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5.3 Distance Measurements

Dimensions of 9 different crystal types are calculated to leave a 200 µm gap between adjacent modules to accommodate the module wrapping. However, there is no additional "dead" material foreseen to support individual CsI-crystals; they are built up in a self-supporting geometry. This design requires a very precise fabrication of the crystals, which is complicated by the irregular shapes of the 9 different modules. Tolerances for linear tl and angular (tn, to) deviations from the theoretical shapes are calculated to achieve a precision of

tl = ±0.3 mm. (5.4)

In order to check the specified tolerances, each crystal is examined by a computer-controlled measuring machine, capable of recording the coordinates of any point inside a volume of 3 m3 with a precision of 7 µm. The machine is programmed to automatically scan the surface of a CsI-crystal. For each side 6 points are recorded and a plane is fitted through these points with a least-square method. The planes are represented in the form , is the unit vector perpendicular to the surface of the plane and d is the distance from the origin of the coordinate system. The angle d between two planes with normal vectors is thus .

Figure 5.4: Definition of the sides of the module type HEXA. Angular tolerances between neighboring sides (P/A,A/B,B/C,...) are 0.24°. For angles between opposite sides (opening angles P/C, A/B and B/A) the tolerance is 0.08° to achieve the required tolerance of ±0.3 mm. For angles between planes two categories are distinguished:

* Angular deviations between neighboring sides (Fig. 5.4). The resulting tolerance from (5.4) for the deviations is tn=0.24°.

* Angular deviations between opposite sides (Fig. 5.4), which are the opening angles of the module and thus the most critical quantities. The tolerance for the deviations is to=0.08°.

In addition, the vertices of the module are calculated and compared to the theoretical values. The vertices of the module allow the calculation of linear deviations for the front face and the back face as shown in Fig 5.5. The tolerance for the deviations is 0.3 mm as defined in (5.4). For each module the deviations are calculated and recorded in a data sheet. For a HEXA crystal, the data sheet is displayed in table 5.2.

Figure 5.5: Comparison of the shape obtained from distance measurements (solid lines), exaggerated for better visibility, to ideal shape (dashed lines). For each side, the deviations D1 and D2 are calculated, which are positive (negative) if the measured vertex lies outside (inside) the dashed shape. The tolerance for the deviations D1, D2 is ±0.3mm. In addition, the angle a is calculated for each side. A summary data base of the 4 categories of deviations of each crystal is produced to overview the results from all the modules. For each category of deviation (e.g. angles between neighboring sides,), the mean value m, the number of values n exceeding the specified tolerance and the maximum value x is calculated. In order to provide an entry to the pibeta crystal data base, which classifies the geometrical precision a crystal, the quantity DIM is defined as

, ( 5.5)

where xo is the maximum value and to=0.08° the maximum allowed deviation of angles between opposite sides. The values for m, n and x of the different categories and the value DIM of measurements on 25 crystals delivered by BICRON Corporation is shown in Table 5.3 .

Angles btw. Neighboring sides [deg]




Angles btw. opposite sides [deg]



side
th
exp
diff

side
th
exp
diff
B\A
66.17
66.13
-0.04

A\B
14.28
14.32
0.04
A\P
54.17
54.06
-0.11

P\C
12.42
12.46
0.04
P\A
54.17
54.15
-0.02

A\B
14.28
14.32
0.04
A\B
66.17
66.19
0.02





B\C
58.34
58.38
0.04





C\B
58.34
58.45
0.11














Linear deviations back side




Linear deviations front side



side
D1 [mm]
D2 [mm]
a [deg]

side
D1 [mm]
D2 [mm]
a [deg]
A
-0.11
-0.22
0.11

A
-0.09
-0.13
0.08
P
-0.19
-0.17
0.02

P
-0.23
-0.20
0.05
A
-0.09
-0.04
0.05

A
0.02
0.05
0.07
B
-0.12
-0.09
0.03

B
-0.10
-0.10
0.00
C
-0.11
-0.11
0.00

C
-0.13
-0.16
0.04
B
-0.07
-0.19
0.12

B
-0.01
-0.09
0.13
Table 5.2 Data sheet from distance measurements of a HEXA type CsI-crystal showing the four categories of deviations.

