Physics results with polarized electrons at SLAC

Conference · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:238583

Prescott, C Y

Polarized electron beams can play an important role in the dynamics of interactions at high energies. Polarized electron beams at SLAC have been an important part of the physics program since 1970, when they were first proposed for use in testing the spin structure of the proton. Since 1992, the SLAC linear accelerator and the SLC have operated solely with polarized electrons, providing data for tests of QCD in studies of the spin structure of the nucleon and tests of the electroweak sector of the Standard Model. In the following sections, the performance of the source is summarized, and some of the recent results using the polarized beams are discussed.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 238583
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB--6998; CONF-9508210--4; ON: DE96010318
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
66 PHYSICS
ELECTRON SOURCES
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
NUCLEONS
PERFORMANCE
POLARIZED BEAMS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
STANDARD MODEL
STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER
STANFORD LINEAR COLLIDER
STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS
TESTING