Summary Report of PESP-2002 Workshop

Abstract

A summary of the presentations for the 2002 Workshop on Polarized Electron Sources and Polarimeters (PESP-2002) will be given. PESP-2002 was held in the vicinity of MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center on September 4-6, 2002. It is a satellite workshop for the SPIN2002 symposium supported by the International and Local Organizing Committees of the Spin Physics Symposium, and MIT-Bates. The previous PESP workshop was held in Nagoya, Japan in October 2000. The workshop followed an interdisciplinary approach that included high-energy and low-energy physics, surface and material sciences, and the application of polarized sources in science and industry. In addition, PESP-2002 included contributions on polarized sources for parity-violating experiments that are underway at several medium-and high-energy accelerator centers worldwide. The summary report will include the operational experiences of medium and high-energy labs which are utilizing the latest developments in photocathodes to deliver highly polarized electron beams. Finally, a brief review of polarized sources in non-accelerator applications will be presented.