Preservation of $^3\mkern-2mu$He ion polarization after laser-plasma acceleration
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| author | Zheng, Chuan Fedorets, Pavel Engels, Ralf Engin, Ilhan Glückler, Harald Kannis, Chrysovalantis Schnitzler, Norbert Soltner, Helmut Chitgar, Zahra Gibbon, Paul Reichwein, Lars Pukhov, Alexander Zielbauer, Bernhard Büscher, Markus |
| author_facet | Zheng, Chuan Fedorets, Pavel Engels, Ralf Engin, Ilhan Glückler, Harald Kannis, Chrysovalantis Schnitzler, Norbert Soltner, Helmut Chitgar, Zahra Gibbon, Paul Reichwein, Lars Pukhov, Alexander Zielbauer, Bernhard Büscher, Markus |
| contents | The preservation of nuclear spin alignment in plasmas is a prerequisite for important applications, such as energy production through polarized fusion or the acceleration of polarized particle beams. Although this conservation property has been the basis of numerous theoretical papers, it has never been experimentally confirmed. Here, we report on first experimental data from a polarized $^3\mkern-2mu$He target heated by a PW laser pulse, showing evidence for persistence of the nuclear polarization after acceleration to MeV energies. The finding also validates the concept of using pre-polarized targets for experiments at high-power laser facilities. |
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| spellingShingle | Preservation of $^3\mkern-2mu$He ion polarization after laser-plasma acceleration Zheng, Chuan Fedorets, Pavel Engels, Ralf Engin, Ilhan Glückler, Harald Kannis, Chrysovalantis Schnitzler, Norbert Soltner, Helmut Chitgar, Zahra Gibbon, Paul Reichwein, Lars Pukhov, Alexander Zielbauer, Bernhard Büscher, Markus Plasma Physics Nuclear Experiment The preservation of nuclear spin alignment in plasmas is a prerequisite for important applications, such as energy production through polarized fusion or the acceleration of polarized particle beams. Although this conservation property has been the basis of numerous theoretical papers, it has never been experimentally confirmed. Here, we report on first experimental data from a polarized $^3\mkern-2mu$He target heated by a PW laser pulse, showing evidence for persistence of the nuclear polarization after acceleration to MeV energies. The finding also validates the concept of using pre-polarized targets for experiments at high-power laser facilities. |
| title | Preservation of $^3\mkern-2mu$He ion polarization after laser-plasma acceleration |
| topic | Plasma Physics Nuclear Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.04184 |