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

Conference · Fri May 05 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)

OSTI ID:5107027

Holt, R J; Gilman, R; Kinney, E R; Kowalczyk, R S; Napolitano, J; Young, L ^[1]; Mishnev, S I; Nikolenko, D M; Popov, S G; Rachek, I A; Temnykh, A B; Toporkov, D K; Tsentalovich, E P; Vesnovsky, D K; Wojtsekhowski, B B; Zelevinsky, V G ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439-4843 USA (US)
2. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, 630090, (USSR)

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{times}10{sup 16} atoms/s with a polarization of 24% and deuterium at 6{times}10{sup 16} 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 less in polarization was observed.

• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5107027
• Report Number(s): CONF-880983-; CODEN: APCPC; TRN: 90-004266
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA), Vol. 187:2; Conference: 8. international symposium on high energy spin physics, Minneapolis, MN (USA), 12-17 Sep 1988; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
DEUTERIUM
POLARIZED TARGETS
HYDROGEN
FABRICATION
STORAGE RINGS
ATOMIC BEAM SOURCES
DESIGN
LASER RADIATION
OPTICAL PUMPING
SPIN EXCHANGE
STORAGE
VEPP-3
ZEEMAN EFFECT
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
NEUTRAL BEAM SOURCES
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
PUMPING
RADIATIONS
STABLE ISOTOPES
TARGETS
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