Published February 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Polarized 3He2+ ion source based on spin-exchange collisions between 3He+ ion and polarized Rb atoms

  • 1. Kobe Tokiwa College, Ohtani-cho 2-6-2, Nagata-ku, Kobe 653-0838 (Japan)
  • 2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, RU-141980, Moscow region (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Department of Chemistry, Niigata University, Ikarashi Nino-cho 8050, Niigata 950-2181 (Japan)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043 (Japan)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Konan University, Okamoto 8-9-1, Higashinada, Kobe 658-8501 (Japan)
  • 6. Physics Division, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616 (United States)

Description

A proposal is presented on the polarized 3He ion source based on the spin-exchange collisions of the low-energy 3He+ ion with polarized alkali-metal atoms (Rb) which are optically pumped under the strong magnetic field. To transfer the electron polarization of 3He+ ion to the 3He nucleus, we offer to use the Sona transition based on a non-adiabatic transition method. For efficiently ionizing 3He+ ion to form 3He2+ ion, 3He+ ion is stripped with a gas/foil stripper after accelerating 3He+. As a compact ionizer for polarized 3He+ ions, an EBIS (Electron Beam Ion Source) ionizer operated with a high magnetic field is also proposed

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2004.07.293;
PII
S0168-9002(04)01990-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
537
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 501-509
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.