Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 7, 024002 (2004) [5 pages]Spin manipulation of 1.94 GeV/c polarized protons stored in the COSY cooler synchrotron
We recently studied spin flipping of a 1.94 GeV/c vertically polarized proton beam at COSY in Jülich, Germany. We swept an rf-dipole’s frequency through an rf-induced spin resonance to flip the beam’s polarization direction. After determining the resonance’s frequency, we varied the dipole’s strength, frequency range, and frequency ramp time. At the rf-dipole’s maximum strength, and optimum frequency range and ramp time, we measured a spin-flip efficiency of 99.3%±0.1%. This result indicates that an rf dipole may allow efficient spin flipping in high energy proton rings. This article is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. © 2004 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.7.024002
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.7.024002
PACS:
29.27.Bd, 29.27.Hj, 41.75.Ak
See AlsoComment: M. Bai, W. W. MacKay, and T. Roser, Comment on “Spin manipulation of 1.94 GeV/c polarized protons stored in the COSY cooler synchrotron”, Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 8, 099001 (2005). Reply: V. S. Morozov, A. D. Krisch, M. A. Leonova, R. S. Raymond, V. K. Wong, K. Yonehara, U. Bechstedt, R. Gebel, A. Lehrach, B. Lorentz, R. Maier, D. Prasuhn, A. Schnase, H. Stockhorst, D. Eversheim, F. Hinterberger, H. Rohdjeß, and K. Ulbrich, Reply to “Comment on ‘Spin manipulation of 1.94 GeV/c polarized protons stored in the COSY cooler synchrotron’ ”, Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 8, 099002 (2005). |
