight increase compared to normal.

high lumi test04/12/2012

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high lumi test

hctell04 & hctell05 pstell03 & pstell06

30/11/2012, run 133451, L=6·1032 Stephane T.

few TELL1s close to the bandwidth limit

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The PMTs in HCAL and ECAL centre will not exceed the max allowed DC anode currentThe TELL1s system, after the recent modifications, will not saturateThe radiation damage

Probably after Run II at high lumi (10 fb-1) we will have to replace inner ECAL modules already in LS2Also some CW boards in ECAL central cells will have to be replaced, maybe during Christmas shutdownsHCAL central cells degradation – consequences for trigger? (most probably not severe)

CALO operation at higher lumi in Run II