Operating a Hydrogen Maser as a Polarimeter for a Polarized Hydrogen Jet Target

Session C08 - DPB: Physics of Beam and Accelerators
MIXED session, Tuesday afternon, April 18, 14:30
Room 10 & 11, Renaissance Hotel

[C08.04] Operating a Hydrogen Maser as a Polarimeter for a Polarized Hydrogen Jet Target

S.E. Gladycheva,J.S. Price (Physics Dept., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109),J. Holley,D. Kleppner (Physics Dept., MIT, Cambridge MA)

The H maser polarimeter will intercept an ultra-cold polarized H beam that will be used as a target (Mark II) for a p-p scattering experiment to take place at the UNK accelerator in Protvino, Russia Protvino, Russia, 1989 (IHEP, Protvino, 1989), p.152.. The maser will be used for measuring the polarization of the proton-spin-polarized hydrogen atoms. The maser operates in the transient mode Goldenberg, N.F.Ramsey, Phys.Rev. 126 (1962) 603., at low magnetic field ( \sim 1 Gauss). We expect to determine the number of H atoms in different hyperfine states by measuring the exponentially decreasing signal produced in the cavity (ring-down signal). We plan to monitor the polarization of the Mark II hydrogen beam on-line. We report recent progress on the development of hydrogen maser polarimeter.

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