Deuteron Spin-Flip System Based on Quadrupole Correctors of the Nuclotron (JINR)

Abstract

A new method for deuteron spin-flip is proposed, which uses the spin resonance crossing with betatron frequencies. The resonance is induced by quadrupole correctors of the Nuclotron, which make it possible to control simultaneously the detuning from the resonance and its power. The deuteron spin-flip is due to adiabatic resonance crossing by the slow variation of the betatron frequency. An advantage of this method is that the beam energy remains constant at the induced resonance crossing; it is determined by the chosen frequency of vertical betatron oscillations. The possibility of experimental verification of the deuteron spin-flip in the Nuclotron is discussed.