Development of a Polarized Helium-3 Source for RHIC and eRHIC
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Author(s)
Maxwell, J.
Epstein, C
Milner, R
Alessi, J
Beebe, E
Pikin, A
Ritter, J
Zelenski, A
Date Issued
2016
Journal
International Journal of Modern Physics: Conference Series
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
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Final published version
Abstract
The addition of a polarized 3He ion source for use at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory would enable a host of new measurements, particularly in the context of a planned eRHIC. We are developing such a source using metastability exchange optical pumping to polarize helium-3, which will be then transferred into RHIC’s Electron Beam Ion Source for ionization. We aim to deliver nuclear polarization of near 70%, and roughly 10[Formula: see text] doubly-ionized 3He[Formula: see text] ions will be created in each 20 [Formula: see text]sec pulse. We discuss the design of the source, and the status of its development.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010194516601022
