Compton Scattering at HIGS with Polarized Photons
Gerald Feldman (George Washington University)

The High-Intensity Gamma-Ray Source (HIGS) located at Duke University can provide monoenergetic linearly and circularly polarized photon beams with fluxes of over 10 MHz on target. With a flexible array of 8 large NaI(Tl) detectors which can be located at a variety of polar and azimuthal angles, an extensive program of Compton scattering studies is envisioned. I will outline this experimental program at HIGS, including recent measurements on 6Li (nucleon polarizability) and 124Sn (isovector giant quadrupole resonance), as well as future plans using a new liquid hydrogen/deuterium target for further studies on nucleon isoscalar and spin polarizabilities.