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EFC points approximately to the interaction point to make a tower
geometry. The crystals are shaped in trapezoid and their dimensions
of the front and rear surfaces are significantly different. As a
result, scintillation lights generated along the crystal axes are not
collected uniformly. A Monte Carlo simulation by GEANT indicates that
a good uniformity of light collection is important to get a good
energy resolution. Therefore, all crystals were matt-treated to
achieve a uniform light collection. The largest surface of the forward
crystals and the second largest surface of the backward crystals were
made dim. All other surfaces were polished. The nonuniformity of light
collection for various types of crystals was reduced to about 10 %
level [7]. After the matt treatment, all the crystals were
wrapped by a 100 m Teflon sheet and a 20 m aluminized Mylar
sheet.
Samo Stanic
2001-06-02