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Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering 13th European Research Conference on Electromagnetic Interactions with Nucleons and Nuclei Philippe Martel Paphos, Cyprus - 30 October 2019 Institute for Nuclear Physics Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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  • Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering

    13th European Research Conference on

    Electromagnetic Interactions with Nucleons and Nuclei

    Philippe Martel Paphos, Cyprus - 30 October 2019

    Institute for Nuclear Physics

    Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

    2A

  • Nucleon Polarizabilities

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    uπ+

    π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    +++++++

    −−−−−−−

    ++++

    −−−−

    E

    Electric polarizability αE1

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    How could we measure this?

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    N N N N N N N

    S S S S S S S S

    NN

    NN

    SS

    SS

    H

    Paramagnetic

    Diamagnetic

    Magnetic polarizability βM1

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  • Nucleon Polarizabilities

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    uπ+

    π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    +++++++

    −−−−−−−

    ++++

    −−−−

    E

    Electric polarizability αE1

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    How could we measure this?

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    N N N N N N N

    S S S S S S S S

    NN

    NN

    SS

    SS

    H

    Paramagnetic

    Diamagnetic

    Magnetic polarizability βM1

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  • Nucleon Polarizabilities

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    uπ+

    π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    +++++++

    −−−−−−−

    ++++

    −−−−

    E

    Electric polarizability αE1

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    How could we measure this?

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    N N N N N N N

    S S S S S S S S

    NN

    NN

    SS

    SS

    H

    Paramagnetic

    Diamagnetic

    Magnetic polarizability βM1

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  • Nucleon Polarizabilities

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    uπ+

    π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    +++++++

    −−−−−−−

    ++++

    −−−−

    E

    Electric polarizability αE1

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    How could we measure this?

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    N N N N N N N

    S S S S S S S S

    NN

    NN

    SS

    SS

    H

    Paramagnetic

    Diamagnetic

    Magnetic polarizability βM1

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  • Compton Scattering

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    uπ+

    π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    +++++++

    −−−−−−−

    ++++

    −−−−

    E

    Photon

    Proton

    ScatteredPhoton

    Recoil Proton

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    N N N N N N N

    S S S S S S S S

    NN

    NN

    SS

    SS

    H

    Paramagnetic

    Diamagnetic

    Neutral Pion

    Recoil Proton

    DecayPhotons

    Recoil Proton

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  • Compton Scattering

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    uπ+

    π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    +++++++

    −−−−−−−

    ++++

    −−−−

    E

    Photon

    Proton

    ScatteredPhoton

    Recoil Proton

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    N N N N N N N

    S S S S S S S S

    NN

    NN

    SS

    SS

    H

    Paramagnetic

    Diamagnetic

    Neutral Pion

    Recoil Proton

    DecayPhotons

    Recoil Proton

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  • Compton Scattering

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    uπ+

    π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    +++++++

    −−−−−−−

    ++++

    −−−−

    E

    Photon

    Proton

    ScatteredPhoton

    Recoil Proton

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    N N N N N N N

    S S S S S S S S

    NN

    NN

    SS

    SS

    H

    Paramagnetic

    Diamagnetic

    Neutral Pion

    Recoil Proton

    DecayPhotons

    Recoil Proton

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  • Compton Scattering

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    uπ+

    π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    +++++++

    −−−−−−−

    ++++

    −−−−

    E

    Photon

    Proton

    ScatteredPhoton

    Recoil Proton

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    N N N N N N N

    S S S S S S S S

    NN

    NN

    SS

    SS

    H

    Paramagnetic

    Diamagnetic

    Neutral Pion

    Recoil Proton

    DecayPhotons

    Recoil Proton

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  • Compton Scattering

    π+π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    u

    d

    uπ+

    π+

    π+π+

    π+π+

    +++++++

    −−−−−−−

    ++++

    −−−−

    E

    Photon

    Proton

    ScatteredPhoton

    Recoil Proton

    π+π+

    u

    d

    u

    π+π+

    N N N N N N N

    S S S S S S S S

    NN

    NN

    SS

    SS

    H

    Paramagnetic

    Diamagnetic

    Neutral Pion

    Recoil Proton

    DecayPhotons

    Recoil Proton

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  • Compton Scattering Equations

    Zeroth Order - Mass and Electric Charge

    H(0)eff =

    ~π2

    2m+ eφ (where ~π = ~p − e ~A)

    First Order - Anomalous Magnetic Moment

    H(1)eff = −

    e(1 + κ)

    2m~σ · ~H − e(1 + 2κ)

    8m2~σ ·[~E × ~π − ~π × ~E

    ]

    Second Order - Electric and Magnetic Polarizabilities

    H(2)eff = −4π

    [1

    2αE1 ~E

    2 +1

    2βM1 ~H

    2

    ]

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  • Compton Scattering Equations

    Zeroth Order - Mass and Electric Charge

    H(0)eff =

    ~π2

    2m+ eφ (where ~π = ~p − e ~A)

    First Order - Anomalous Magnetic Moment

    H(1)eff = −

    e(1 + κ)

    2m~σ · ~H − e(1 + 2κ)

