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Workshop on Polarized Electron Sources and Polarimeters

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Status Report of the New Darmstadt <strong>Polarized</strong><br />

Electr<strong>on</strong> Injector<br />

Y. Poltoratska ∗ , R. Barday ∗ , U. B<strong>on</strong>nes ∗ , M. Brunken ∗ , C. Eckardt ∗ ,R.<br />

Eichhorn ∗ , J. Enders ∗ , C. Heßler ∗ , C. Ingenhaag ∗ , W.F.O. Müller † ,M.<br />

Platz ∗ , M. Roth ∗ , B. Steiner † , M. Wagner ∗ <strong>and</strong> T. Weil<strong>and</strong> †<br />

∗ Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany<br />

† Institut für Theorie Elektromagnetischer Felder, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany<br />

Abstract. We present the status of the polarized injector for the superc<strong>on</strong>ducting Darmstadt electr<strong>on</strong><br />

linear accelerator S-DALINAC. An offline testst<strong>and</strong> of the source was built to test all comp<strong>on</strong>ents<br />

of the S-DALINAC polarized injector SPIN. The new electr<strong>on</strong> source will deliver a 100 keV<br />

polarized beam <strong>and</strong> complement the present thermi<strong>on</strong>ic source operating at 250 kV. Results of the<br />

beam properties measurements will be introduced <strong>and</strong> an outlook <strong>on</strong> the upcoming installati<strong>on</strong> of<br />

the new injector at the S-DALINAC will be given.<br />

Keywords: S-DALINAC, strained superlattice GaAs, Mott polarimeter, Wien filter<br />

PACS: 85.60.Ha, 79.60.-i, 29.27.Hj<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

The superc<strong>on</strong>ducting Darmstadt electr<strong>on</strong> linear accelerator S-DALINAC [1] is <strong>on</strong>e of<br />

very few electr<strong>on</strong> accelerators devoted to nuclear structure physics, including electr<strong>on</strong>scattering<br />

experiments. To complement the present scientific programm with the experiments<br />

that are focused <strong>on</strong> the investigati<strong>on</strong> of violati<strong>on</strong> of parity in the nuclei <strong>and</strong><br />

breakup reacti<strong>on</strong>s of light nuclei [2] the new S-DALINAC <strong>Polarized</strong> injector (SPIN)<br />

was designed. It will provide - complementary to the existing 250 kV thermi<strong>on</strong>ic electr<strong>on</strong><br />

gun 100 keV polarized beams with polarizati<strong>on</strong> of 80 %, a mean current of 60 µA<br />

<strong>and</strong> 3 GHz cw or subharm<strong>on</strong>ic time structure. The c<strong>on</strong>cept of the MAMI Gun [3] was<br />

used as a starting point for SPIN. To test the new developed polarized electr<strong>on</strong> source<br />

independently from the operati<strong>on</strong> of the S-DALINAC, an st<strong>and</strong>al<strong>on</strong>e testst<strong>and</strong> has been<br />

developed. In this c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> we describe the current status of the testst<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> present<br />

the results of the measurements of the different beam properties.<br />

TEST STAND OF THE POLARIZED INJECTOR<br />

Figure 1 shows an schematic overview over the testst<strong>and</strong> of the polarized injector. The<br />

electr<strong>on</strong>s are produced at a GaAs cathode by photoemissi<strong>on</strong>. As cathode material the<br />

strained superlattice crystals [4] are foreseen to achieve high degrees of polarizati<strong>on</strong> of<br />

more than 80%. Due to the limited space in the accelerator hall a very compact source<br />

had to be c<strong>on</strong>structed, <strong>and</strong> major modificati<strong>on</strong>s from the Mainz design were necessary.<br />

One spin directi<strong>on</strong> is selected by using circularly polarized light from diode laser system

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