Colliders
Accel/Storage Rings 20: Accelerators and Storage Rings (Other)
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THP100 Structure and Design of the Electron Lens for RHIC 2309
 
  • A.I. Pikin, J.G. Alessi, M. Anerella, E.N. Beebe, W. Fischer, D.M. Gassner, X. Gu, R.C. Gupta, J. Hock, R.F. Lambiase, Y. Luo, C. Montag, M. Okamura, Y. Tan, 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.
Two electron lenses for a head-on beam-beam compensation are being planned for RHIC; one for each circulating proton beam. The transverse profile of the electron beam will be Gaussian up to a maximum radius of re=3σ. Simulations and design of the electron gun with Gaussian radial emission current density profile and of the electron collector are presented. Ions of the residual gas generated in the interaction region by electron and proton beams will be removed by an axial gradient of the electric field towards the electron collector. A method of optical observation the transverse profile of the electron beam is described.