Compton Photon Polarimeter for the SLAC Linear Collider.
Abstract
The longitudinal and transverse polarization of a high energy electron beam can be measured by the detection of photons produced in Compton scattering of the electrons from an intense polarized laser beam. We have built a calorimetric device based on the quartz fiber technology to perform polarization measurement at the SLAC Linear Collider. This detector was used to provide a cross check of the polarization measurement by the SLD Compton Polarimeter and allowed for improvement in the overall accuracy of many physics results produced by the SLD. Possible use of this technology in the polarimetry at future linear colliders is discussed.
- Publication:
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APS Southeastern Section Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- November 1999
- Bibcode:
- 1999APS..SES..FE09B