    8m2~σ ·[~E × ~π − ~π × ~E

    ]

    Second Order - Electric and Magnetic Polarizabilities

    H(2)eff = −4π

    [1

    2αE1 ~E

    2 +1

    2βM1 ~H

    2

    ]

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  • Compton Scattering Equations

    Third Order - Spin Polarizabilities

    H(3)eff = −4π

    [1

    2γE1E1~σ · (~E × ~̇E) +

    1

    2γM1M1~σ · ( ~H × ~̇H)− γM1E2EijσiHj + γE1M2HijσiEj

    ]

    Presently Known Values

    γ0 = −γE1E1 − γE1M2 − γM1E2 − γM1M1 = (−1.0± 0.08)× 10−4 fm4 J. Ahrens et al. (GDH/A2), PRL 87, 022003 (2001)H. Dutz et al. (GDH), PRL 91, 192001 (2003)

    γπ = −γE1E1 − γE1M2 + γM1E2 + γM1M1 = (8.0± 1.8)× 10−4 fm4 M. Camen et al. (A2), PRC 65, 032202 (2002)

    γE1M2 = −γE1E1 −1

    2γ0 −

    1

    2γπ γM1E2 = −γM1M1 −

    1

    2γ0 +

    1

    2γπ

    This leaves us with two unknown and two known (with error) terms.

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  • Compton Scattering Equations

    Third Order - Spin Polarizabilities

    H(3)eff = −4π

    [1

    2γE1E1~σ · (~E × ~̇E) +

    1

    2γM1M1~σ · ( ~H × ~̇H)− γM1E2EijσiHj + γE1M2HijσiEj

    ]

    Presently Known Values

    γ0 = −γE1E1 − γE1M2 − γM1E2 − γM1M1 = (−1.0± 0.08)× 10−4 fm4 J. Ahrens et al. (GDH/A2), PRL 87, 022003 (2001)H. Dutz et al. (GDH), PRL 91, 192001 (2003)

    γπ = −γE1E1 − γE1M2 + γM1E2 + γM1M1 = (8.0± 1.8)× 10−4 fm4 M. Camen et al. (A2), PRC 65, 032202 (2002)

    γE1M2 = −γE1E1 −1

    2γ0 −

    1

    2γπ γM1E2 = −γM1M1 −

    1

    2γ0 +

    1

    2γπ

    This leaves us with two unknown and two known (with error) terms.

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  • Compton Scattering Equations

    Third Order - Spin Polarizabilities

    H(3)eff = −4π

    [1

    2γE1E1~σ · (~E × ~̇E) +

    1

    2γM1M1~σ · ( ~H × ~̇H)− γM1E2EijσiHj + γE1M2HijσiEj

    ]

    Presently Known Values

    γ0 = −γE1E1 − γE1M2 − γM1E2 − γM1M1 = (−1.0± 0.08)× 10−4 fm4 J. Ahrens et al. (GDH/A2), PRL 87, 022003 (2001)H. Dutz et al. (GDH), PRL 91, 192001 (2003)

    γπ = −γE1E1 − γE1M2 + γM1E2 + γM1M1 = (8.0± 1.8)× 10−4 fm4 M. Camen et al. (A2), PRC 65, 032202 (2002)

    γE1M2 = −γE1E1 −1

    2γ0 −

    1

    2γπ γM1E2 = −γM1M1 −

    1

    2γ0 +

    1

    2γπ

    This leaves us with two unknown and two known (with error) terms.

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  • Compton Scattering Equations

    Third Order - Spin Polarizabilities

    H(3)eff = −4π

    [1

    2γE1E1~σ · (~E × ~̇E) +

    1

    2γM1M1~σ · ( ~H × ~̇H)− γM1E2EijσiHj + γE1M2HijσiEj

    ]

    Presently Known Values

    γ0 = −γE1E1 − γE1M2 − γM1E2 − γM1M1 = (−1.0± 0.08)× 10−4 fm4 J. Ahrens et al. (GDH/A2), PRL 87, 022003 (2001)H. Dutz et al. (GDH), PRL 91, 192001 (2003)

    γπ = −γE1E1 − γE1M2 + γM1E2 + γM1M1 = (8.0± 1.8)× 10−4 fm4 M. Camen et al. (A2), PRC 65, 032202 (2002)

    γE1M2 = −γE1E1 −1

    2γ0 −

    1

    2γπ γM1E2 = −γM1M1 −

    1

    2γ0 +

    1

    2γπ

    This leaves us with two unknown and two known (with error) terms.

