Abstract:
The polarized helium-3 target offers a great opportunity of expanding the nuclear physics experiment to observe the impacts of the spin dimension in the initial state on the nuclear reaction. In this work by illustrating the possible applications of the target in the polarized three-body force experiment and in the polarized heavy ion charge exchange reaction, the unique advantage of the polarized helium-3 target was described. In the proton scattering experiment, by measuring the distribution of various products in the final state with various polarization direction, it is possible to further verify the 3-body-force part of the chiral effective theory. In the charge exchange reaction with the heavy ion beam, by control the polarization direction it is possible to distinguish the pion-exchange and rho-meson-exchange terms in the nucleon spin-isospin excitation. Thus it offers a unique opportunity to study the dynamic evolution of nucleon in different nuclear environments. Under the background of constructing the new generation large science facilities in China, specifically the ADS, HIAF, and CNS as the great representations of advanced platform for nuclear physics study, new technology will exploit both the width and depth of reaches on them. Thus the polarized helium-3 target as a unique research method owns a bright perspective.