Abstract
We describe the first experiment to use a polarized internal gas target and polarized beam in a storage ring. A laser optically pumped polarized He internal gas target has been used with circulating beams of 197-414 MeV polarized protons to carry out an extensive set of measurements of spin dependent scattering. A large acceptance non-magnetic detector system consisting of wie-chambers, scintillators and microstrip detectors was used to detect protons, neutrons, deuterons, and He-3 nuclei from the beam-target interaction. It is demonstrated that these techniques result in low backgrounds (< 1%) due to scattering from species other than the polarized target gas and allow detection of low energy recoiling nuclei. Specific issues such as interfacing the experiment to the storage ring and monitoring the luminosity and polarizations are discussed in detail.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 437-457 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Volume | 354 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jan 1995 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- INDUCED NUCLEON KNOCKOUT
- ELASTIC-SCATTERING
- STORAGE RING
- 290-MEV