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  • Mainz Microtron (MAMI) e− Beam

    Halle A Halle B

    SpeH/A1

    (ExH3)

    (ExH4)

    TagH/A2

    SFTU

    Halle C2

    Halle C1

    VLHO

    VLHW

    ExHX

    ExH MESA 2

    ExH MESA 4

    ExH MESA 3

    Racetrack Microtron (RTM)

    • Linac sends e− beam into dipole• Dipoles return the beam beam back

    into the linac at increasing radii

    • ‘Kicker’ magnet ejects the beam

    180 MeV − 1.6 GeV (15 MeV steps)

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  • Mainz Microtron (MAMI) e− Beam

    Halle A Halle B

    SpeH/A1

    (ExH3)

    (ExH4)

    TagH/A2

    SFTU

    Halle C2

    Halle C1

    VLHO

    VLHW

    ExHX

    ExH MESA 2

    ExH MESA 4

    ExH MESA 3

    Racetrack Microtron (RTM)

    • Linac sends e− beam into dipole• Dipoles return the beam beam back

    into the linac at increasing radii

    • ‘Kicker’ magnet ejects the beam

    180 MeV − 1.6 GeV (15 MeV steps)

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  • Mainz Microtron (MAMI) e− Beam

    Halle A Halle B

    SpeH/A1

    (ExH3)

    (ExH4)

    TagH/A2

    SFTU

    Halle C2

    Halle C1

    VLHO

    VLHW

    ExHX

    ExH MESA 2

    ExH MESA 4

    ExH MESA 3

    Racetrack Microtron (RTM)

    • Linac sends e− beam into dipole• Dipoles return the beam beam back

    into the linac at increasing radii

    • ‘Kicker’ magnet ejects the beam

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  • Polarized Photon Beam

    A high energy electron can produce Bremsstrahlung

    (‘braking radiation’) photons when slowed down by a

    material.

    • Longitudinally polarized electrons producecircularly polarized photons (helicity transfer).

    • Diamond radiator produces linearly polarizedphotons (coherent Bremsstrahlung).

    • Residual electron paths bent in a spectrometermagnet.

    • Detector array determines the e− energy, and‘tags’ the photon energy by energy conservation.

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  • Polarized Photon Beam

    A high energy electron can produce Bremsstrahlung

    (‘braking radiation’) photons when slowed down by a

    material.

    • Longitudinally polarized electrons producecircularly polarized photons (helicity transfer).

    • Diamond radiator produces linearly polarizedphotons (coherent Bremsstrahlung).

    • Residual electron paths bent in a spectrometermagnet.

    • Detector array determines the e− energy, and‘tags’ the photon energy by energy conservation.

    (MeV)γE0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

    e/P γ

    P

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

    1

    Pγ = Pe4EγEe − E 2γ

    4E 2e − 4EγEe + 3E 2γ

    • Pe ≈ 80%• Helicity flipped every second

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  • Polarized Photon Beam

    A high energy electron can produce Bremsstrahlung

    (‘braking radiation’) photons when slowed down by a

    material.

    • Longitudinally polarized electrons producecircularly polarized photons (helicity transfer).

    • Diamond radiator produces linearly polarizedphotons (coherent Bremsstrahlung).

    • Residual electron paths bent in a spectrometermagnet.

    • Detector array determines the e− energy, and‘tags’ the photon energy by energy conservation.

    energy [MeV]γIncident 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600

    Nor

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    ised

    Enh

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    men

    t

    1

    1.5

    2

    2.5

    3

    • Coherent edge is tunable• Polarization plane can be flipped

    (usually every hour)

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  • Polarized Photon Beam

    A high energy electron can produce Bremsstrahlung

    (‘braking radiation’) photons when slowed down by a

    material.

    • Longitudinally polarized electrons producecircularly polarized photons (helicity transfer).

    • Diamond radiator produces linearly polarizedphotons (coherent Bremsstrahlung).

    • Residual electron paths bent in a spectrometermagnet.

    • Detector array determines the e− energy, and‘tags’ the photon energy by energy conservation.

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  • Polarized Photon Beam

    A high energy electron can produce Bremsstrahlung

    (‘braking radiation’) photons when slowed down by a

    material.

    • Longitudinally polarized electrons producecircularly polarized photons (helicity transfer).

    • Diamond radiator produces linearly polarizedphotons (coherent Bremsstrahlung).

    • Residual electron paths bent in a spectrometermagnet.

    • Detector array determines the e− energy, and‘tags’ the photon energy by energy conservation.

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  • Targets

    Unpolarized protons

    • Simple - LH2

    Polarized protons

    • Frozen Spin Target -Butanol (C4H9OH)

    • Dynamic NuclearPolarization (DNP)

    • PmaxT > 90%, τ > 1000 hLow energy polarized protons

    • Rejecting backgrounds• 70 MeV detection threshold• Limited to top right of plot

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    PoS(PSTP2015)005

    Mainz Active Polarized Proton Target M. Biroth

    1. Introduction

    At the MAMI electron accelerator in Mainz, Germany, the A2 Collaboration investigates thespin-polarizabilities of the proton by scattering experiments with spin-polarized energy-taggedphotons. Due to the excellent temperature stability of the Mainz Frozen Spin Target a large de-gree of proton polarization with high relaxation times can be achieved.

    At the core of the frozen spin target for the Crystal Ball detector at MAMI is a roughly 2 mlong, horizontal 3He/4He dilution refrigerator that was built in cooperation with the Joint Institutefor Nuclear Research (JINR) Dubna. The cryostat has a separator working at 3 K and an evaporatorworking at 1.2 K in the pre-cooling stages. At the target position the cryostat provides a very lowoperation temperature of 25 mK.

    The forming of highly polarized target nuclei is a two step process: in the initial step a high de-gree of nucleon polarization is achieved through a microwave pumping process, known as DynamicNucleon Polarization (DNP). This requires placing the target material in a highly uniform magneticfield of typically 2.5 Tesla and passing microwave radiation at a frequency near 70 GHz through it.The use of the microwaves leads to a moderate increase of the base temperature of the cryostatfrom 0.02 K to around 0.2 K. In a second step, the microwaves are switched off. Consequently,the temperature of the target material drops and the relaxation time of the nucleons increases tosomewhere in the order of several thousand hours, although the field is reduced to a holding fieldof only 0.68 T for the longitudinal polarization and 0.5 T for the transverse polarization. Then ameasurement period of up to approximately one week in the frozen spin mode is possible.

    The dynamically polarized, frozen spin target at MAMI was constructed for use inside theCrystal Ball detector with beams of tagged photons. When being polarized the cryostat is movedoutside of the Crystal Ball. Thin superconducting holding coils were installed on the thermal radia-tion protection shields of the refrigerator to maintain the target polarization during the experiments.Details of the frozen spin target at MAMI can be found, e.g. in Ref. [1].

    T = 4 K T = 25 mK

    Outer Vacuum Seal Inner Vacuum Seal

    Light Guide Tube, Vacuum Inside

    3He-4He-Mixture

    Target HeadSiPM Detector Board

    Cryostat

    Figure 1: Schematics of the active polarized proton target. The target is immersed in a liquid 3He/4Hemixture with a temperature of T ∼ 25 mK at the target head. This design includes wavelength-shiftingmaterial to transport light from the scintillators in the target head to the glass tube which is read out at thewarm side by SiPMs.

    An active polarized proton target is being developed to identify the reactions below the pionthreshold by detecting recoil protons inside the Mainz-Dubna dilution cryostat [2]. Polarizableplastic scintillator disks are stacked in a target head made of wavelength-shifting material or

    2

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  • Targets

    Unpolarized protons

    • Simple - LH2Polarized protons

    • Frozen Spin Target -Butanol (C4H9OH)

    • Dynamic NuclearPolarization (DNP)

    • PmaxT > 90%, τ > 1000 h

    Low energy polarized protons

    • Rejecting backgrounds• 70 MeV detection threshold• Limited to top right of plot

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    PoS(PSTP2015)005

    Mainz Active Polarized Proton Target M. Biroth

    1. Introduction

    At the MAMI electron accelerator in Mainz, Germany, the A2 Collaboration investigates thespin-polarizabilities of the proton by scattering experiments with spin-polarized energy-taggedphotons. Due to the excellent temperature stability of the Mainz Frozen Spin Target a large de-gree of proton polarization with high relaxation times can be achieved.

    At the core of the frozen spin target for the Crystal Ball detector at MAMI is a roughly 2 mlong, horizontal 3He/4He dilution refrigerator that was built in cooperation with the Joint Institutefor Nuclear Research (JINR) Dubna. The cryostat has a separator working at 3 K and an evaporatorworking at 1.2 K in the pre-cooling stages. At the target position the cryostat provides a very lowoperation temperature of 25 mK.

    The forming of highly polarized target nuclei is a two step process: in the initial step a high de-gree of nucleon polarization is achieved through a microwave pumping process, known as DynamicNucleon Polarization (DNP). This requires placing the target material in a highly uniform magneticfield of typically 2.5 Tesla and passing microwave radiation at a frequency near 70 GHz through it.The use of the microwaves leads to a moderate increase of the base temperature of the cryostatfrom 0.02 K to around 0.2 K. In a second step, the microwaves are switched off. Consequently,the temperature of the target material drops and the relaxation time of the nucleons increases tosomewhere in the order of several thousand hours, although the field is reduced to a holding fieldof only 0.68 T for the longitudinal polarization and 0.5 T for the transverse polarization. Then ameasurement period of up to approximately one week in the frozen spin mode is possible.

    The dynamically polarized, frozen spin target at MAMI was constructed for use inside theCrystal Ball detector with beams of tagged photons. When being polarized the cryostat is movedoutside of the Crystal Ball. Thin superconducting holding coils were installed on the thermal radia-tion protection shields of the refrigerator to maintain the target polarization during the experiments.Details of the frozen spin target at MAMI can be found, e.g. in Ref. [1].

    T = 4 K T = 25 mK

    Outer Vacuum Seal Inner Vacuum Seal

    Light Guide Tube, Vacuum Inside

    3He-4He-Mixture

    Target HeadSiPM Detector Board

    Cryostat

    Figure 1: Schematics of the active polarized proton target. The target is immersed in a liquid 3He/4Hemixture with a temperature of T ∼ 25 mK at the target head. This design includes wavelength-shiftingmaterial to transport light from the scintillators in the target head to the glass tube which is read out at thewarm side by SiPMs.

    An active polarized proton target is being developed to identify the reactions below the pionthreshold by detecting recoil protons inside the Mainz-Dubna dilution cryostat [2]. Polarizableplastic scintillator disks are stacked in a target head made of wavelength-shifting material or

    2

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  • Targets

    Unpolarized protons

    • Simple - LH2Polarized protons

    • Frozen Spin Target -Butanol (C4H9OH)

    • Dynamic NuclearPolarization (DNP)

    • PmaxT > 90%, τ > 1000 hLow energy polarized protons

    • Rejecting backgrounds• 70 MeV detection threshold• Limited to top right of plot

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    Mainz Active Polarized Proton Target M. Biroth

    1. Introduction

    At the MAMI electron accelerator in Mainz, Germany, the A2 Collaboration investigates thespin-polarizabilities of the proton by scattering experiments with spin-polarized energy-taggedphotons. Due to the excellent temperature stability of the Mainz Frozen Spin Target a large de-gree of proton polarization with high relaxation times can be achieved.

    At the core of the frozen spin target for the Crystal Ball detector at MAMI is a roughly 2 mlong, horizontal 3He/4He dilution refrigerator that was built in cooperation with the Joint Institutefor Nuclear Research (JINR) Dubna. The cryostat has a separator working at 3 K and an evaporatorworking at 1.2 K in the pre-cooling stages. At the target position the cryostat provides a very lowoperation temperature of 25 mK.

    The forming of highly polarized target nuclei is a two step process: in the initial step a high de-gree of nucleon polarization is achieved through a microwave pumping process, known as DynamicNucleon Polarization (DNP). This requires placing the target material in a highly uniform magneticfield of typically 2.5 Tesla and passing microwave radiation at a frequency near 70 GHz through it.The use of the microwaves leads to a moderate increase of the base temperature of the cryostatfrom 0.02 K to around 0.2 K. In a second step, the microwaves are switched off. Consequently,the temperature of the target material drops and the relaxation time of the nucleons increases tosomewhere in the order of several thousand hours, although the field is reduced to a holding fieldof only 0.68 T for the longitudinal polarization and 0.5 T for the transverse polarization. Then ameasurement period of up to approximately one week in the frozen spin mode is possible.

    The dynamically polarized, frozen spin target at MAMI was constructed for use inside theCrystal Ball detector with beams of tagged photons. When being polarized the cryostat is movedoutside of the Crystal Ball. Thin superconducting holding coils were installed on the thermal radia-tion protection shields of the refrigerator to maintain the target polarization during the experiments.Details of the frozen spin target at MAMI can be found, e.g. in Ref. [1].

    T = 4 K T = 25 mK

    Outer Vacuum Seal Inner Vacuum Seal

    Light Guide Tube, Vacuum Inside

    3He-4He-Mixture

    Target HeadSiPM Detector Board

    Cryostat

    Figure 1: Schematics of the active polarized proton target. The target is immersed in a liquid 3He/4Hemixture with a temperature of T ∼ 25 mK at the target head. This design includes wavelength-shiftingmaterial to transport light from the scintillators in the target head to the glass tube which is read out at thewarm side by SiPMs.

    An active polarized proton target is being developed to identify the reactions below the pionthreshold by detecting recoil protons inside the Mainz-Dubna dilution cryostat [2]. Polarizableplastic scintillator disks are stacked in a target head made of wavelength-shifting material or

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  • Targets

    Unpolarized protons

    • Simple - LH2Polarized protons

    • Frozen Spin Target -Butanol (C4H9OH)

    • Dynamic NuclearPolarization (DNP)

    • PmaxT > 90%, τ > 1000 hLow energy polarized protons

    • Rejecting backgrounds• 70 MeV detection threshold• Limited to top right of plot

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    Mainz Active Polarized Proton Target M. Biroth

    1. Introduction

    At the MAMI electron accelerator in Mainz, Germany, the A2 Collaboration investigates thespin-polarizabilities of the proton by scattering experiments with spin-polarized energy-taggedphotons. Due to the excellent temperature stability of the Mainz Frozen Spin Target a large de-gree of proton polarization with high relaxation times can be achieved.

    At the core of the frozen spin target for the Crystal Ball detector at MAMI is a roughly 2 mlong, horizontal 3He/4He dilution refrigerator that was built in cooperation with the Joint Institutefor Nuclear Research (JINR) Dubna. The cryostat has a separator working at 3 K and an evaporatorworking at 1.2 K in the pre-cooling stages. At the target position the cryostat provides a very lowoperation temperature of 25 mK.

    The forming of highly polarized target nuclei is a two step process: in the initial step a high de-gree of nucleon polarization is achieved through a microwave pumping process, known as DynamicNucleon Polarization (DNP). This requires placing the target material in a highly uniform magneticfield of typically 2.5 Tesla and passing microwave radiation at a frequency near 70 GHz through it.The use of the microwaves leads to a moderate increase of the base temperature of the cryostatfrom 0.02 K to around 0.2 K. In a second step, the microwaves are switched off. Consequently,the temperature of the target material drops and the relaxation time of the nucleons increases tosomewhere in the order of several thousand hours, although the field is reduced to a holding fieldof only 0.68 T for the longitudinal polarization and 0.5 T for the transverse polarization. Then ameasurement period of up to approximately one week in the frozen spin mode is possible.

