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Two methods to measure the e/sup /plus minus// polarization at PEP

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6841614· OSTI ID:6841614
Backward Compton scattering of circularly polarized photons from an e/sup /plus minus// beam can be used to measure the polarization of that beam. We describe a simple, compact fast monitor that measures the beam polarization at P.E.P. by scattering a laser beam off the e/sup /plus minus// bunches and detecting the backscattered photons. We also present graphs of how the /d/sigma//d/Omega//of the electromagnetic processes e/sup +/e/sup/minus// /yields/ e/sup +/e/sup/minus//, /mu//sup +//mu//sup/minus//, /tau//tau/ is modified by the transverse polarization of the initial state particles.
Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
6841614
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PEP-NOTE-170; ON: DE88015163
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English