Published August 30, 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

New method to polarize protons in a storage ring and implications to polarize antiprotons

  • 1. Phillips-Universitaet, Fachbereich Physik, 3550 Marburg (Germany)
  • 2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, 6900 Heidelberg (Germany)
  • 3. Sektion Physik der Universitaet Muenchen, 8046 Garching (Germany)
  • 4. Department of Phyiscs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)

Description

A feasibility test of a new method to polarize beams of strongly interacting charged particles circulating in a storage ring is described. The stored particles, here protons, pass through a polarized hydrogen gas target (thickness 6x1013 H/cm2) in the ring some 1010 times and become partially polarized because one spin state is attenuated faster than the other. The polarization buildup is clearly demonstrated in the present experiment

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1379-1382.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25003210
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ANTIPROTONS; ASYMMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; ION BEAMS; POLARIZED BEAMS; PROTONS; SPIN ORIENTATION; STORAGE RINGS
Descriptors DEC
ANTIBARYONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTINUCLEI; ANTINUCLEONS; ANTIPARTICLES; BARYONS; BEAMS; CATIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; DATA; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HYDROGEN IONS 1 PLUS; INFORMATION; IONS; MATTER; NUCLEONS; NUMERICAL DATA; ORIENTATION