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Polarized targets in high energy physics

Conference ·
OSTI ID:90758
 [1]
  1. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Various approaches are discussed for producing polarized nuclear targets for high energy physics experiments. As a unifying theme, examples are drawn from experiments to measure spin dependent structure functions of nucleons in deep inelastic scattering. This single physics goal has, over roughly two decades, been a driving force in advances in target technology. Actual or planned approaches have included solid targets polarized by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), several types of internal targets for use in storage rings, and gaseous {sup 3}He targets polarized by spin-exchange optical pumping. This last approach is the type of target adopted for SLAC E-142, an experiment to measure the spin structure function of the neutron, and is described in detail.
Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-90ER40557
OSTI ID:
90758
Report Number(s):
SLAC--444; CONF-930767--; ON: DE95008628
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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