The double spin asymmetry of nitrogen in elastic and quasielastic kinematics from a solid ammonia dynamically polarized target

Friedman, Moshe; Campbell, J.; Day, Donal; Higinbotham, D. W.; Sarty, A.; Ron, G.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.162701

The double spin asymmetry of nitrogen in elastic and quasielastic kinematics from a solid ammonia dynamically polarized target

Journal Article · Thu Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162701· OSTI ID:1564093

Friedman, Moshe ^[1]; Campbell, J. ^[2]; Day, Donal ^[3]; ^[4]; Sarty, A. ^[5]; Ron, G. ^[1]

Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel). Racah Inst. of Physics
Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Saint Mary's Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada)
Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Saint Mary's Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada)

Solid ammonia is commonly used as a dynamically polarized proton target for electron and muon scattering cross-section asymmetry measurements. As spin 1$$^{+}$$ particles, the $$^{14}$$N nuclei in the target are also polarized and contribute a non-trivial asymmetry background that should be addressed. HereWe describe here a method to extract the nitrogen contribution to the asymmetry, and report the cross-section asymmetries of electron-nitrogen scattering at beam energies of $E=1.7$ GeV and $E=2.2$ GeV, and momentum transfer of $$Q^{2}=0.023-0.080$$ GeV$$^{2}$$.

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Research Organization:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-06OR23177

OSTI ID:: 1564093

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1561378

Report Number(s):: DOE/; JLAB-PHY--19-3035; OR/23177-4774; arXiv:1905.12550

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Journal Issue: C Vol. 946; ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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