Production and characterization unit for hyperpolarized nuclear targets

• Subject Area: Particles, Nuclei and Fields
• Term: Funded in 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 422698008

The large device treated in this application is intended to enable the preparation and, above all, the characterization of the scattering centers. The device consists of three main components: 1. a production unit for the production of nuclear spin polarized samples using a parawasserstdoff generator, 2. a sample characterization unit whose main components are a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus and a series of different, highly sensitive magnetometers, and 3. a process control unit that controls the transport of the spin polarized material in the antiproton beam in FAIR should be under constant control of the polarization of the sample. High-performance portable magnetometers are used for this purpose.

• DFG Programme: Major Research Instrumentation
• Major Instrumentation: Produktions- und Charakterisierungseinheit für hyperpolarisierte Kernziele
• Instrumentation Group: 1740 Hochauflösende NMR-Spektrometer
• Applicant Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• Leader: Professor Dmitry Budker, Ph.D.