Abstract
The results of beam polarization measurements performed in 1990 at the CERN Large Electron Positron storage ring (LEP) are reported. A significant asymmetry was observed in the Compton back-scattered photon distribution when illuminating the LEP electron beam with circularly polarized laser light. The corresponding polarization level is estimated to be 9.1% ± 0.3% (statistical) ± 1.8% (systematic). The validity of the polarization signal was assessed by varying the laser light polarization and by applying to the electron beam known depolarizing resonances. The measurement is consistent with the predicted polarization degree.
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