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    | Status
    in 1996: 
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    | • | TMAE
    and CsI have serious problems in long term 
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    | operation
    at very high rates 
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    | • | Hamamatsu
    just came out with the metail foil 
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    | multianode PMTs of the R5900 series: first multianode 
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    | PMTs
    with very little cross-talk 
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    | • | Tested
    on the bench and in the beam: excellent 
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    | performance
    àeasy decision 
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