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Bai, M.

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MOPC108 AGS Polarized Proton Operation in Run 8 316
 
  • H. Huang, L. Ahrens, M. Bai, K. A. Brown, C. J. Gardner, J. W. Glenn, F. Lin, A. U. Luccio, W. W. MacKay, T. Roser, S. Tepikian, N. Tsoupas, K. Yip, A. Zelenski, K. Zeno
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  • H. M. Spinka, D. G. Underwood
    ANL, Argonne, Illinois
  
  A dual partial snake scheme has been used for AGS polarized proton operation for several years. It has provided polarized proton beams with 1.5*1011 protons per bunch and 65% polarization for the RHIC spin program. There is still residual polarization loss due to both snake resonances and horizontal resonances. Several schemes were tested in the AGS to mitigate the loss. This paper presents the experiment results and analysis.  
MOPC117 Hybrid Snake Spin Resonance in RHIC 337
 
  • V. H. Ranjbar, D. T. Abell
    Tech-X, Boulder, Colorado
  • M. Bai, A. U. Luccio
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  
  Simulations reveal a potential polarization loss during low beta squeeze. This depolarization appears to be driven by a spin tune modulation caused by spin precession through the strong low beta quads due to the vertical fields. The modulation of the spin tune introduces an additional snake resonance condition at νs0 ± n νx - νz l = integer which while the same numerology as the well known sextupole resonance, can operate in the absence of sextupole elements.  
WEPP011 Setup and Performance of RHIC for the 2008 Run with Deuteron and Gold Collisions 2548
 
  • C. J. Gardner, N. P. Abreu, L. Ahrens, J. G. Alessi, M. Bai, D. S. Barton, J. Beebe-Wang, M. Blaskiewicz, J. M. Brennan, K. A. Brown, D. Bruno, J. J. Butler, P. Cameron, C. Carlson, R. Connolly, T. D'Ottavio, A. J. Della Penna, K. A. Drees, W. Fischer, W. Fu, G. Ganetis, J. W. Glenn, M. Harvey, T. Hayes, H. Huang, P. F. Ingrassia, J. Kewisch, R. C. Lee, V. Litvinenko, Y. Luo, W. W. MacKay, M. Mapes, G. J. Marr, A. Marusic, R. J. Michnoff, C. Montag, J. Morris, B. Oerter, F. C. Pilat, E. Pozdeyev, V. Ptitsyn, G. Robert-Demolaize, T. Roser, T. Russo, P. Sampson, J. Sandberg, T. Satogata, C. Schultheiss, F. Severino, K. Smith, D. Steski, S. Tepikian, R. Than, P. Thieberger, D. Trbojevic, N. Tsoupas, J. E. Tuozzolo, A. Zaltsman, K. Zeno, S. Y. Zhang
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  
  This year deuterons and gold ions were collided in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) for the first time since 2003. The setup and performance of the collider for this run is reviewed with a focus on improvements that have led to an order of magnitude increase in luminosity since the 2003 run.  
WEPP015 Experience with IBS-suppression Lattice in RHIC 2557
 
  • V. Litvinenko, M. Bai, D. Bruno, P. Cameron, R. Connolly, A. J. Della Penna, K. A. Drees, A. V. Fedotov, G. Ganetis, L. T. Hoff, W. Louie, Y. Luo, N. Malitsky, G. J. Marr, A. Marusic, C. Montag, F. C. Pilat, V. Ptitsyn, T. Roser, T. Satogata, S. Tepikian, D. Trbojevic, N. Tsoupas
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  
  An intra-beam scattering (IBS) is the limiting factor of the luminosity lifetime for RHIC operating with heavy ions. In order to suppress the IBS we designed and implemented new lattice with higher betatron tunes. This lattice had been developed during last three years and had been used for gold ions in yellow ring of the RHIC during d-Au part of the RHIC Run-8. The use of this lattice allowed both significant increases in the luminosity lifetime and the luminosity levels via reduction of beta-stars in the IPs. In this paper we report on the development, the tests and the performance of IBS-suppression lattice in RHIC, including the resulting increases in the peak and the average luminosity. We also report on our plans for future steps with the IBS suppression.  
WEPP018 Operational Experience with a Near-integer Working Point at RHIC 2563
 
  • C. Montag, M. Bai, J. Beebe-Wang, W. Fischer, Y. Luo, N. Malitsky, T. Roser, T. Satogata, S. Tepikian
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  
  During the RHIC polarized proton run in FY 2006 it became evident that the luminosity performance is limited by the beam-beam effect. With a working point between 2/3 and 7/10, and the necessity to mirror the tunes of the two RHIC rings at the diagonal, the beam with a horizontal tune closest to 2/3 showed poor lifetime. To overcome this limitation, a near-integer working point has been proposed. Tracking studies performed at both working points showed a larger dynamic aperture near the integer tune than above 2/3. In Run-8, this new working point was commissioned in one ring of RHIC, while the other ring was operated at the same working point as in Run-6. In this paper we report the commissioning process and operational experience with this new working point.  
WEPP019 RHIC Polarized Proton Performance in Run-8 2566
 
  • C. Montag, N. P. Abreu, L. Ahrens, M. Bai, D. S. Barton, A. Bazilevsky, J. Beebe-Wang, M. Blaskiewicz, J. M. Brennan, K. A. Brown, D. Bruno, G. Bunce, R. Calaga, P. Cameron, R. Connolly, T. D'Ottavio, K. A. Drees, A. V. Fedotov, W. Fischer, G. Ganetis, C. J. Gardner, J. W. Glenn, T. Hayes, H. Huang, P. F. Ingrassia, A. 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, J. Morris, B. Oerter, H. Okada, F. C. Pilat, P. H. Pile, G. Robert-Demolaize, T. Roser, T. Russo, T. Satogata, C. Schultheiss, M. Sivertz, K. Smith, S. Tepikian, D. Trbojevic, N. Tsoupas, J. E. Tuozzolo, A. Zaltsman, A. Zelenski, K. Zeno, S. Y. Zhang
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  
  During Run-8, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) provided collisions of spin-polarized proton beams at two interaction regions. Helical spin rotators at these two interaction regions were used to control the spin orientation of both beams at the collision points. Physics data were taken with different orientations of the beam polarization. We present recent developments and improvements as well as the luminosity and polarization performance achieved during Run-8.