    The dynamically polarized, frozen spin target at MAMI was constructed for use inside theCrystal Ball detector with beams of tagged photons. When being polarized the cryostat is movedoutside of the Crystal Ball. Thin superconducting holding coils were installed on the thermal radia-tion protection shields of the refrigerator to maintain the target polarization during the experiments.Details of the frozen spin target at MAMI can be found, e.g. in Ref. [1].

    T = 4 K T = 25 mK

    Outer Vacuum Seal Inner Vacuum Seal

    Light Guide Tube, Vacuum Inside

    3He-4He-Mixture

    Target HeadSiPM Detector Board

    Cryostat

    Figure 1: Schematics of the active polarized proton target. The target is immersed in a liquid 3He/4Hemixture with a temperature of T ∼ 25 mK at the target head. This design includes wavelength-shiftingmaterial to transport light from the scintillators in the target head to the glass tube which is read out at thewarm side by SiPMs.

    An active polarized proton target is being developed to identify the reactions below the pionthreshold by detecting recoil protons inside the Mainz-Dubna dilution cryostat [2]. Polarizableplastic scintillator disks are stacked in a target head made of wavelength-shifting material or

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  • Targets

    Unpolarized protons

    • Simple - LH2Polarized protons

    • Frozen Spin Target -Butanol (C4H9OH)

    • Dynamic NuclearPolarization (DNP)

    • PmaxT > 90%, τ > 1000 hLow energy polarized protons

    • Polarizable scintillators• Light guide to detectors• PmaxT > 50%, τ > 70 h

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    Mainz Active Polarized Proton Target M. Biroth

    1. Introduction

    At the MAMI electron accelerator in Mainz, Germany, the A2 Collaboration investigates thespin-polarizabilities of the proton by scattering experiments with spin-polarized energy-taggedphotons. Due to the excellent temperature stability of the Mainz Frozen Spin Target a large de-gree of proton polarization with high relaxation times can be achieved.

    At the core of the frozen spin target for the Crystal Ball detector at MAMI is a roughly 2 mlong, horizontal 3He/4He dilution refrigerator that was built in cooperation with the Joint Institutefor Nuclear Research (JINR) Dubna. The cryostat has a separator working at 3 K and an evaporatorworking at 1.2 K in the pre-cooling stages. At the target position the cryostat provides a very lowoperation temperature of 25 mK.

    The forming of highly polarized target nuclei is a two step process: in the initial step a high de-gree of nucleon polarization is achieved through a microwave pumping process, known as DynamicNucleon Polarization (DNP). This requires placing the target material in a highly uniform magneticfield of typically 2.5 Tesla and passing microwave radiation at a frequency near 70 GHz through it.The use of the microwaves leads to a moderate increase of the base temperature of the cryostatfrom 0.02 K to around 0.2 K. In a second step, the microwaves are switched off. Consequently,the temperature of the target material drops and the relaxation time of the nucleons increases tosomewhere in the order of several thousand hours, although the field is reduced to a holding fieldof only 0.68 T for the longitudinal polarization and 0.5 T for the transverse polarization. Then ameasurement period of up to approximately one week in the frozen spin mode is possible.

    The dynamically polarized, frozen spin target at MAMI was constructed for use inside theCrystal Ball detector with beams of tagged photons. When being polarized the cryostat is movedoutside of the Crystal Ball. Thin superconducting holding coils were installed on the thermal radia-tion protection shields of the refrigerator to maintain the target polarization during the experiments.Details of the frozen spin target at MAMI can be found, e.g. in Ref. [1].

    T = 4 K T = 25 mK

    Outer Vacuum Seal Inner Vacuum Seal

    Light Guide Tube, Vacuum Inside

    3He-4He-Mixture

    Target HeadSiPM Detector Board

    Cryostat

    Figure 1: Schematics of the active polarized proton target. The target is immersed in a liquid 3He/4Hemixture with a temperature of T ∼ 25 mK at the target head. This design includes wavelength-shiftingmaterial to transport light from the scintillators in the target head to the glass tube which is read out at thewarm side by SiPMs.

    An active polarized proton target is being developed to identify the reactions below the pionthreshold by detecting recoil protons inside the Mainz-Dubna dilution cryostat [2]. Polarizableplastic scintillator disks are stacked in a target head made of wavelength-shifting material or

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  • Detectors

    CB

    NaI

    PID

    MWPC

    Target

    TAPS

    BaF2

    PbWO4

    Crystal Ball (CB)

    • 672 NaI Crystals• 24 Particle Identification Detector

    (PID) Paddles

    • 2 Multiwire Proportional Chambers(MWPCs)

    Two Arms Photon Spectrometer (TAPS)

    • 366 BaF2 and 72 PbWO4 Crystals• 384 Veto Paddles

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  • Σ2x - Circularly polarized photons, transversely polarized protons

    Σ2x =NR+x − NL+xNR+x + N

    L+x

    PM et al. (A2)

    PRL 114, 112501 (2015)

    Eγ=273-303 MeV - Fix γE1E1

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0.6−

    0.4−

    0.2−

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.62xΣ = 4.9M1M1

    γ = 3.9

    M1M1γ

    = 2.9M1M1

    γ = 1.9

    M1M1γ

    = 0.9M1M1

    γ

    Eγ=273-303 MeV - Fix γM1M1

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0.6−

    0.4−

    0.2−

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.62xΣ = -2.3E1E1

    γ = -3.3

    E1E1γ

    = -4.3E1E1

    γ = -5.3

    E1E1γ

    = -6.3E1E1

    γ

    Fix one (γE1E1/M1M1), vary other. Band from γ0, γπ, αE1, and βM1 errors.

