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Measurement of Polarization Observables

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The primary quantity to be measured in nuclear reactions by any detector is always the intensity of reaction products. Contrary to polarization observables unpolarized cross-sections have no azimuthal-angle dependence.

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Correspondence to Hans Paetz gen. Schieck .

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Schieck, H.P.g. (2012). Measurement of Polarization Observables. In: Nuclear Physics with Polarized Particles. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 842. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24226-7_11

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