Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams (May 2006)
Determination of deuteron beam polarizations at COSY
- D. Chiladze,
- A. Kacharava,
- F. Rathmann,
- C. Wilkin,
- S. Barsov,
- J. Carbonell,
- S. Dymov,
- R. Engels,
- P. D. Eversheim,
- O. Felden,
- R. Gebel,
- V. Glagolev,
- K. Grigoriev,
- D. Gusev,
- M. Hartmann,
- F. Hinterberger,
- V. Hejny,
- A. Khoukaz,
- I. Keshelashvili,
- H. R. Koch,
- V. Komarov,
- P. Kulessa,
- A. Kulikov,
- A. Lehrach,
- B. Lorentz,
- G. Macharashvili,
- R. Maier,
- Y. Maeda,
- R. Menke,
- T. Mersmann,
- S. Merzliakov,
- M. Mikirtytchiants,
- S. Mikirtytchiants,
- A. Mussgiller,
- M. Nioradze,
- H. Ohm,
- D. Prasuhn,
- H. Rohdjeß,
- R. Schleichert,
- H. Seyfarth,
- E. Steffens,
- H. J. Stein,
- H. Ströher,
- S. Trusov,
- K. Ulbrich,
- Yu. Uzikov,
- A. Wrońska,
- S. Yaschenko
Affiliations
- D. Chiladze
- A. Kacharava
- F. Rathmann
- C. Wilkin
- S. Barsov
- J. Carbonell
- S. Dymov
- R. Engels
- P. D. Eversheim
- O. Felden
- R. Gebel
- V. Glagolev
- K. Grigoriev
- D. Gusev
- M. Hartmann
- F. Hinterberger
- V. Hejny
- A. Khoukaz
- I. Keshelashvili
- H. R. Koch
- V. Komarov
- P. Kulessa
- A. Kulikov
- A. Lehrach
- B. Lorentz
- G. Macharashvili
- R. Maier
- Y. Maeda
- R. Menke
- T. Mersmann
- S. Merzliakov
- M. Mikirtytchiants
- S. Mikirtytchiants
- A. Mussgiller
- M. Nioradze
- H. Ohm
- D. Prasuhn
- H. Rohdjeß
- R. Schleichert
- H. Seyfarth
- E. Steffens
- H. J. Stein
- H. Ströher
- S. Trusov
- K. Ulbrich
- Yu. Uzikov
- A. Wrońska
- S. Yaschenko
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.9.050101
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 5
p. 050101
Abstract
The vector (P_{z}) and tensor (P_{zz}) polarizations of a deuteron beam have been measured using elastic deuteron–carbon scattering at 75.6 MeV and deuteron-proton scattering at 270 MeV. After acceleration to 1170 MeV inside the COSY storage ring, the polarizations of the deuterons were remeasured by studying the analyzing powers of a variety of nuclear reactions. For this purpose a hydrogen cluster target was employed at the ANKE magnetic spectrometer, which is situated at an internal target position in the ring. The overall precisions obtained were about 4% for both P_{z} and P_{zz}. Though all the measurements were consistent with the absence of depolarization during acceleration, only an upper limit of about 6% could be placed on such an effect.