    Philippe Martel - Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering 10/16

  • Σ2x - Circularly polarized photons, transversely polarized protons

    Σ2x =NR+x − NL+xNR+x + N

    L+x

    PM et al. (A2)

    PRL 114, 112501 (2015)

    Eγ=273-303 MeV - Fix γE1E1

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0.6−

    0.4−

    0.2−

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.62xΣ = 4.9M1M1

    γ = 3.9

    M1M1γ

    = 2.9M1M1

    γ = 1.9

    M1M1γ

    = 0.9M1M1

    γ

    Eγ=273-303 MeV - Fix γM1M1

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0.6−

    0.4−

    0.2−

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.62xΣ = -2.3E1E1

    γ = -3.3

    E1E1γ

    = -4.3E1E1

    γ = -5.3

    E1E1γ

    = -6.3E1E1

    γ

    Fix one (γE1E1/M1M1), vary other. Band from γ0, γπ, αE1, and βM1 errors.

    Philippe Martel - Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering 10/16

  • Σ2z - Circularly polarized photons, longitudinally polarized protons

    Σ2z =NR+z − NL+zNR+z + N

    L+z

    D. Paudyal et al. (A2)

    arXiv:1909.02032 (2019)

    Fix one (γE1E1/M1M1), vary other. Band from γ0, γπ, αE1, and βM1 errors.

    Philippe Martel - Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering 11/16

  • Σ2z - Circularly polarized photons, longitudinally polarized protons

    Σ2z =NR+z − NL+zNR+z + N

    L+z

    D. Paudyal et al. (A2)

    arXiv:1909.02032 (2019)

    Eγ=265-285 MeV - Fix γE1E1

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0

    0.2

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    12zΣ

    = 4.9M1M1

    γ = 3.9

    M1M1γ

    = 2.9M1M1

    γ = 1.9

    M1M1γ

    = 0.9M1M1

    γ

    Eγ=265-285 MeV - Fix γM1M1

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

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    = -2.3E1E1

    γ = -3.3

    E1E1γ

    = -4.3E1E1

    γ = -5.3

    E1E1γ

    = -6.3E1E1

    γ

    Fix one (γE1E1/M1M1), vary other. Band from γ0, γπ, αE1, and βM1 errors.

    Philippe Martel - Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering 11/16

  • Σ2z - Circularly polarized photons, longitudinally polarized protons

    Σ2z =NR+z − NL+zNR+z + N

    L+z

    D. Paudyal et al. (A2)

    arXiv:1909.02032 (2019)

    Eγ=285-305 MeV - Fix γE1E1

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0

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    = 4.9M1M1

    γ = 3.9

    M1M1γ

    = 2.9M1M1

    γ = 1.9

    M1M1γ

    = 0.9M1M1

    γ

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    = -2.3E1E1

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    = -4.3E1E1

    γ = -5.3

    E1E1γ

    = -6.3E1E1

    γ

    Fix one (γE1E1/M1M1), vary other. Band from γ0, γπ, αE1, and βM1 errors.

    Philippe Martel - Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering 11/16

  • Σ3 - Linearly polarized photons, unpolarized protons

    Σ3 =N‖ − N⊥N‖ + N⊥

    C. Collicott et al. (A2)

    Draft in progress (2019)

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  • Σ3 - Linearly polarized photons, unpolarized protons

    Σ3 =N‖ − N⊥N‖ + N⊥

    C. Collicott et al. (A2)

    Draft in progress (2019)

    Eγ=267-287 MeV - Fix γE1E1

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    0.1−

    0

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    0.53Σ

    = 4.9M1M1

    γ = 3.9

    M1M1γ

    = 2.9M1M1

    γ = 1.9

    M1M1γ

    = 0.9M1M1

    γ

    Eγ=267-287 MeV - Fix γM1M1

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0.1−

    0

    0.1

    0.2

    0.3

    0.4

    0.53Σ

    = -2.3E1E1

    γ = -3.3

    E1E1γ

    = -4.3E1E1

    γ = -5.3

    E1E1γ

    = -6.3E1E1

    γ

    Fix one (γE1E1/M1M1), vary other. Band from γ0, γπ, αE1, and βM1 errors.

    Philippe Martel - Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering 12/16

  • Σ3 - Linearly polarized photons, unpolarized protons

    Σ3 =N‖ − N⊥N‖ + N⊥

    C. Collicott et al. (A2)

    Draft in progress (2019)

    Eγ=287-307 MeV - Fix γE1E1

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0.1−

    0

    0.1

    0.2

    0.3

    0.4

    0.53Σ

    = 4.9M1M1

    γ = 3.9

    M1M1γ

    = 2.9M1M1

    γ = 1.9

    M1M1γ

    = 0.9M1M1

    γ

    Eγ=287-307 MeV - Fix γM1M1

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0.1−

    0

    0.1

    0.2

    0.3

    0.4

    0.53Σ

    = -2.3E1E1

    γ = -3.3

    E1E1γ

    = -4.3E1E1

    γ = -5.3

    E1E1γ

    = -6.3E1E1

    γ

    Fix one (γE1E1/M1M1), vary other. Band from γ0, γπ, αE1, and βM1 errors.

