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NEW INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT

The current state of the physics and technology of obtaining polarized particle beams

Yu. A. Plis, L. M. Soroko

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region

Abstract: Methods are discussed for obtaining and accelerating polarized ions of hydrogen, deuterium, helium-3, and lithium. A review is given of the physical and technological solutions of the problem of ionization of polarized atoms, of the production of polarized ions by the method of charge exchange through a metastable state, and also of the means of avoiding depolarization of particles in acceleration to high energies. The possibility is analyzed of accelerating polarized ions of deuterium in a synchrotron. The possibility of storing polarized ions in electron beams is set forth in detail. Data on working installations are presented. The review includes articles published up to March, 1971.

UDC: 621.384.8

PACS: 34.70.+e, 41.75.Fr, 39.10.+j, 32.10.Dk, 29.17.+w, 29.20.Lq

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0107.197206e.0281

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1972, 15:3, 318–339