First test of the Siberian snake magnet arrangement to overcome depolarizing resonances in a circular accelerator

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Abstract
We studied the Gγ=2 imperfection depolarizing resonance at 108 MeV, both with and without a Siberian snake, by varying the resonance strength while storing beams of 104- and 120-MeV polarized protons at the Indiana University Cooler Ring. We used a cylindrically symmetric polarimeter to simultaneously study the effect of a depolarizing resonance on both the vertical and radial components of the polarization. AT 104 MeV we found that the Siberian snake eliminated the effect of the nearby Gγ=2 depolarizing resonance.