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Abbott D, Adderley P, Adeyemi A, Aguilera P, Ali M, Areti H, Baylac M, Benesch J, Bosson G, Cade B, Camsonne A, Cardman LS, Clark J, Cole P, Covert S, Cuevas C, Dadoun O, Dale D, Dong H, Dumas J, Fanchini E, Forest T, Forman E, Freyberger A, Froidefond E, Golge S, Grames J, Guèye P, Hansknecht J, Harrell P, Hoskins J, Hyde C, Josey B, Kazimi R, Kim Y, Machie D, Mahoney K, Mammei R, Marton M, McCarter J, McCaughan M, McHugh M, McNulty D, Mesick KE, Michaelides T, Michaels R, Moffit B, Moser D, Muñoz Camacho C, Muraz JF, Opper A, Poelker M, Réal JS, Richardson L, Setiniyaz S, Stutzman M, Suleiman R, Tennant C, Tsai C, Turner D, Ungaro M, Variola A, Voutier E, Wang Y, Zhang Y. Production of Highly Polarized Positrons Using Polarized Electrons at MeV Energies. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:214801. [PMID: 27284661 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.214801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
The Polarized Electrons for Polarized Positrons experiment at the injector of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility has demonstrated for the first time the efficient transfer of polarization from electrons to positrons produced by the polarized bremsstrahlung radiation induced by a polarized electron beam in a high-Z target. Positron polarization up to 82% have been measured for an initial electron beam momentum of 8.19 MeV/c, limited only by the electron beam polarization. This technique extends polarized positron capabilities from GeV to MeV electron beams, and opens access to polarized positron beam physics to a wide community.
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- D Abbott
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- LPSC, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- LPSC, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud & Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, 91898 Orsay, France
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- Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- LPSC, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- LPSC, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- LPSC, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23668, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
- Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- LPSC, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, USA
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- IPN, Université Paris-Sud & Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, 91406 Orsay, France
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- LPSC, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- LPSC, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Virginia Polytechnique Institut and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud & Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, 91898 Orsay, France
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- LPSC, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble, France
- IPN, Université Paris-Sud & Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, 91406 Orsay, France
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Maire D, Billard J, Bosson G, Bourrion O, Guillaudin O, Lamblin J, Lebreton L, Mayet F, Médard J, Muraz JF, Richer JP, Riffard Q, Santos D. Development of a µ-TPC detector as a standard instrument for low-energy neutron field characterisation. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2014; 161:245-248. [PMID: 24594906 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
In order to measure the energy and fluence of neutron fields, in the energy range of 8 to 1 MeV, a new primary standard is being developed at the Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN). This project, Micro Time Projection Chamber (µ-TPC), carried out in collaboration with the Laboratoire de Physqique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), is based on the nucleus recoil detector principle. The measurement strategy requires track reconstruction of recoiling nuclei down to a few kiloelectronvolts, which can be achieved using a micro-pattern gaseous detector. A gas mixture, mainly isobutane, is used as an n-p converter to detect neutrons within the detection volume. Then electrons, coming from the ionisation of the gas by the proton recoil, are collected by the pixelised anode (2D projection). A self-triggered electronics system is able to perform the anode readout at a 50-MHz frequency in order to give the third dimension of the track. Then, the scattering angle is deduced from this track using algorithms. The charge collection leads to the proton energy, taking into account the ionisation quenching factor. This article emphasises the neutron energy measurements of a monoenergetic neutron field produced at 127 keV. The fluence measurement is not shown in this article. The measurements are compared with Monte Carlo simulations using realistic neutron fields and simulations of the detector response. The discrepancy between experiments and simulations is 5 keV mainly due to the calibration uncertainties of 10 %.
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- D Maire
- IRSN, Saint Paul-Lez-Durance 13115, France LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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- LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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- LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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- LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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- LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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- LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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- IRSN, Saint Paul-Lez-Durance 13115, France
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- LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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- LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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- LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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- LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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- LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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- LPSC (CNRS-IN2P3/UJF/INPG), Grenoble 38000, France
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