    Philippe Martel - Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering 12/16

  • Σ3 - Linearly polarized photons, unpolarized protons

    Σ3 =N‖ − N⊥N‖ + N⊥

    C. Collicott et al. (A2)

    Draft in progress (2019)

    Eγ=267-287 MeV

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    0.1−

    0

    0.1

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    0.3

    0.4

    0.53Σ

    MAMI3ΣFit

    MAMI

    HDPV

    PTχB

    Eγ=287-307 MeV

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    0.1−

    0

    0.1

    0.2

    0.3

    0.4

    0.53Σ

    MAMI3ΣFit

    MAMI

    HDPV

    PTχB

    Fit all observables with dispersion (HDPV) or chiral perturbation (BχPT) theories.

    Philippe Martel - Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering 12/16

  • Σ3 - Linearly polarized photons, unpolarized protons

    Σ3 =N‖ − N⊥N‖ + N⊥

    C. Collicott et al. (A2)

    Draft in progress (2019)

    Eγ=267-287 MeV

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0.1−

    0

    0.1

    0.2

    0.3

    0.4

    0.53Σ

    LEGS3Σ Fit

    MAMI3ΣFit

    MAMI LEGS

    HDPV HDPV

    PTχB PTχB

    Eγ=287-307 MeV

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    0.1−

    0

    0.1

    0.2

    0.3

    0.4

    0.53Σ

    LEGS3Σ Fit

    MAMI3ΣFit

    MAMI LEGS

    HDPV HDPV

    PTχB PTχB

    Already performed fits in previous paper with older Σ3 data from LEGS.

    Philippe Martel - Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering 12/16

  • Σ2z - Circularly polarized photons, longitudinally polarized protons

    Σ2z =NR+z − NL+zNR+z + N

    L+z

    C. Collicott et al. (A2)

    Draft in progress (2019)

    Σ2z - Eγ=265-285 MeV

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9

    12zΣ

    LEGS3Σ Fit

    MAMI3ΣFit

    MAMI

    HDPV HDPV

    PTχB PTχB

    Σ2z - Eγ=285-305 MeV

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9

    12zΣ

    LEGS3Σ Fit

    MAMI3ΣFit

    MAMI

    HDPV HDPV

    PTχB PTχB

    Large systematic errors at back angles permit these BχPT fits (model dependencies?).

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  • Σ2x - Circularly polarized photons, transversely polarized protons

    Σ2x =NR+x − NL+xNR+x + N

    L+x

    C. Collicott et al. (A2)

    Draft in progress (2019)

    Σ2x - Eγ=273-303 MeV

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 (deg)labθCompton

    0.6−

    0.4−

    0.2−

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.62xΣ LEGS3Σ Fit

    MAMI3ΣFit

    MAMI

    HDPV HDPV

    PTχB PTχB

    Best opportunity to improve - Run again late 2020/early 2021

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  • What about the Neutron?

    The situation is even worse for the neutron (difficult with an unstable target)

    • Low-energy neutron scattering• Elastic Compton scattering from deuterium• Quasi-free Compton scattering from deuterium• Compton scattering from heavier nuclei

    • Elastic Compton scattering from 3He - Shukla, Nogga, and Phillips, NPA 819, 98 (2009)

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  • What about the Neutron?

    The situation is even worse for the neutron (difficult with an unstable target)

    • Low-energy neutron scattering• Elastic Compton scattering from deuterium• Quasi-free Compton scattering from deuterium• Compton scattering from heavier nuclei• Elastic Compton scattering from 3He - Shukla, Nogga, and Phillips, NPA 819, 98 (2009)

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  • What about the Neutron?

    The situation is even worse for the neutron (difficult with an unstable target)

    • Low-energy neutron scattering• Elastic Compton scattering from deuterium• Quasi-free Compton scattering from deuterium• Compton scattering from heavier nuclei• Elastic Compton scattering from 3He - Shukla, Nogga, and Phillips, NPA 819, 98 (2009)

    Philippe Martel - Accessing Nucleon Polarizabilities with Compton Scattering 15/16

  • Conclusions

    Regarding the proton

    • Scalar polarizabilities → See E. Mornacchi’s talk next• Spin polarizabilities have been individually extracted for the first time• Analyses finished: one published, one submitted, one being written• More data on tape from which Σ3 can be extracted → LEGS vs MAMI• First test of an active polarized target has taken place → Will improve the extraction

    (model dependence, static vs dynamic polarizabilities)

    • Another run with the transverse butanol target to optimize what we have

    Regarding the neutron

    • Active helium target in development• Ran with liquid 4He target this past summer• Active polarized deuterated target for neutron spin polarizabilities

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