Remarks on the measurement of polarization of6Li-ions

The determination of the polarization of⁶Li-ions is discussed. It is shown, that independent of the reaction mechanism the following relations between the analysing powers for polarized deuterons and polarized⁶Li-ions hold for the⁶Li(d, α)⁴He-reaction: for all scattering angles \(\vartheta : A_{y y}^{(d)} (E, \vartheta ) = A_{y y}^{(Li)} (E, \vartheta )\) for the scattering angle \(\vartheta = \pi /2\) only: $$A_{z z}^{(d)} (E, \vartheta = \pi /2) = A_{z z}^{(Li)} (E, \vartheta = \pi /2)$$ and $$A_{x x - y y}^{(d)} (E, \vartheta = \pi /2) = A_{x x - y y}^{(Li)} (E, \vartheta = \pi /2)$$ . Using these identities the determination of the polarization of⁶Li-beams is reduced to the experimentally well established determination of the polarization of deuterons.