Below is a list of references of possible relevance for this proposed project. If you find other relevant papers or web sites, let me know, and I'll add them.

• RecentTalks
• Polarized Positron Generation Papers
• Classical and Polarimetry Review Papers
• JLC Positron Studies, Photon Polarization Measurements at ATF
• (Particle Physics)Motivation for Positron Polarization
• Depolarization in Matter, Polarization Transport in Matter Codes
• Helical (and other) Wigglers
• Linear Collider Collaboration Technical Notes and Cornell Notes

Recent talks:

• Talks by John Sheppard (E-166 Update) and Yuri Batygin (Positron Capture) at the January 2004 ALCPG Winter Workshop's   Sources session.
• Talk by John Sheppard (E-166 Update) at the December 2003 ISG 11 meeting at KEK: [ PDF at KEK , or PDF at SLAC, 25 p, 2.8MB]
• Gudrid Moortgat-Pick, Beam Polarization at a Future LC: Searches for New Physics, SLAC Seminar, 28 Oct. 2003, [ gzipped postscript, ps.gz, 1.29MB ; | postscript, 16.32 MB ](big file).
• There were 3 E-166-related talks at the American Linear Collider Workshop at Cornell, 13-16 July 2003;
  in the parallel sessions of the
  Electroweak Working Group (Achim) and the
  Accelerator/Sources Working Group (Kirk, John).
  and one at the International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics EPS (17-23 July 2003) in Aachen, where Gudi Moortgart-Pick's talk can be found as Item 4 in the
  Accelerator R and D Session.
  (The paper for the latter presentation, Gudrid Moortgat-Pick, Prototype for an Undulator-based Source for Polarized Positrons, can be found here [Gzipped PS ps.gz, 230 kB]; submitted 11/11/2003).
• R. Pitthan, J.Sheppard, Use of a Microundulator to Study Positron Production, Talk at LC2002 [PDF] February 5, 2002.
• R. Pitthan, Use of Polarized gammas to Produce Polarized Positrons at Collider Energies - How to test it Sensibly with 50 GeV e- in the FFTB, Talk at SLAC NLD meeting [PDF] 26 March 2002.
• J.Sheppard, Towards an Undulator-based NLC Positron Source, Talk at SLAC NLD meeting [PDF] 25 June 2002.
• Eugene Chudakov (JLAB, E-158), Polarimetry for 20 MeV e+, website [html] 13 March 2002.
• Two talks by John Sheppard and Rainer Pitthan at the POWER meeting in Durham (UK) will eventually be posted at the POWER Meeting Website (POlarization at Work in Energetic Reactions).
  In the meantime, look here (Directory with the following 2 items)
  or get directly Durham_Experiment.pdf [1.8 MB] and Durham_UndulatorProblem.pdf [1.9MB].

Polarized Positron Generation Papers :

• Proceedings of the Workshop on New Kinds of Positron Sources for Linear Colliders, SLAC, March 4-7, 1997, SLAC-R-502, SLAC-R-502
  in particular, A. Mihailichenko, Use of Undulators at High Energy to Produce Polarized Positrons and Electrons, pp. 229-289. ibid., pp. 229-289.
• Klaus Floettmann, Investigations toward the Development of Polarized and Unpolarized High Intensity Positron Sources for Linear Colliders DESY93-161 [pdf, 4.8MB, 109 pp.] Thesis, Universitaet Hamburg,1993.
• V.E. Balakin, A.A. Mikhailichenko, VLEPP: The Conversion System for Obtaining Highly Polarized Electrons and Positrons, in Proceedings of the 12th int. Conf On High-Energy Accelerators, Fermilab, 11-16 August 1983 F.T. Cole, R.T. Donaldson, editors, p 127-130 Scanned PDF, 220 kB
• U. Amaldi,C. Pellegrini, Energy Recovery in Superconducting Colliding Linacs Without Particle Recovery,Proceedings of the 2nd ICFA Workshop on Possibilities and Limitations of Acceleration and Detectors, Les Diablerets, 4-10 October 1979, U. Amaldi, editor, p 21-30. Scanned PDF, 390 kB. (QCD 183 I2 1979 in SLAC Library).
• V.E. Balakin, A.N. Skrinsky, A Superhigh Energy Colliding Electron-Positron Beam Facility (VLEPP), ibid. p.31-43.
• A.P. Potylitsyn, Single-Pass Laser Polarization of Ultrarelativistic Positrons, January 2000 physics/0001004
• A.P. Potylitsyn, Laser polarization of positron beam, March 2002, physics/0203059
• G.L.Kotkin, V.G.Serbo, V.I. Telnov, Critical remarks on the electron (positron) Beam Polarization by Compton Scattering on Circular Polarized Laser Photons, hep-ph/0205139 .
• J.E. Clendenin, Recent Advances in Electron and Positron Sources, contributed to the AAC 2000 Workshop, AIP Conf.Proc. 569 (2000) 563-570, physics/000801 .
• A. Mikailichenko, CESR's Positron Source, Presented at LC02, February 2002 pdf (1.5MB, 25 p.),or MS Word (5.3MB, 25 p.).
• V.E. Balakin, A.A. Mikhailichenko, The Conversion System for Obtaining High Polarized Electrons and Positrons, INP, Novosibirsk,
  INP-Preprint 79-85, 1979 (Scanned to: doc (1.6M) odt (1.6M) html Web Page (Loads slowly))

