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@INPROCEEDINGS{Kannis:1018255,
author = {Kannis, Chrysovalantis and Aswani, Sahil Vijaykumar and
Büscher, Markus and El-Kordy, Tarek Ahmed and Engels, Ralf
W. and Faatz, Nicolas and Hanhart, Christoph and Kunkel,
Lukas and Lehrach, Andreas and Sefzick, Thomas and Soltner,
Helmut and Zheng, Chuan},
title = {{A} universal method to polarize atoms, molecules, and
their ions for accelerators, nuclear fusion, or medical
applications},
school = {RWTH Aachen},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-04651},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Our study of atomic beams passing through a static magnetic
field, whose direction reverses along the axis of motion,
gave rise to a new, versatile polarization method. For
instance, a sinusoidal magnetic field entails a radial
component, which is proportional to the gradient in the
longitudinal direction. Such a field can be generated by two
opposing solenoid coils. As a particle beam travels through
the coils, it experiences the static field as an
electromagnetic wave in its rest frame. The longitudinal
component creates an energy splitting between the atomic
hyperfine states and the radial component induces
transitions between them. The hyperfine transitions can be
described by the absorption of an odd multiple of the
corresponding photon energy, so that the total photon energy
is equal to the energy splitting between the states. The
energy of the photons depends on the relative motion between
the particle beam and the magnetic field (for a given
wavelength of the sinusoidal field), and the number of the
photons rises with increasing magnetic field strength.
Therefore, oscillating transition rates are observed while
ramping the magnetic field of the apparatus. As a result, it
is feasible to achieve a high degree of polarization by
adjusting the magnetic field strength. The produced
polarization is higher for particles with simple hyperfine
structures, e.g., H, D, $^3$He$^+$, etc. These species are
required for the investigation of nuclear fusion with
polarized fuel or polarized ion sources for accelerators.
First measurements with metastable hydrogen beams will be
presented. Furthermore, the applicability of this method to
molecular samples (for medical applications) needs to be
examined.},
month = {Sep},
date = {2023-09-24},
organization = {25th International Spin Symposium,
Durham (USA), 24 Sep 2023 - 29 Sep
2023},
subtyp = {After Call},
cin = {IKP-2 / IKP-4 / PGI-6 / ZEA-1 / IKP-3 / IKP-TA},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IKP-2-20111104 / I:(DE-Juel1)IKP-4-20111104 /
I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-6-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)ZEA-1-20090406 /
I:(DE-Juel1)IKP-3-20111104 / I:(DE-Juel1)IKP-TA-20111104},
pnm = {612 - Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory (POF4-612)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-612},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
doi = {10.34734/FZJ-2023-04651},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1018255},
}