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TUPZ035 | RHIC Polarized Proton Status and Operation Highlights | 1888 |
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RHIC operation as the polarized proton collider presents unique challenges since both luminosity and spin polarization are important. A lot of upgrades and modifications have been made since last polarized proton operation. A 9 MHz rf system has been installed to improve longitudinal match at injection and to increase luminosity. A vertical survey of RHIC was performed before the run to get better magnet alignment. The orbit control has also been improved this year. AGS polarization transfer efficiency is improved by a horizontal tune jump system. To preserve polarization on the ramp, a new working point was chosen with the vertical tune near a third order resonance. The orbit and tune control are essential for polarization preservation. To calibrate the polarization level at 250 GeV, polarized protons were accelerated up to 250GeV and decelerated back to 100GeV. The tune, orbit and chromaticity feedback is essential for this operation. The new record of luminosity was achieved with higher polarization at 250 GeV in this run. The overview of the changes and operation results are presented in this paper. | ||
TUPZ038 | RHIC Performance for FY2011 Au+Au Heavy Ion Run | 1894 |
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Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy. Following the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 (Run-10) Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) Au+Au run [1], RHIC experiment upgrades sought to improve detector capabilities. In turn, accelerator improvements were made to improve the luminosity available to the experiments for this run (Run-11). These improvements included: a redesign of the stochastic cooling systems for improved reliability; a relocation of “common” RF cavities to alleviate intensity limits due to beam loading; and an improved usage of feedback systems to control orbit, tune and coupling during energy ramps as well as while colliding at top energy. We present an overview of changes to the Collider and review the performance of the collider with respect to instantaneous and integrated luminosity goals. |
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WEPC031 | Optics Corrections at RHIC | 2070 |
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Excessive beta-beat, deviation of measured beta function from the calculated beta functions based on an model, in high energy colliders can lead to large deviation of beta function at collision point as well as other adverse effects. The segment-by-segment technique was successfully demonstrated in the LHC operation for reducing the beta-beat. It was then applied to RHIC polarized proton operation in 2011. This paper reports the experimental results of optics correction at RHIC. Future plan is also presented. | ||