A MEASUREMENT OF PROTON-PROTON POLARIZATION AND TRIPLE SCATTERING PARAMETERS D, R, A, AND A' AT 430 MEV.

Abstract

The polarization parameters P, D, R, A, and A' were measured at 7 scattering angles between 30 degrees and 120 degrees in the center of mass with an incident energy of 430 MeV. A 56% polarized beam was prepared by scattering on an internal beryllium target in the Chicago Synchrocyclotron. A liquid hydrogen target was used for the p-p scattering and the outgoing polarization was analyzed with a third scattering in the carbon plates of a spark chamber. The scattering asymmetry was determined by fitting the data to a distribution by the maximum-likelihood method. The analysing power of the spark chamber as a function of energy was measured in beams of known polarization. The beam polarization before and after the p-p scattering was manipulated with a solenoid and two bending magnets. During a 5-weeks run, 1,400,000 pictures were taken. The pictures were scanned and measured on angular encoding machines with a least count of 1/3 degree. The measurements are compared with the extrapolations of several phase shift and resonance analyses of experimental data at higher and lower energies. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 30, 1964
Accession Number
AD0605305

Entities

People

  • Richard F. Roth

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetry
  • Beryllium
  • Chambers
  • Coding
  • Experimental Data
  • Extrapolation
  • Hydrogen
  • Liquid Hydrogen
  • Magnets
  • Measurement
  • Phase Shift
  • Polarization
  • Resonance
  • Scattering
  • Solenoids
  • Spark Chambers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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