Author: Hamdi, K.
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WEPPD084 The E-Lens Test Bench for Rhic Beam-Beam Compensation 2720
 
  • X. Gu, Z. Altinbas, J.N. Aronson, E.N. Beebe, W. Fischer, D.M. Gassner, K. Hamdi, J. Hock, L.T. Hoff, P. Kankiya, R.F. Lambiase, Y. Luo, M. Mapes, J.-L. Mi, T.A. Miller, C. Montag, S. Nemesure, M. Okamura, R.H. Olsen, A.I. Pikin, D. Raparia, P.J. Rosas, J. Sandberg, Y. Tan, C. Theisen, P. Thieberger, J.E. Tuozzolo, W. Zhang
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
To compensate for the beam-beam effects from the proton-proton interactions at IP6 and IP8 in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), we are fabricating two electron lenses that we plan to install at RHIC IR10. Before installing the e-lenses, we are setting-up the e-lens test bench to test the electron gun, collector, GS1 coil, modulator, partial control system, some instrumentation, and the application software. Some e-lens power supplies, the electronics for current measurement will also be qualified on test bench. The test bench also was designed for measuring the properties of the cathode and the profile of the beam. In this paper, we introduce the layout and elements of the e-lens test bench; and we discuss its present status towards the end of this paper.
 
 
WEOBA01 Construction Progress of the RHIC Electron Lenses 2125
 
  • W. Fischer, Z. Altinbas, M. Anerella, E.N. Beebe, M. Blaskiewicz, D. Bruno, W.C. Dawson, D.M. Gassner, X. Gu, R.C. Gupta, K. Hamdi, J. Hock, L.T. Hoff, A.K. Jain, R.F. Lambiase, Y. Luo, M. Mapes, A. Marone, T.A. Miller, M.G. Minty, C. Montag, M. Okamura, A.I. Pikin, S.R. Plate, D. Raparia, Y. Tan, C. Theisen, P. Thieberger, J.E. Tuozzolo, P. Wanderer, S.M. White, W. Zhang
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by U.S. DOE under contract No DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
In polarized proton operation, the RHIC performance is limited by the head-on beam-beam effect. To overcome these limitations two electron lenses are under construction. We give an overview of the progress over the last year. Guns, collectors and the warm electron beam transport solenoids with their associated power supplies have been constructed. The superconducting solenoids that guide the electron beam during the interaction with the proton beam are near completion. A test stand has been set up to verify the performance of gun, collector and some of the instrumentation. The RHIC infrastructure is being prepared for installation, and simulations continue to optimize the performance.
 
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THPPR032 A Split-Electrode for Clearing Scattered Electrons in the RHIC E-Lens 4038
 
  • X. Gu, W. Fischer, D.M. Gassner, K. Hamdi, J. Hock, Y. Luo, C. Montag, M. Okamura, A.I. Pikin, P. Thieberger
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
We are designing two electron lenses that will be installed at RHIC IR10 to compensate for the head-on beam-beam effect. To clear accumulated scattered electrons from 100 GeV proton-electron head-on collisions in the e-lens, a clearing split electrode may be constructed. The feasibility of this proposed electrode was demonstrated via the CST Particle Studio and Opera program simulations. By splitting one of the drift tubes in the e-lens and applying ~ 380 V across the two parts, the scattered electrons can be cleared out within several hundred micro-seconds. At the same time we can restrict the unwanted shift of the primary electron-beam that already passed the 2-m interaction region in e-lens, to less than 15um.