M. Musgrave, R. Milner, G. Atoian, E. Beebe, S. Ikeda, S. Kondrashev, M. Okamura, A. Poblaguev, D. Raparia, J. Ritter, S. Trabocchi, A. Zelenski, J. Maxwell
{"title":"Development of a Polarized 3He++ Ion Source for the EIC","authors":"M. Musgrave, R. Milner, G. Atoian, E. Beebe, S. Ikeda, S. Kondrashev, M. Okamura, A. Poblaguev, D. Raparia, J. Ritter, S. Trabocchi, A. Zelenski, J. Maxwell","doi":"10.22323/1.379.0043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22323/1.379.0043","url":null,"abstract":"The capability of accelerating a high-intensity polarized $^{3}$He ion beam would provide an effective polarized neutron beam for new high-energy QCD studies of nucleon structure. This development is essential for the future Electron Ion Collider, which could use a polarized $^{3}$He ion beam to probe the spin structure of the neutron. The proposed polarized $^{3}$He ion source is based on the Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) currently in operation at Brookhaven National Laboratory. $^{3}$He gas would be polarized within the 5 T field of the EBIS solenoid via Metastability Exchange Optical Pumping (MEOP) and then pulsed into the EBIS vacuum and drift tube system where the $^{3}$He will be ionized by the 10 Amp electron beam. The goal of the polarized $^{3}$He ion source is to achieve $2.5 times 10^{11}$ $^{3}$He$^{++}$/pulse at 70% polarization. An upgrade of the EBIS is currently underway. An absolute polarimeter and spin-rotator is being developed to measure the $^{3}$He ion polarization at 6 MeV after initial acceleration out of the EBIS. The source is being developed through collaboration between BNL and MIT.","PeriodicalId":298072,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 18th International Workshop on Polarized Sources, Targets, and Polarimetry — PoS(PSTP2019)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121091080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}