Measurements of the spin structure of the nucleon using SPHICE: A strongly polarized hydrogen and deuterium ice target

Frozen‐spin HD polarized targetsoperating between 0.4 and 4K, used with cold‐transfer (4K) techniques, provide great configurational flexibility. Their long depolarization times under target usage conditions assure reasonable match between polarization production and usage times, for weakly ionizing beam fluxes, and the very long relaxation times at fields above 7T (∼1 yr.) provide an economical storage mode and ‘‘off‐the‐shelf’’ availability.