A Gas Target Internal to the LHC for the Study of pp Single-Spin Asymmetries and Heavy Ion Collisions

Figure 1

Schematic representation (top view) of the HERMES longitudinally polarized target (taken from [8]). From left to right: Atomic Beam Source (ABS), target chamber with cell and SC magnet coils, diagnostic system of target gas analyzer (TGA), and Breit-Rabi polarimeter (BRP).