Physics with Polarized Targets in Storage Ring

Abstract

The method of experiments with internal targets in the storage ring was proposed at the moment of creation of the first storage ring of charged particles. This method has demonstrated dramatic advances during the last 50 years. The most clearly visible progress can be seen in experiments with polarized gas targets. In this report we shall review: (a) the experiments on nuclear physics in the storage rings on the measure of polarization observables in different reactions with electron/positron and proton/deuteron beams, (b) the use of polarized gas targets in the storage ring for polarimetry of the circulated beams. The present status of the activity in this field of experimental physics is given.