Calibration of the polarimeter POMME with polarized deuterons at 1.8 GeV

Abstract We report here the results of the calibration of the polarimeter POMME for vector polarized deuterons at an energy of 1.8 GeV. The results show that inclusive deuteron-carbon scattering has substantial vector analyzing power even at this high energy. The results obtained on two analyzers, carbon, which is generally used and a lighter material, paraffin, are found to be similar.