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The ability to optically-pump Helium-3 provides the opportunity to create a
convenient approximation of a polarized neutron target since to a high degree,
the polarization of the 3He arises solely due to the neutron.
The advent of high-density, high-polarization 3He targets opens up
many possibilities in the study of the spin structure of nucleons and nuclei.
In this laboratory we produce 'Helium-3 glass cells' that are
primarily used as targets for the accelarator at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, VA,
but also for other accelarators like TUNL in Durham, NC.
Our collaboration studies the substructure of neutrons in electron
scattering experiments at JLab.
The main mission of Jefferson Lab is nuclear physics research in the
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF). CEBAF, based on
super-conducting radio-frequency (SRF) accelerating technology, is the
world's most advanced particle accelerator for investigating the quark
structure of the atom's nucleus - research that will lead to a better
understanding of how quarks and gluons make up the nucleus of atoms and the
forces that hold matter together.
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