A Compton backscattering polarimeter for measuring longitudinal electron polarization

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 414, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 446-458

  Passchier, I ^a   Higinbotham, D W ^b   De Jager, C W ^a,c   Norum, B E ^b   Papadakis, N H ^a,d   Vodinas, N P ^a,c  

^a NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^d Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electron polarimetry; Polarized compton scattering

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; POLARIMETERS;

COMPTON BACKSCATTERING POLARIMETER; ELECTRON POLARIZATION; POLARIZED COMPTON SCATTERING;

ELECTRON SCATTERING;

EID: 0032166191     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00630-5     Document Type: Article

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