Electron polarization measurement using a Fabry-Perot cavity at HERA
Abstract
Description
A new Compton longitudinal polarimeter currently under construction for HERA is presented. The key component of the polarimeter is a Fabry-Perot cavity located around the electron beam pipe. With such an optical cavity, a continuous laser power equivalent to 5 kW, much higher than those commercially available, can be achieved, leading to one backscattered photon per bunch crossing. This ``few-photon mode'' will allow a very precise determination of the calorimeter response with little systematic uncertainty. The electron polarization measurement at the per mill level is expected.
Talk given at the International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, Budapest (Hungary), July 12-18, 2001. On behalf of E. Barrelet, V. Brisson, M. Jacquet-Lemire, A. Reboux, C. Pascaud, F. Zomer and the HERA POL2000 group
Talk given at the International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, Budapest (Hungary), July 12-18, 2001. On behalf of E. Barrelet, V. Brisson, M. Jacquet-Lemire, A. Reboux, C. Pascaud, F. Zomer and the HERA POL2000 group