Published September 1, 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Spin substate mixing by off-axis magnetic fields

  • 1. Triangle Universities Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)

Description

Mixing of magnetic substates in polarized beams by off-axis magnetic fields is considered for cylindrically-symmetric fields. For constant field gradient along the symmetry axis, coupled linear differential equations describe the evolution of substate amplitudes. Sample solutions for spin-1/2 and spin-1 beams are given. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
333
Journal Issue
2-3
Journal Page Range
p. 443-446.
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER