IPAC2012 - List of Authors (MacKay, W.W.)

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TUPPC062	Transfer of Polarized 3He Ions in the AtR Beam Transfer Line	1317
	N. Tsoupas, W.W. MacKay, F. Méot, T. Roser, D. Trbojevic BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	Funding: Work supported by the US Department of Energy In addition to collisions of electrons with various unpolarized ion species as well as polarized protons, the proposed electron-hadron collider (eRHIC) will also facilitate the collisions of electrons with polarized 3He ions. The AGS is the last acceleration stage of ions before injection into one RHIC for final acceleration. The AtR (AGS to RHIC) transfer line will be utilized to transport the polarized 3He ions from AGS into one of the RHIC’s collider rings. In this paper we investigate the extraction energy of the polarized 3He ions from the AGS which will optimize the polarization of 3He ions injected into RHIC. Some of the peculiarities (interleaved horizontal and vertical bends) of the AtR line's layout may degrade this spin matching of the polarized 3He ions. We will also discuss possible simple modifications of the AtR line to accomplish a perfect “spin matching” of the injected 3He beam with that of the stable spin direction at the injection point of the RHIC ring.

TUPPC063	The AGS Synchrotron with Four Helical Magnets	1320
	N. Tsoupas, H. Huang, W.W. MacKay, T. Roser, D. Trbojevic BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	Funding: Work supported by the US Department of Energy. The idea of using two partial helical magnets was applied successfully to the AGS synchrotron, to preserve the proton beam polarization. In this paper we explore in details the idea of using four helical magnets placed symmetrically in the AGS ring. This modification provides many advantages over the present setup of the AGS that uses two partial helical magnets. First, the symmetric placement of the four helical magnets allows for a better control of the AGS optics with reduced values of the beta functions especially near beam injection, second, the vertical spin direction during beam injection and extraction is closer to vertical, and third, it provides a larger “spin tune gap” for the placement of both the vertical and horizontal tunes of the AGS during acceleration, second. Although the same spin gap can be obtained with two partial helices of equal strength, the required strength of the two helices makes it impractical. In this paper we will provide results on the spin tune and on the optics of the AGS with four partial helical magnets, and comparison of these results with the present setup of the AGS that uses two partial helical magnets. T. Roser et al., Proc. EPAC04, p. 1577 (2004). H. Huang et al., PRL 99, 154801(2007). * N. Tsoupas et. al., these proceedings.

THPPP030	Near Integer Tune for Polarization Preservation in the AGS	3797
	N. Tsoupas, L. A. Ahrens, M. Bai, K.A. Brown, J.W. Glenn, H. Huang, W.W. MacKay, T. Roser, V. Schoefer, K. Zeno BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	Funding: Work supported by the US Department of Energy. The high energy (T=250 GeV) polarized proton beam experiments performed in RHIC, require high polarization of the beam. In order to preserve the polarization of the proton beam, during the acceleration in the AGS, which is the pre-injector to RHIC, two partial helical magnets have been installed in AGS. In order to minimize the loss of the beam polarization due to the various intrinsic spin resonances occurring during the proton acceleration, we constrain the value of the vertical tune to be higher than 8.97. With the AGS running at near integer tune the perturbations caused by the partial helical magnets is large resulting in large beta and dispersion waves. To mitigate the adverse effect of the partial helices on the optics of the AGS, we have introduced compensation quads** in AGS. In this paper we present the beam optics of the AGS which ameliorates this effect of the partial helices. * H. Huang, et al., Proc. EPAC06, p. 273, (2006). ** N. Tsoupas et al., Proc. PAC07, p. 3723 (2007).

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Transfer of Polarized 3He Ions in the AtR Beam Transfer Line

1317

N. Tsoupas, W.W. MacKay, F. Méot, T. Roser, D. Trbojevic
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

Funding: Work supported by the US Department of Energy
In addition to collisions of electrons with various unpolarized ion species as well as polarized protons, the proposed electron-hadron collider (eRHIC) will also facilitate the collisions of electrons with polarized 3He ions. The AGS is the last acceleration stage of ions before injection into one RHIC for final acceleration. The AtR (AGS to RHIC) transfer line will be utilized to transport the polarized 3He ions from AGS into one of the RHIC’s collider rings. In this paper we investigate the extraction energy of the polarized 3He ions from the AGS which will optimize the polarization of 3He ions injected into RHIC. Some of the peculiarities (interleaved horizontal and vertical bends) of the AtR line's layout may degrade this spin matching of the polarized 3He ions. We will also discuss possible simple modifications of the AtR line to accomplish a perfect “spin matching” of the injected 3He beam with that of the stable spin direction at the injection point of the RHIC ring.

TUPPC063

The AGS Synchrotron with Four Helical Magnets

1320

N. Tsoupas, H. Huang, W.W. MacKay, T. Roser, D. Trbojevic
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

Funding: *Work supported by the US Department of Energy.
The idea* of using two partial helical magnets was applied successfully to the AGS synchrotron**, to preserve the proton beam polarization. In this paper we explore in details the idea of using four helical magnets placed symmetrically in the AGS ring. This modification provides many advantages over the present setup of the AGS that uses two partial helical magnets. First, the symmetric placement of the four helical magnets allows for a better control of the AGS optics with reduced values of the beta functions especially near beam injection, second, the vertical spin direction during beam injection and extraction is closer to vertical, and third, it provides a larger “spin tune gap” for the placement of both the vertical and horizontal tunes of the AGS during acceleration, second. Although the same spin gap can be obtained with two partial helices of equal strength, the required strength of the two helices makes it impractical. In this paper we will provide results on the spin tune and on the optics of the AGS with four partial helical magnets, and comparison of these results with the present setup of the AGS that uses two partial helical magnets***.
* T. Roser et al., Proc. EPAC04, p. 1577 (2004).
** H. Huang et al., PRL 99, 154801(2007).
*** N. Tsoupas et. al., these proceedings.

THPPP030

Near Integer Tune for Polarization Preservation in the AGS

3797

N. Tsoupas, L. A. Ahrens, M. Bai, K.A. Brown, J.W. Glenn, H. Huang, W.W. MacKay, T. Roser, V. Schoefer, K. Zeno
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

Funding: *Work supported by the US Department of Energy.
The high energy (T=250 GeV) polarized proton beam experiments performed in RHIC, require high polarization of the beam. In order to preserve the polarization of the proton beam, during the acceleration in the AGS, which is the pre-injector to RHIC, two partial helical magnets* have been installed in AGS. In order to minimize the loss of the beam polarization due to the various intrinsic spin resonances occurring during the proton acceleration, we constrain the value of the vertical tune to be higher than 8.97. With the AGS running at near integer tune the perturbations caused by the partial helical magnets is large resulting in large beta and dispersion waves. To mitigate the adverse effect of the partial helices on the optics of the AGS, we have introduced compensation quads** in AGS. In this paper we present the beam optics of the AGS which ameliorates this effect of the partial helices.
* H. Huang, et al., Proc. EPAC06, p. 273, (2006).
** N. Tsoupas et al., Proc. PAC07, p. 3723 (2007).