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Polarization of deuterium molecules

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.55046· OSTI ID:21182444
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  2. NIKHEF, P.O. Box 41882, 1009 DB Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  3. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)
  4. Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 (United States)
  5. TJNAF, Newport News, Virginia 23606, and Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668 (United States)
  6. Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 (United States)
  7. Institut fuer Teilchenphysik, Eidg. Technische Hochschule, CH-8093 Zuerich (Switzerland)

For molecular systems, spin relaxation is expected to be suppressed compared to the case of atoms, since the paired electrons in a hydrogen or deuterium molecule are chemically stable, and only weakly interact with the spin of the nucleus. Such systems would be largely insensitive to polarization losses due to spin-exchange collisions, to the interaction of the electron spins with external fields (e.g. the RF-field of a bunched charged-particle beam), and/or to the presence of container walls. Here, we discuss the results of a recent experiment where we obtained evidence that nuclear polarization is maintained, when polarized atoms recombine to molecules on a copper surface (in a magnetic field of 23 mT and at a density of about 10{sup 12} molecules{center_dot}cm{sup -3})

OSTI ID:
21182444
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 421; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English