Roser, T.

Paper	Title	Page
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.
MOPC057	R&D Energy Recovery Linac at Brookhaven National Laboratory	193
	V. Litvinenko, D. Beavis, I. Ben-Zvi, M. Blaskiewicz, A. Burrill, R. Calaga, P. Cameron, X. Chang, K. A. Drees, G. Ganetis, D. M. Gassner, H. Hahn, L. R. Hammons, A. Hershcovitch, H.-C. Hseuh, A. K. Jain, A. Kayran, J. Kewisch, R. F. Lambiase, D. L. Lederle, G. J. Mahler, G. T. McIntyre, W. Meng, T. C. Nehring, B. Oerter, C. Pai, D. Pate, D. Phillips, E. Pozdeyev, T. Rao, J. Reich, T. Roser, T. Russo, K. Smith, J. E. Tuozzolo, D. Weiss, N. Williams, K. Yip, A. Zaltsman BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York H. Bluem, M. D. Cole, A. J. Favale, D. Holmes, J. Rathke, T. Schultheiss AES, Medford, NY J. R. Delayen, L. W. Funk, H. L. Phillips, J. P. Preble Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia
	Collider Accelerator Department at BNL is in the final stages of developing the 20-MeV R&D energy recovery linac with super-conducting 2.5 MeV RF gun and single-mode super-conducting 5-cell RF linac. This unique facility aims to address many outstanding questions relevant for high current (up to 0.5 A of average current), high brightness energy-recovery linacs with novel Zigzag-type merger. We present the performance of the R&D ERL elements and detailed commissioning plan.
TUPP035	Analysis of Intensity Instability Threshold at Transition in RHIC	1616
	W. Fischer, I. Blackler, M. Blaskiewicz, P. Cameron, C. Montag, V. Ptitsyn, T. Roser BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
	The beam intensity of ion beams in RHIC is limited by a fast transverse instability at transition, driven by the machine impedance and electron clouds. For gold and deuteron beams we analyze the dependence of the instability threshold on beam and machine parameters from recent operational data and dedicated experiments. We fit the machine impedance to the experimental data.
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.
THPC023	Optimization of the AGS Superconducting Helical Partial Snake Strength	3026
	F. Lin, H. Huang, A. U. Luccio, T. Roser BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
	Two helical partial snakes, one is superconducting (called cold snake) and one is normal conducting (called warm snake), have preserved the polarization of proton beam up to 65% at the AGS extraction energy with the inject 82% polarization. In order to overcome the spin resonances, stronger partial snake is required. However, the stronger partial snake, the more titled stable spin direction that results in stronger horizontal intrinsic resonance. The balance between raising the spin tune gap generated by the snakes and reducing the titled stable spin direction has to be considered to maintain the polarization. Because the magnetic field of the warm snake is constant, only the cold snake with a maximum 3T magnetic field can be varied to find out the optimized snake strength. The paper presents the simulation results from the spin tracking with different cold snake magnetic fields. Some experimental data are also analyzed.
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.
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.
FRXAGM01	RHIC and its Upgrade Programs	3723
	T. Roser BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
	As the first hadron accelerator and collider consisting of two independent superconducting rings RHIC has operated with a wide range of beam energies and particle species. After a brief review of the achieved performance the presentation will give an overview of the plans, challenges and status of machine upgrades, that range from a new heavy ion pre-injector and beam cooling at 100 GeV to a high luminosity electron-ion collider.
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