This article reviews the physics and technology of producing large quantities of highly spin-
polarized He 3 nuclei using spin-exchange (SEOP) and metastability-exchange (MEOP) …

Spin-polarized atoms have applications in many areas, including biological magnetic
resonance imaging, optical magnetometry, atomic clocks, and fundamental symmetry …

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Hyperpolarized gases such as 129Xe and 3He have high
potential as imaging agents for functional lung magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We …

We have studied the efficiency of spin-exchange optical pumping (SEOP) in cells that
contain either pure rubidium, mixtures of rubidium and potassium, or pure potassium. Optical …

We report on a measurement of the CP-violating permanent electric dipole moment (EDM) of
the neutral Xe 129 atom. Our experimental approach is based on the detection of the free …

We have studied the relaxation of a spin-polarized gas in a magnetic field, in the presence of
short-range spin-dependent interactions. As a main result we have established a link …

Spin-exchange rate coefficients for Rb-3 He are measured using three different methods.
Two methods, using Rb repolarization and rate balance, require no assumption about the …

At the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC), a pulsed spallation neutron
source provides neutrons with high intensity and narrow pulse width pulse to promote …

Based on measurements of the temperature dependence of He 3 relaxation in a wide range
of spin-exchange optical pumping cells, we report evidence for a previously unrecognized …

The standard model of Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping of 3 He has come under close
scrutiny as researchers try to maximize the quantity and polarization of 3 He. This paper will …