JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
RadiaSoft LLC, Boulder, Colorado, USA
BNL, Upton, New York, USA
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Tech-X, Boulder, Colorado, USA
SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
Douglas Consulting, York, Virginia, USA
Muons, Inc, Illinois, USA
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
Dimtel, Redwood City, California, USA
NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
BNL, Upton, New York, USA
SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
The future electron-ion collider (EIC) aims at an electron-proton luminosity of 1033 to 1034 cm-2 sec-1 and a center-of-mass energy range from 20 to 140 GeV. The eRHIC design has been continuously evolving over a couple of years and has reached a considerable level of maturity. The concept is generally conservative with very few risk items which are mitigated in various ways.
BNL, Upton, New York, USA
The RHIC ion (polarized proton) beam intensity has increased to 4x (1.1x) of the original design specifications. In 2013 proton beam currents overcame the eddy current reduction design features in the RHIC beam abort system kicker magnets causing ferrite heating and resulting in a reduction of the kicker strength. In 2014, the abort kicker ferrites were changed, the eddy current reduction design was upgraded, and an active ferrite cooling loop installed to prevent heating. For ions the beam dump vacuum window was changed from stainless steel to a titanium alloy and the adjacent beam diffuser block carbon material was changed to allow for higher ion intensities. A thicker beam pipe was installed to prevent secondaries from quenching the adjacent superconducting quadrupole. With these upgrades there is at least a factor 2 of safety margin for the demonstrated intensities to date. For a further increase in the intensity for RHIC and eRHIC we evaluate upgrade options for the beam abort system.