Author: Samms, T.
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WEPWI056 A Number of Upgrades on RHIC Power Supply System 3618
 
  • C. Mi, D. Bruno, A. Di Lieto, J. Drozd, G. Heppner, T. Nolan, F. Orsatti, T. Samms, J. Sandberg, C. Schultheiss, R. Zapasek
    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.
This year marks the 15th run for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Operation of a reliable superconducting magnet power supply system is a key factor of accelerator’s performance. Over the past 15 of years, the RHIC power supply system has been made many improvements to increase the machine availability and reduce failures. During these past 15 years of operating RHIC a lot of problems have been solved or addressed. In this paper some of the essential upgrades/improvements are discussed. 		 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2015-WEPWI056  
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WEPWI057 A New Bipolar qtrim Power Supply System 3621
 
  • C. Mi, D. Bruno, A. Di Lieto, J. Drozd, G. Heppner, T. Nolan, F. Orsatti, T. Samms, J. Sandberg, C. Schultheiss, R. Zapasek
    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.
This year marks the 15th run of RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider) operations. The reliability of superconducting magnet power supplies is one of the essential factors in the entire accelerator complex. Besides maintaining existing power supplies and their associated equipment, newly designed systems are also required based on the physicist’s latest requirements. A bipolar power supply was required for this year’s main quadrupole trim power supply. This paper will explain the design, prototype, testing, installation and operation of this recently installed power supply system. 		 
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THPF059 RHIC Electron Lenses Upgrades 3830
 
  • X. Gu, Z. Altinbas, S. Binello, D. Bruno, M.R. Costanzo, K.A. Drees, W. Fischer, D.M. Gassner, M. Harvey, J. Hock, K. Hock, Y. Luo, A. Marusic, K. Mernick, C. Mi, R.J. Michnoff, T.A. Miller, M.G. Minty, A.I. Pikin, G. Robert-Demolaize, T. Samms, V. Schoefer, T.C. Shrey, Y. Tan, R. Than, P. Thieberger
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • S.M. White
    ESRF, Grenoble, France
  
  Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
In the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) 100 GeV polarized proton run in 2015[1], two electron lenses [2] were used for the first time to partially compensate for the head-on beam-beam effect. Here, we describe the design of the current electron lens, detailing the hardware modifications made after the 2014 commissioning run with heavy ions. A new electron gun with 15-mm diameter cathode is characterized. The electron beam transverse profile was measured using a YAG screen and fitted with a Gaussian distribution. During operation, the overlap of the electron and proton beams was achieved using the electron backscattering detector in conjunction with an automated orbit control program. 		 
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