B1

The b1 Experiment

PR12-13-001 is a proposal to measure the deuteron tensor structure function b1 in Jefferson Lab's Hall C.

• Proposal to PAC 40 (pdf)
  • TACT
  • ITACP
• Old Proposal to PAC 38 (pdf) (deferred)
  • Updates to the old PAC38 proposal: b1/updates

Meetings Info

• Agendas for Working Group Meetings

• Minutes of meetings.

Relevant Publications

JLab proposals and other experiments

• Elastic electron deuteron scattering on a tensor polarized solid ND 3 target. B. Boden et al, Z.Phys. C49 (1991) 175. (link) (pdf)
• Proposal for the Measurement of the (e,e'p) Cross Section on Tensor Polarized Deuterium. H. Anklin, W. Boeglin et al., PR97-102, PAC13 rated A- (pdf)
• Proposal to measure t11 in elastic e-D scattering at JLab. J. Mitchell et al. (1994, not submitted) (pdf)
• Status of the T20 Experiment at VEPP-3. S.G. Popov et al. (pdf).

Target Physics

• Polarized H,D and 3He Targets for Particle Physics Experiments. St. Goertz, W. Meyer and G. Reicherz. Prog. Part. and Nucl. Phys. 49 (2002) 403. (link)
• Tensor Polarized Deuteron Targets for intermediate energy physics experiments. W. Meyer and E. Schilling BONN-HE-85-06. (pdf)
• Dynamic Orientation of Nuclei at Low Temperatures W. de Boer CERN-74-11. (pdf)

Theory and Talks

• Inclusive deuteron electrodisintegration with polarized electrons and a polarized target W. Leidemann, E.L. Tomusiak, H. Arenhovel Phys.Rev.C43(1991)1022. (link)
• Angular momentum sum rule for spin-one hadronic systems Swadhin K. Taneja, Kunal Kathuria, Simonetta Liuti, and Gary R. Goldstein . Phys.Rev.D 86.036008 (link).
• Talk by R. Jaffe on b1 and other SF's (undated). (pdf).
• Another talk on b1 (by A. Manohar(?), undated). (pdf).
• Asymmetries in e − nucleon Inclusive Scattering for All Combinations of Beam and Target Polarizations, Including Electroweak Interference. by O. Rondon. (pdf)
• Precision Measurement of the Proton and Deuteron Spin Structure Functions g2 and Asymmetries A2 by the E155 Collaboration. (pdf)

Technical Notes

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• Rates and Systematic Uncertainty Calculations for a Measurement of <math>A_{zz}</math>
• Diluting Asymmetries in Extracting <math>b_1</math> from a Measurement of <math>A_{zz}</math>

Mailing Lists

• The b1 mailing list for general announcements is b1@jlab.org.
• The b1 mailing list for the working group is b1_ana@jlab.org.

You can subscribe to both at http://mailman.jlab.org

Other b1 Links

• O. Rondon's b1 folder on twist at UVA