Classical and Polarimetry Review Papers:

• H. A. Tolhoek, Electron Polarization, Theory and Experiment, Rev. Mod. Phys. 28, 277-298, 1956, Abstract.
• Ullman, Frauenfelder, Lipkin, Rossi, Determination of Electron and Positron Helicity with Moeller and Bhabha Scattering,Phys.Rev 122, 536-548, 1961 Abstract, or [PDF, ~2.5MB].
• H. Schopper, Measurement of Circular Polarization of Gamma Rays, Nucl. Instr. 3, 158-176, 1958 [pdf, scanned, ~1MB].
• J.M.Hoogduin, Electron, Positron and Photon Polarimetry, Thesis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 1997.
• F. Corriveau et al., Measurement of the positron longitudinal polarization in muon decay, Phys. Rev. D 24, 2004-2007 (1981) Abstract
• Pierre C. Macq, Kenneth M. Crowe, and Roy P. Haddock, Helicity of the Electron and Positron in Muon Decay, Phys. Rev. 112, 2061-2071 (1958), Abstract
• M. Goldhaber, L. Grodzins, and A. W. Sunyar,Helicity of Neutrinos, Phys. Rev. 109, 1015-1017 (1958) Abstract
• G.Gulligan, S.G.F. Frank, J.R. Holt, J.C. Kluyver, T. Massam, Longitudinal Polarization of the Positrons from the decay of Unpolarized Positive Muons, Nature 180 (1957) 751-752 Scanned MS Word, 227 kB, 2p.] (Tranformation from Word to pdf didn't work- AWW)
• P. Peresunko, V.F. Boldyshev, E.A. Vinokurov, Measuring Polarization of Real Photons, Fizika B (Zagreb) 8 (1999) 1, 101-106, paper [pdf, 178 kB, 6p.]
• M. Woods, Compton Polarimetry at a TEV Collider, SLAC-PUB-7744, Feb 1998, Int.J.Mod.Phys. A13 (1998) 2517-2524 hep-ex/9802009

JLC Positron Studies, Photon Polarization Measurements at ATF:

• A.S. Arychechev, A.P. Potylitsyn, M.N. Strikhanov, Determination of circular polarization of gamma-quanta with energy > 10 MeV using Compton Polarimeter, Presented at the SPIN01 Conference, Dubna, August 2001 physics/0112060. (This paper proposes measurement of the recoil electrons made by the polarized photons hitting a thin magnetized iron target. The ATF measurements below measure the transmission of photons through a thick magnetized iron target.)
• M. Fukuda, Polarization Measurement of Short Pulse Gamma-Rays produced at KEK-ATF, talk [pdf, 0.9 MB] at the SLAC-KEK 8th International Study Group on Linear Colliders, ISG-8, June 24 - 27, 2002.
  or talk by the same title, [pdf] at the LC2002 Workshop, February 4 - 8, 2002, SLAC.
  or a similar talk, I. Sakai et al., Polarized Positron Experiment at ATF - High-Brightness gamma-Ray Generation, [pdf, 23p.] at ISG-6.
• T. Hirose, K. Dobashi, Y. Kurihara, T. Muto, T. Omori, T. Okugi, I. Sakai, J. Urakawa, M. Washio, Polarized Positron Source for the Linear Collider JLC, NIM A455, 15-24, 2000, paper [pdf, 515 kB, 10p].
• K. Dobashi, M. Fukuda, A. Hirugashi, T. Hirose, T. Kumita, Y. Kurihara, T. Muto, T. Okugi, T. Omori, I. Sakai, J. Urakawa, M. Washio, Design of Polarized-Positron Generation System, NIM A455, 32-35, 2000, paper [pdf, 239 kB, 4p].
• M. Fukuda,T. Hirose et al., Polarimetry of Short Pulse Gamma-Rays and Positrons, paper [pdf, 111 kB, 3p.] p. 881-883 in Proceedings of the Second Asian Particle Accelerator Conference, Beijing, China, 2001.

Motivation for Positron Polarization:

• Gudrid Moortgat-Pick, Beam Polarization at a Future LC: Searches for New Physics, SLAC Seminar, 28 Oct. 2003, [ gzipped postscript, ps.gz, 1.29MB ; | postscript, 16.32 MB ](big file).
• G. Moortgat-Pick and colleagues of the 'POWER' (=POlarisation at Work in Energetic Reactions) group plan a paper, Beam Polarization at a LC, an outline of which can be found here (And to which contributions are welcome!)
• G. Moortgat-Pick, Polarized e- e+ Linear Colliders and Supersymmetry, [ PDF 36p.,599kB], plenary talk at Spin 2002, the 15th International Spin Physics Symposium, September 9-14, 2002, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY, Long Island
• G. Moortgat-Pick, H. M. Steiner, Physics opportunities with polarized e- and e+ beams at TESLA, DESY-00-178, LC-TH-2000-055, May 2001. Eur.Phys.J.direct C6:1-27,2001 EPJdirect abstract (incl. link to paper, access may be restricted).
  Also in *2nd ECFA/DESY Study 1998-2001* 1261-1296. hep-ph/0106155.
• J.Erler, K. Flottmann, S. Heinemeyer, K. Monig, G. Moortgat-Pick, P. C. Rowson, E. Torrence, G. Weiglein, G. W. Wilson, Positron Polarization and low energy running at a Linear Collider, Contribution to Snowmass2001, hep-ph/0112070.
• P. C. Rowson, Assessing the Merits of Positron Polarization at a Linear Collider, SLAC-PUB-9200, April 2002.
• Klaus Desch, Physics Benefits of Positron and Transverse Polarization, Talk at LCWS 2002, Jeju. Korea PDF at DESY PDF at SLAC [18 p., 1.3 MB].
• The Linear Collider Physics Resource Book for Snowmass 2001 Web Page; Positron Polarization chapter, pages 333 to 345, available as pdf[127 kB] or gzipped ps [111 kB].

Depolarization in Matter, Polarization Transport in Matter Codes:

• Polarization Study for NLC Positron Source Using EGS4, by James C. Liu, Theo Kotseroglou, W. Ralph Nelson, David C. Schultz (SLAC), Talk given at the 2nd International Workshop on EGS4, Tsukuba, Japan, 8-10 Aug 2000. SLAC-PUB-8477 Jun 2000. 8pp.
• S.M. Harris, R.J. Jabbur, On Depolarization of Fast Positrons by Bremsstrahlung, Il Nuovo Cimento XXXII, 258-260, 1964, [Scanned pdf, 870 kB]
• C. Bouchiat, J.M. Levy-Leblond, Depolarization of Electrons in Matter, Il Nuovo Cimento XXXIII,193-200, 1964, [Scanned pdf, 802 kB]
• L.A. Page, Polarization Effects in the Two-Quantum Annihilation of Positrons, Physical Review 106, 394, 1957 [pdf, 803 kB]

Helical (and other) Wigglers:

• John P. Blewett, R. Chasman, Orbits and fields in the helical wiggler, J. Appl. Phys 48, 2692, 1977, local copy[pdf, 519 kB] or J.Appl.Phys. server
• Brian M. Kincaid, A short-period helical wiggler as an improved source of synchrotron radiation, J. Appl. Phys 48, 2684, 1977, [pdf, 625 kB]
• Roger W. Warren, Donald W. Feldman,Daryl Preston, High-Field Pulsed Microwigglers, NIM A296(1990) 558-562, [Scanned pdf, 426 kB]
• Roger Warren, Progress with the Slotted-Tube Pulsed Microwiggler, NIM A318(1992)789-793, [Scanned pdf, 365 kB]
• Roger W. Warren, Clifford M. Fortgang, Development of a Pulsed-Microwiggler System, NIM A331(1993)706-710, [Scanned pdf, 366 kB]

Linear Collider Collaboration Technical Notes and Cornell Notes:

• Index of all LCC Notes.
• David C. Schultz, Yuri K. Batygin, Vinod K. Bharadwaj, John C. Sheppard, NLC Positron Target Heating LCC-0082 June 2002 pdf 9p.
• J. C. Sheppard, Planar Undulator Considerations, LCC-085, July 2002 pdf
• J. C. Sheppard, Energy Loss and Energy Spread Growth in a Planar Undulator, LCC-086, July 2002 pdf
• Werner Stein, John C. Sheppard,NLC Polarized Positron Photon Beam Target Thermal StructuralModeling,LCC-087, July 2002 pdf
• W. Stein, A. Sunwoo, J. C. Sheppard, V. Bharadwaj, D. C. Schultz, Thermal Stress Analyses for the NLC Positron Target,LCC-088, July 2002 pdf
• Werner Stein, John C. Sheppard,Structural Modeling of Tesla TDR Positron Target, LCC-089, July 2002 pdf
• W. Stein, A. Sunwoo, J. C. Sheppard, V. Bharadwaj, D. C. Schultz, Thermal Stress Analyses for a Thermal Multislug Beam NLC Positron Target, LCC-090, pdf
• J.C. Sheppard, Positron Yield as a Function of Drive Beam Energy for a K=1, Planar Undulator-Based Source, LCC-092, July 2002 pdf
• M.-J. Caturla, S. Roesler, V. K. Bharadwaj, D. C. Schultz, J. C. Sheppard, J. Marian, B. D. Wirth, W. Stein and A. Sunwoo, Radiation damage induced by GeV electrons in W-Re targets for next generation linear colliders, LCC-0093, July 2002 pdf
• J. C. Sheppard, Helical Undulator Radiation, LCC-0095, July 2002 pdf
• A. Mikhailichenko. T.Moore, First Test of Short Period Helical SC Undulator Prototype, LCC-0098, August 2002 pdf
• W. Stein, A. Sunwoo, J. Sheppard, V. Bharadwaj, D. Schultz, Thermal Stress Analyses for an NLC Positron Target with a 3 mm Spot Radius Beam, LCC-0102, September 2002 pdf
• A. J. Sunwoo, D.C. Freeman, W. Stein, V. K. Bharadwaj, D. C. Schultz, J.C. Sheppard, Characterization of W-26%Re Target Material, LCC-0103 , September 2002 pdf
• Alexander A. Mikhailichenko, Pulsed Helical Undulator for Test at SLAC Polarized Production Scheme,LCC-0106, October 2002 pdf
• Y. J. Batygin and J. C. Sheppard, Post-target beamline design for proposed FFTB experiment with polarized positrons, LCC-0110, SLAC-TN-03-033, December 2002. pdf
• Y. J. Batygin and J. C. Sheppard, Start-to-End Simulation of Polarized Positron Collection in the NLC, LCC-0117,SLAC-TN-03-030, March 2003 pdf
• Alexander A. Mikhailichenko, SLAC Test Pulsed Undulator Concept, CBN02-7, August 2002 pdf 8p.
• Alexander A. Mikhailichenko, Pulsed Helical Undulator for Test at SLAC - The Polarized Positron Production Scheme - Basic Description, CBN 02-10, September 16, 2002; pdf (18 p.,1.5 MB)
• Yuri Batygin,Positron Transmission and Polarization in E-166 Spectrometer, April 2004, SLAC-PUB-10407 [html]