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Peppo: Using A Polarized Electron Beam To Produce Polarized Positrons, A. Adeyemi, G.L Gueye, P.A. Adderly, M. L. Stutzman, M. M. Ali, H. Areti, J. F. Benesch, L. S. Cardman, J. Clark, S. Covert, S. Golge, C. Hyde

Physics Faculty Publications

An experiment demonstrating a new method for producing polarized positrons has been performed at the CEBAF accelerator at Jefferson Laboratory. The PEPPo (Polarized Electrons for Polarized Positrons) concept relies on the production of polarized e⁺/e⁻ pairs originating from the bremsstrahlung radiation of a longitudinally polarized electron beam interacting within a 1.0 mm tungsten pair-production target. This paper describes preliminary results of measurements using an 8.2 MeV/c electron beam with polarization 84% to generate positrons in the range of 3.1 to 6.2 MeV/c with polarization as high as ∼80%.