Ultrahigh-precision Compton polarimetry at 2 GeV Article

Zec, A, Premathilake, S, Cornejo, JC et al. (2024). Ultrahigh-precision Compton polarimetry at 2 GeV . PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 109(2), 10.1103/PhysRevC.109.024323

cited authors

  • Zec, A; Premathilake, S; Cornejo, JC; Dalton, MM; Gal, C; Gaskell, D; Gericke, M; Halilovic, I; Liu, H; Mammei, J; Michaels, R; Palatchi, C; Pan, J; Paschke, KD; Quinn, B; Zhang, J

authors

abstract

  • We report a high precision measurement of electron beam polarization using Compton polarimetry. The measurement was made in experimental Hall A at Jefferson Lab during the CREX experiment in 2020. A total uncertainty of dP/P=0.36% was achieved detecting the back-scattered photons from the Compton scattering process. This is the highest accuracy in a measurement of electron beam polarization using Compton scattering ever reported, surpassing the groundbreaking measurement from the SLD Compton polarimeter. Such uncertainty reaches the level required for the future flagship measurements to be made by the MOLLER and SoLID experiments.

publication date

  • February 1, 2024

published in

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

volume

  • 109

issue

  • 2