POLARIZATION OF HYDROGEN MOLECULES HD, D-2 AND DT

Highly polarized Hydrogen molecules in the solid phase are of primary interest as ''polarized targets'' for Nuclear Physics and ''polarized fuel'' for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF). We are developing new te chniques to polarize Hydrogen molecules. There are 2 objectives: produ ction of polarized HD targets by static polarization, in order to perf orm nuclear physics experiments; and investigation of dynamic polariza tion processes for HD, D-2 and DT, for fusion research. These approach es are described and the results already obtained for the static polar ization of HD are given. The possibility to investigate dynamic polari zation methods for HD and apply them to DT in order to produce polariz ed DT fuel for fusion is discussed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.