Commissioning of RHIC deuteron-gold collisions

Deuteron and gold beams have been accelerated to a collision energy of /spl radic/s = 200 GeV/u in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), providing the first asymmetric-species collisions of this complex. Necessary changes for this mode of operation include new ramping software and asymmetric c...

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Main Authors: Satogata, T., Ahrens, L., Bai, M., Beebe-Wang, J., Blaskiewicz, M., Brennan, J.M., Brown, K.A., Bruno, D., Cameron, P., Cardona, J., Connolly, R., Drees, A., Fischer, W., Fliller, R.P., Ganetis, G., Gardner, C., Glenn, J.W., Hahn, H., Hayes, T., Huang, H., Iriso-Ariz, U., MacKay, W.W., Marusic, A., Michnoff, R., Montag, C., Pilat, F., Ptitsyn, V., Roser, T., Smith, K., Tepikian, S., Trbojevic, D., Tsoupas, N., Zhang, S.Y., van Zeijts, J.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceleration
Colliding beam accelerators
Colliding beam devices
Energy storage
Gold
Laboratories
Particle beams
Physics
Power supplies
Probes
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Summary:Deuteron and gold beams have been accelerated to a collision energy of /spl radic/s = 200 GeV/u in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), providing the first asymmetric-species collisions of this complex. Necessary changes for this mode of operation include new ramping software and asymmetric crossing angle geometries. This paper reviews machine performance, problems encountered and their solutions, and accomplishments during the 16 weeks of ramp-up and operations.
ISSN:1063-3928
2152-9647
DOI:10.1109/PAC.2003.1288643