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MOPPC023 | Polarization Transmission at RHIC, Numerical Simulations | 178 |
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Ray-tracing methods, using the computer code Zgoubi, have proven efficient for beam and spin dynamics simulations in RHIC (see earlier PAC and IPAC publications). More simulations and results are being produced, including spin code benchmarking and cross-checking, effects of strongest resonances and working point on transport of polarization, polarization with Run 9 and Run 11 measured ramp orbit and optics, polarization profiles, etc. The numerical methods involved are recalled, a status of the work is given. | ||
MOPPC025 | RHIC Polarized Proton Operation in Run 12 | 184 |
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Successful RHIC operation with polarized protons requires meeting demanding and sometimes competing goals for maximizing both luminosity and beam polarization. In Run 12 we sought to fully integrate into operation the many systems that were newly commissioned in Run 11 as well as to enhance collider performance with incremental improvements throughout the acceleration cycle. For luminosity maximization special attention was paid to several possible source of emittance dilution along the injector chain, in particular to optical matching during transfer between accelerators. Possible sources of depolarization in the AGS and RHIC were also investigated including the effects of local coupling and low frequency (10 Hz) oscillations in the vertical equilibrium orbit during the RHIC ramp. The results of a fine storage energy scan made in an effort to improve store polarization lifetime are also reported in this note. | ||
TUPPC056 | Optics Measurements and Corrections at RHIC | 1299 |
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Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The further improvement of RHIC luminosity performance requires more precise understanding of the RHIC modeling. Hence, it is necessary to minimize the beta-beat, deviation of measured beta function from the calculated beta functions based on an model. The correction of beta-beat also opens up the possibility of exploring operating RHIC polarized protons at a working point near integer, a preferred choice for both luminosity as well as beam polarization. The segment-by-segment technique for reducing beta-beat demonstrated in the LHC operation for reducing the beta-beat was first tested in RHIC during its polarized proton operation in 2011. It was then fully implemented during the RHIC polarized proton operation in 2012. This paper reports the commissioning results. Future plan is also presented. |
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MOPPD016 | Status of Proof-of-principle Experiment for Coherent Electron Cooling | 400 |
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Funding: US DOE Office of Science, DE-FC02-07ER41499, DE-FG02-08ER85182; NERSC DOE contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Coherent electron cooling (CEC) has a potential to significantly boost luminosity of high-energy, high-intensity hadron colliders. To verify the concept we conduct proof-of-the-principle experiment at RHIC. In this paper, we describe the current experimental setup to be installed into 2 o’clock RHIC interaction regions. We present current design, status of equipment acquisition and estimates for the expected beam parameters. |
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THPPP026 | Experimental Effects of Orbit on Polarization Loss in RHIC | 3788 |
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Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy. We are performing several experiments during the RHIC ramp to better understand the impact of orbit errors on the polarization at our current working point. These will be conducted by exciting specified orbit harmonics during the final two large intrinsic resonance crossing in RHIC during the 250 GeV polarized proton ramp. The resultant polarization response will then be measured. |
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