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 studied for momenta of 1.36, 1.60, 1.78, and 2.02 GeV/c and for scatterer thicknesses of 4.9, 19.4, and 36.5 g/cm(2). This analyzing power has been shown to be independent of the carbon thickness in the range 19-36 g/cm2. The results 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 momenta and scattering angles. The polarization of protons in quasielastic scattering on carbon at an angle of 10.5 degrees has been measured. The experiments have been performed at the accelerator installed at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP, Moscow).