Measurement of the carbon analyzing power in the momentum range 1.36-2.02 GeV/c

The carbon analyzing power for polarized protons has been experimentally st udied for momenta of 1.36, 1.60, 1.78, and 2.02 GeV/c and for scatterer thi cknesses of 4.9, 19.4, and 36.5 g/cm(2). This analyzing power has been show n to be independent of the carbon thickness in the range 19-36 g/cm2. The r esults for carbon thicknesses of 19.4 and 36.5 g/cm(2), combined with those of Saclay experiments, have been used to fit data obtained for various mom enta and scattering angles. The polarization of protons in quasielastic sca ttering on carbon at an angle of 10.5 degrees has been measured. The experi ments have been performed at the accelerator installed at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP, Moscow).