Effects of high-flux neutron beams on H3 e cells polarized in situ with spin-exchange optical pumping

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Babcock, E ^a,b   Boag, S ^c   Becker, M ^b   Chen, W C ^d,e   Chupp, T E ^f   Gentile, T R ^e   Jones, G L ^g   Petukhov, A K ^b   Soldner, T ^b   Walker, T G ^h  

^a Julich Centre for Neutron Science   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUX DENSITIES; GAS COMPOSITIONS; IN-SITU; NEUTRON FLUX DENSITIES; NEUTRON PARTICLES; NEUTRON SPIN FILTERS; POLARIZATION ANALYSIS; POLARIZED ALKALI-METAL VAPOR; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; PRACTICAL USE; RELAXATION MECHANISM; RELAXATION RATES; SPIN EXCHANGE OPTICAL PUMPING; TIME DEPENDENCE;

ALKALI METALS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON FLUX; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLARIZATION; PUMPS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPIN DYNAMICS; VAPORS;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 70349272279     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.033414     Document Type: Article

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