IPAC2012 - List of Authors (Zelenski, A.)

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RHIC Polarized Proton Operation in Run 12

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V. Schoefer, L. A. Ahrens, A. Anders, E.C. Aschenauer, G. Atoian, M. Bai, J. Beebe-Wang, M. Blaskiewicz, J.M. Brennan, K.A. Brown, D. Bruno, R. Connolly, T. D'Ottavio, A. Dion, K.A. Drees, W. Fischer, C.J. Gardner, J.W. Glenn, X. Gu, M. Harvey, T. Hayes, L.T. Hoff, H. Huang, R.L. Hulsart, A. Kirleis, J.S. Laster, C. Liu, Y. Luo, Y. Makdisi, G.J. Marr, A. Marusic, F. Méot, K. Mernick, R.J. Michnoff, M.G. Minty, C. Montag, J. Morris, S. Nemesure, A. Poblaguev, V. Ptitsyn, V.H. Ranjbar, G. Robert-Demolaize, T. Roser, W.B. Schmidke, F. Severino, D. Smirnov, K.S. Smith, D. Steski, S. Tepikian, D. Trbojevic, N. Tsoupas, J.E. Tuozzolo, G. Wang, M. Wilinski, K. Yip, A. Zaltsman, A. Zelenski, K. Zeno, S.Y. Zhang
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

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.

TUXA03

Increasing the AGS Beam Polarization with 80 Tune Jumps

1015

V. Schoefer, L. A. Ahrens, M. Bai, E.D. Courant, W. Fu, C.J. Gardner, J.W. Glenn, H. Huang, F. Lin, A.U. Luccio, J.-L. Mi, J. Morris, P.J. Rosas, T. Roser, P. Thieberger, N. Tsoupas, A. Zelenski, K. Zeno
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

Vertical depolarizing resonances in the AGS are removed by partial Siberian snakes. These magnets move the stable spin direction and lead to horizontal depolarizing resonances. The tune jump quadrupole system increases the crossing rate for horizontal resonances by a factor of six. This presentation will review the fundamental mechanism of depolarizing resonances, the partial Siberian snake solution and describe recent experimental evidence at the AGS demonstrating improvements to beam polarization and the beam dynamics challenges posed by the tune jump.

Slides TUXA03 [5.199 MB]

THPPD083

Analysis of Kicker Noise Induced Beam Emittance Growth

3710

W. Zhang, L. A. Ahrens, I. Blackler, M. Blaskiewicz, J.M. Brennan, W. Fischer, H. Hahn, H. Huang, N.A. Kling, M. Lafky, G.J. Marr, K. Mernick, J.-L. Mi, M.G. Minty, C. Naylor, T. Roser, J. Sandberg, T.C. Shrey, B. Van Kuik, A. Zelenski
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.
Over the last few years, physicists have suspected the presence of noise acting on the RHIC beams observable as occasional emittance growth at high beam energies. While the noise was sporadic in the past, it became more persistent during the run-11 setup period. An investigation diagnosed the source as originating from the RHIC abort kicker system. Once identified the issue was quickly resolved. We report in this paper the investigation result, circuit analysis, measured and simulated waveforms, solutions, and future plans.

Paper	Title	Page
MOPPC025	RHIC Polarized Proton Operation in Run 12	184
	V. Schoefer, L. A. Ahrens, A. Anders, E.C. Aschenauer, G. Atoian, M. Bai, J. Beebe-Wang, M. Blaskiewicz, J.M. Brennan, K.A. Brown, D. Bruno, R. Connolly, T. D'Ottavio, A. Dion, K.A. Drees, W. Fischer, C.J. Gardner, J.W. Glenn, X. Gu, M. Harvey, T. Hayes, L.T. Hoff, H. Huang, R.L. Hulsart, A. Kirleis, J.S. Laster, C. Liu, Y. Luo, Y. Makdisi, G.J. Marr, A. Marusic, F. Méot, K. Mernick, R.J. Michnoff, M.G. Minty, C. Montag, J. Morris, S. Nemesure, A. Poblaguev, V. Ptitsyn, V.H. Ranjbar, G. Robert-Demolaize, T. Roser, W.B. Schmidke, F. Severino, D. Smirnov, K.S. Smith, D. Steski, S. Tepikian, D. Trbojevic, N. Tsoupas, J.E. Tuozzolo, G. Wang, M. Wilinski, K. Yip, A. Zaltsman, A. Zelenski, K. Zeno, S.Y. Zhang BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	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.

TUXA03	Increasing the AGS Beam Polarization with 80 Tune Jumps	1015
	V. Schoefer, L. A. Ahrens, M. Bai, E.D. Courant, W. Fu, C.J. Gardner, J.W. Glenn, H. Huang, F. Lin, A.U. Luccio, J.-L. Mi, J. Morris, P.J. Rosas, T. Roser, P. Thieberger, N. Tsoupas, A. Zelenski, K. Zeno BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	Vertical depolarizing resonances in the AGS are removed by partial Siberian snakes. These magnets move the stable spin direction and lead to horizontal depolarizing resonances. The tune jump quadrupole system increases the crossing rate for horizontal resonances by a factor of six. This presentation will review the fundamental mechanism of depolarizing resonances, the partial Siberian snake solution and describe recent experimental evidence at the AGS demonstrating improvements to beam polarization and the beam dynamics challenges posed by the tune jump.
	Slides TUXA03 [5.199 MB]

THPPD083	Analysis of Kicker Noise Induced Beam Emittance Growth	3710
	W. Zhang, L. A. Ahrens, I. Blackler, M. Blaskiewicz, J.M. Brennan, W. Fischer, H. Hahn, H. Huang, N.A. Kling, M. Lafky, G.J. Marr, K. Mernick, J.-L. Mi, M.G. Minty, C. Naylor, T. Roser, J. Sandberg, T.C. Shrey, B. Van Kuik, A. Zelenski 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. Over the last few years, physicists have suspected the presence of noise acting on the RHIC beams observable as occasional emittance growth at high beam energies. While the noise was sporadic in the past, it became more persistent during the run-11 setup period. An investigation diagnosed the source as originating from the RHIC abort kicker system. Once identified the issue was quickly resolved. We report in this paper the investigation result, circuit analysis, measured and simulated waveforms, solutions, and future plans.