RCNP polarized 3He ion source.

We have developed a polarized 3He ion source named “SEPIS” (spin-exchange polarized ion source) at RCNP, and Department of Physics, Osaka Univeristy. The SEPIS uses a large spin-exchange cross section, σse, and a small electron capture cross section,σec, for the 3He++Rb system theoretically expected at low 3He+ incident energies. The validity of SEPIS was experimentally proven by observing the 3He+ nuclear polarization as a function of the incident 3He+ energy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]