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Drees, K.A.

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MOPLS010 Measurement of Ion Beam Losses Due to Bound-free Pair Production in RHIC 553
 
  • J.M. Jowett, S.S. Gilardoni
    CERN, Geneva
  • R. Bruce
    MAX-lab, Lund
  • K.A. Drees, W. Fischer, S. Tepikian
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  • S.R. Klein
    LBNL, Berkeley, California
 
  When the LHC operates as a Pb82+ ion collider, losses of Pb81+ ions, created through Bound-free Pair Production (BFPP) at the collision point, and localized in cold magnets, are expected to be a major luminosity limit. With Au79+ ions at RHIC, this effect is not a limitation because the Au78+ production rate is low, and the Au78+ beam produced is inside the momentum aperture. When RHIC collided Cu29+ ions, secondary beam production rates were lower still but the Cu28+ ions produced were predicted to be lost at a well-defined location, creating the opportunity for the first direct observation of BFPP effects in an ion collider. We report on measurements of localized beam losses due to BFPP with copper beams in RHIC and comparisons to predictions from tracking and Monte Carlo simulation.  
MOPLS025 Experience in Reducing Electron Cloud and Dynamic Pressure Rise in Warm and Cold Regions in RHIC 595
 
  • S.Y. Zhang, L. Ahrens, J.G. Alessi, M. Bai, M. Blaskiewicz, P. Cameron, R. Connolly, K.A. Drees, W. Fischer, J. Gullotta, P. He, H.-C. Hseuh, H. Huang, R.C. Lee, V. Litvinenko, W.W. MacKay, C. Montag, T. Nicoletti, B. Oerter, F.C. Pilat, V. Ptitsyn, T. Roser, T. Satogata, L. Smart, L. Snydstrup, S. Tepikian, P. Thieberger, D. Trbojevic, J. Wei, K. Zeno
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
 
  Significant improvement has been achieved for reducing electron cloud and dynamic pressure rise at RHIC over several years; however, there remain to be factors limiting luminosity. The large scale application of non-evaporable getter (NEG) coating in RHIC has been proven effective in reducing electron multipacting and dynamic pressure rise. This will be reported together with the study of the saturated NEG coatings. Since beams with increased intensity and shorter bunch spacing became possible in operation, the electron cloud effects on beam, such as the emittance growth,are an increasing concern. Observations and studies are reported. We also report the study results relevant to the RHIC electron cloud and pressure rise improvement, such as the effect of anti-grazing ridges on electron cloud in warm sections, and the effect of pre-pumping in cryogenic regions.  
MOPLS024 RHIC Performance as Polarized Proton Collider in Run-6 592
 
  • V. Ptitsyn, L. Ahrens, M. Bai, D.S. Barton, J. Beebe-Wang, M. Blaskiewicz, A. Bravar, J.M. Brennan, K.A. Brown, D. Bruno, G. Bunce, R. Calaga, P. Cameron, R. Connolly, T. D'Ottavio, J. DeLong, K.A. Drees, A.V. Fedotov, W. Fischer, G. Ganetis, H. Hahn, T. Hayes, H.-C. Hseuh, H. Huang, P. Ingrassia, D. Kayran, J. Kewisch, R.C. Lee, V. Litvinenko, A.U. Luccio, Y. Luo, W.W. MacKay, Y. Makdisi, N. Malitsky, G.J. Marr, A. Marusic, R.J. Michnoff, C. Montag, J. Morris, T. Nicoletti, B. Oerter, F.C. Pilat, P.H. Pile, T. Roser, T. Russo, J. Sandberg, T. Satogata, C. Schultheiss, S. Tepikian, D. Trbojevic, N. Tsoupas, J.E. Tuozzolo, A. Zaltsman, A. Zelenski, K. Zeno, S.Y. Zhang
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
 
  The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider in Run-6 was operating in polarized proton mode. With two Siberian Snakes per ring, the polarized protons were brought into collisions at 100 Gev and 31.2 Gev energies. The control of polarization orientation at STAR and PHENIX experiments was done using helical spin rotators. Physics studies were conducted with longitudinal, vertical and radial beam polarization at collision points. This paper presents the performance of RHIC as a polarized proton collider in the Run-6 with emphasis on beam polarization and luminosity issues.