Qweak Compton Polarimeter

We are building the recoil electron detector for the Compton polarimeter for Qweak.

This is a collaborative effort between University of Winnipeg, Tri-University Meson Facility, Mississippi State University, and University of Manitoba.

Local Information

• Doug Storey's honours thesis on the Compton polarimeter.
• Email sent to Dipangkar about progress on understanding potential issues with diamond.
• Internal note: Some Design Considerations for the Hall C Compton Electron Detector (ps) (pdf).
• Compton calculator code used to make the tables and graph in the note: (tar.gz).
• UWinnipeg group Qweak Presentations.

Collaborators' Compton polarimeter sites

Dipangkar Dutta's site
• Richard Jones' site
• Compton Monte Carlo
• Dave Gaskell's site

Other Compton Polarimeter sites

• Hall A Compton Polarimeter
• The Mainz A4 Experiment has a Compton polarimeter somewhere.
• MIT Bates Compton Polarimeter
• The HERA Polarimeters
• SLD Compton Polarimeter

Diamond and Nanotechnology Sites

• Harris Kagan group at Ohio State University
• William Trischuk at U. Toronto
• Nanosystems Fabrication Laboratory at U. Manitoba
• Element Six CVD diamond manufacturers

Contact Jeff Martin for more information.