Measurement of the nuclear polarization of hydrogen and deuterium molecules using a Lamb-shift polarimeter

Lamb-shift polarimeters are used to measure the nuclear polarization of protons and deuterons at energies of a few keV. In combination with an ionizer, the polarization of hydrogen and deuterium atoms was determined after taking into account the loss of polarization during the ionization process. Th...

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Published in:Review of scientific instruments 2014-10, Vol.85 (10), p.103505-103505
Main Authors: Engels, Ralf, Gorski, Robert, Grigoryev, Kiril, Mikirtychyants, Maxim, Rathmann, Frank, Seyfarth, Hellmut, Ströher, Hans, Weiss, Philipp, Kochenda, Leonid, Kravtsov, Peter, Trofimov, Viktor, Tschernov, Nikolay, Vasilyev, Alexander, Vznuzdaev, Marat, Paetz gen Schieck, Hans
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
DEUTERIUM
DEUTERIUM IONS
DEUTERONS
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN IONS 2 PLUS
INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Ionization
KEV RANGE
LAMB SHIFT
POLARIMETERS
POLARIZATION
PROTONS
Scientific apparatus & instruments
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Summary:Lamb-shift polarimeters are used to measure the nuclear polarization of protons and deuterons at energies of a few keV. In combination with an ionizer, the polarization of hydrogen and deuterium atoms was determined after taking into account the loss of polarization during the ionization process. The present work shows that the nuclear polarization of hydrogen or deuterium molecules can be measured as well, by ionizing the molecules and injecting the H2(+) (or D2(+)) ions into the Lamb-shift polarimeter.
ISSN:0034-6748
1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/1.4897479