[Halld-physics] [EXTERNAL] polarization orientations

Mark Ito marki at jlab.org
Sat Nov 23 19:40:48 EST 2019


Despite what I may have said in the past, PENDICULAR is inappropriate in 
any imaginable context. ;-)

On 11/21/19 10:40 PM, Mark Ito wrote:
>
> I have never liked the PARA and PERP designations appearing in 
> communications outside the Collaboration. It is jargon IMHO. PARA to 
> what? PERP to what? Why ALL CAPS? Why not PARALLEL and PENDICULAR?
>
> I think 0/90 and -45/45 tell the whole story in a way that is 
> jargon-free or nearly so.
>
> On 11/21/19 8:07 PM, Curtis A Meyer wrote:
>> Hi Everyone -
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>>    in regard to the referring to the polarization as -45/+45, Will 
>> has provided the attached plot that may be useful
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>> Curtis
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>> Curtis A. Meyer|MCS Associate Dean for Research
>> The Otto Stern Professor of Physics cmeyer at cmu.edu 
>> <mailto:cmeyer at cmu.edu>|412 268 2745
>> Carnegie Mellon University
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>> www.curtismeyer.com 
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