Neutron polarization in polarized He3 targets

J. L. Friar, B. F. Gibson, G. L. Payne, A. M. Bernstein, and T. E. Chupp
Phys. Rev. C 42, 2310 – Published 1 December 1990
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Abstract

Simple formulas for the neutron and proton polarizations in polarized He3 targets are derived assuming (1) quasielastic final states; (2) no final-state interactions; (3) no meson-exchange currents; (4) large momentum transfers; (5) factorizability of He3 SU(4) response-function components. Numerical results from a wide variety of bound-state solutions of the Faddeev equations are presented. It is found that this simple model predicts the polarization of neutrons in a fully polarized He3 target to be 87%, while protons should have a slight residual polarization of -2.7%. Numerical studies show that this model works very well for quasielastic electron scattering.

  • Received 12 July 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.42.2310

©1990 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. L. Friar and B. F. Gibson

  • Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

G. L. Payne

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

A. M. Bernstein

  • Department of Physics and Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

T. E. Chupp

  • The Physics Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Vol. 42, Iss. 6 — December 1990

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