A deuteron polarimeter for polarized beams of relativistic energies

Abstract A polarimeter for polarized deuteron beams at the JINR synchrophasotron in the energy range of several GeV per nucleon is described. A left-right-symmetrical detector configuration is used to measure vector and tensor polarizations of deuterons in the forward scattering on a liquid hydrogen target. In this paper we present the results of various measurements to adjust optimum conditions for the working regime of the ion source.