Abstract for JLAB Technical Note 05-033
Radiation exposure of the DVCS calorimeter during data taking has degraded the optical properties of the cristals in a time dependent way. This note presents a method which allows to determine the e ective gain of each single block all along data taking, relying on the two absolute elastic calibrations performed at the beginning and at the end of the experiment. Consideration of time dependent gain is shown to improve the missing mass resolution, allowing for a better identification
of DVCS events.
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