https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2008-00801-1
RHIC polarimetry
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RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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RIKEN-BNL Research Center, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), 117259 Moscow, Russia
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Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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University of Wisconsin, WI 53706, USA
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University of Erlangen, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Indiana University Cyclotron Facility, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA
Corresponding author: itaru@riken.jp
Polarimeters were developed to measure the polarization
of the proton beam at RHIC in relative scale through the asymmetry
measurement of the elastic proton-carbon scattering. Recoil carbon
ions with kinetic energy of 
were detected
by silicon strip detectors installed at 
with respect
to the beam. The absolute polarization is given by normalizing
against another polarimeter implemented at RHIC, namely a polarized
hydrogen gas jet polarimeter. In this report, the details of
polarization measurements, data analysis, and systematic
uncertainties are discussed based on the data taken during
operation of Run05 at RHIC.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2008