Front sides
Back sides
Neighb. sides
Opposite sides
Serial
m
n
x
m
n
x
m
n
x
m
n
x
DIM
S001
0.21
0.00
-0.25
0.22
0.00
-0.28
0.07
0.00
-0.11
0.13
2.00
0.13
0.62
S002
0.17
0.00
-0.23
0.17
0.00
-0.20
0.05
0.00
0.06
0.05
0.00
0.06
0.00
S011
0.13
0.00
-0.23
0.14
0.00
-0.22
0.07
0.00
-0.12
0.04
0.00
0.04
0.00
S012
0.05
0.00
0.09
0.05
0.00
-0.10
0.08
0.00
-0.14
0.02
0.00
0.03
0.00
S013
0.23
2.00
-0.39
0.07
0.00
-0.10
0.07
0.00
0.11
0.12
2.00
0.15
0.97
S014
0.13
0.00
-0.21
0.06
0.00
-0.12
0.03
0.00
0.04
0.05
0.00
0.08
0.00
S061
0.10
0.00
-0.14
0.11
0.00
-0.15
0.03
0.00
-0.04
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.00
S062
0.12
0.00
0.20
0.20
2.00
0.37
0.07
0.00
-0.11
0.08
1.00
0.12
0.55
S111
0.21
0.00
0.29
0.14
0.00
0.25
0.06
0.00
-0.12
0.04
0.00
0.04
0.00
S112
0.18
0.00
-0.26
0.12
0.00
0.23
0.10
0.00
0.18
0.12
2.00
0.15
0.87
S113
0.17
0.00
0.23
0.09
0.00
0.16
0.03
0.00
-0.04
0.05
0.00
0.08
0.00
S114
0.16
0.00
0.25
0.14
0.00
0.27
0.03
0.00
0.05
0.04
0.00
0.07
0.00
S115
0.18
0.00
0.27
0.11
0.00
0.20
0.03
0.00
-0.05
0.04
0.00
0.06
0.00
S116
0.25
2.00
0.38
0.14
0.00
0.23
0.05
0.00
-0.07
0.06
0.00
-0.08
0.00
S117
0.23
1.00
0.35
0.12
0.00
0.21
0.03
0.00
0.05
0.05
0.00
0.07
0.00
S118
0.55
5.00
0.87
0.13
0.00
-0.20
0.19
2.00
0.36
0.16
2.00
-0.20
0.00
S161
0.12
0.00
-0.23
0.09
0.00
-0.19
0.14
0.00
0.22
0.07
1.00
0.09
0.09
S162
0.09
0.00
-0.13
0.08
0.00
0.15
0.13
0.00
0.22
0.06
0.00
0.07
0.00
S163
0.09
0.00
0.17
0.11
0.00
0.24
0.22
2.00
0.34
0.05
1.00
0.09
0.10
S164
0.07
0.00
-0.12
0.06
0.00
-0.15
0.14
0.00
0.22
0.05
0.00
0.07
0.00
S165
0.05
0.00
0.10
0.08
0.00
0.18
0.14
0.00
0.22
0.05
0.00
0.06
0.00
S166
0.10
0.00
0.17
0.11
0.00
0.17
0.12
0.00
0.22
0.02
0.00
0.03
0.00
S201
0.20
0.00
-0.28
0.12
0.00
-0.20
0.20
2.00
-0.31
0.24
1.00
0.33
3.23
S202
0.07
0.00
-0.14
0.14
0.00
-0.21
0.16
0.00
-0.21
0.19
1.00
0.27
2.42
S221
0.08
0.00
0.16
0.18
0.00
-0.27
0.09
0.00
-0.13
0.08
1.00
0.09
0.18
Table 5.3 Compilation of Distance Measurements of the 25 crystals delivered by BICRON Corporation. The quantities m, n, x and DIM are defined on page 41.


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