Some recent data on polarization in p-p elastic scattering are briefly surveyed and their characteristics reviewed. A new 28 GeV/c measurement of A, the analyzing power is presented. A few interesting theories are also briefly discussed. We plan more measurements of A soon and planto measure ANN when the polarized beam comes on at the A.G.S.
We are constructing the NEPTUN-A spectrometer for measuring the Spin Analyzing Power in p-t-PT ~ p q-p at P~ = 2 to 10 (GeV/c) 2 at 400 GeV (or at 3 TeV) when the UNK accelerator in Protvino, Russia, becomes operational. The spectrometer consists of a 55 m long recoil arm with 3 horizontally bending magnets to guide the recoil protons onto a fixed 37 ~ line. Then two vertical dipole magnets bend the protons up by 12 ~ for momentum analysis. The momentum will be measured to an accuracy of 0.1 ~ using chambers. In order to accept a large solid angle, the spectrometex contains a strong-focusing pair of quadxupoles looking at the polarized proton jet target. The forward arm consists of scintillator hodoscopes for measurement of the forward vertical angle. Acceptances and event rates are calculated. The status of the spectrometer is reported.
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