Development of a laser optically pumped polarized target for use in heavy-ion physics. [/sup 151/ /sup 153/Eu]
Important micro- and macroscopic details of heavy-ion reactions may be explicitly determined when nuclear spin aligned (polarized) targets are used. For deformed nuclei, the orientation of the symmetry axis of the nuclear density distribution is determined by the nuclear spin orientation. Polarized targets would thus allow experiments to be performed as a function of the orientation of the symmetry axis of the nuclear density distribution. A polarized target of /sup 151/ /sup 153/Eu is being developed at Oak Ridge and is based on laser depopulation optical pumping. A spatially defined target is provided by a supersonic gas jet and consists of Eu atoms seeded into an inert carrier gas. Detailed time-dependent optical-pumping calculations predict approx. = 90% nuclear spin polarization in a Eu target with an expected thickness in excess of 10/sup 15/ atoms/cm/sup 2/. We present some of the effects that will be observable in heavy-ion reactions when deformed polarized targets are used.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 5185177
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-820428-3; ON: DE82013434; TRN: 82-016342
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Conference on lasers in nuclear physics, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, 21 Apr 1982; Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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