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| WEPP008 |
Localizing Sources of Horizontal Orbit Oscillations at RHIC
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- R. Calaga, R. J. Michnoff, T. Satogata
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
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Horizontal oscillations of the closed orbit at frequencies around 10Hz are observed at RHIC. These oscillations lead to beam beam offsets at the collision point, resulting in emittance growth and reduced luminosity. An approach to localize the sources of these vibrations using a special mode of RHIC turn-by-turn BPM data is presented. Data from the 2005-06 are analyzed to spatially resolve the location of the dominant sources.
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| WEPP018 |
Operational Experience with a Near-integer Working Point at RHIC
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- 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
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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.
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| WEPP063 |
R-matrices of the Fast Beam Extraction Section of AGS
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- N. Tsoupas, L. Ahrens, J. W. Glenn, W. W. MacKay, T. Satogata
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
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The Fast Beam Extraction (FEB) system of the Alternating Gradient synchrotron (AGS) extracts the beam bunches from AGS into the AGS-to-RHIC (AtR) beam transfer line, and the extracted bunches are injected into the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) synchrotron. In a particular section of the beam extraction line the beam bunches are transported through the fringe field region of three main AGS magnets. Optical characteristics of this section change with trajectory and momentum. Therefore the calculation of the R-matrices in this part of the extraction line requires special attention. To describe accurately the R-matrices, the magnetic field of the AGS main magnets was measured on the median plane of the AGS magnet in both, the circulating beam region and the fringe field region, where the extracted beam is transported. Using these magnetic field maps we describe the procedure we use to calculate the R-matrices at the beam extraction region. These R-matrices are used to calculate the beam parameters at the starting point of the AtR beam transfer line and the required quadrupole settings to match to RHIC’s acceptance.
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| WEPP011 |
Setup and Performance of RHIC for the 2008 Run with Deuteron and Gold Collisions
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- 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
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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.
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| WEPP015 |
Experience with IBS-suppression Lattice in RHIC
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- 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
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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.
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| WEPP019 |
RHIC Polarized Proton Performance in Run-8
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- 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
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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.
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