Tests of a polarized source of hydrogen and deuterium based on spin-exchange optical pumping and a storage cell for polarized deuterium

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6519654

Holt, R J; Gilman, R; Kinney, E R; Kowalczyk, R S; Napolitano, J; Young, L; Mishnev, S I; Nikolenko, D M; Popov, S G; Rachek, I A

A novel laser-driven polarized source of hydrogen and deuterium which is based on the principle of spin-exchange optical pumping has been developed at Argonne. The advantages of this method over conventional polarized sources for internal target experiments is discussed. At present, the laser-driven polarized source delivers hydrogen 8 x 10 W atoms/s with a polarization of 24% and deuterium at 6 x 10 W atoms/s with a polarization of 25%. A passive storage cell for polarized deuterium was tested in the VEPP-3 electron storage ring. The storage cell was found to increase the target thickness by approximately a factor of three and no loss in polarization was observed. 10 refs., 4 figs., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6519654
• Report Number(s): CONF-880983-32; ON: DE89005891
• Resource Relation: Conference: 8. international symposium on high energy spin physics, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 12 Sep 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
DEUTERIUM TARGET
POLARIZATION
HYDROGEN 1 TARGET
ELECTRON REACTIONS
LASERS
OPTICAL PUMPING
PERFORMANCE
SPIN EXCHANGE
SPIN ORIENTATION
STORAGE RINGS
TESTING
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
LEPTON REACTIONS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
ORIENTATION
PUMPING
TARGETS
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