Towards Improved Proton Polarimetry at RHIC

The RHIC polarized proton collider polarimeters employ the analyzing power in p-Carbon elastic scattering in the Coulomb Nuclear Interference region to measure the proton beam polarization. These are calibrated by the polarized hydrogen jet target that measures the absolute beam polarization utilizi...

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Main Authors: Makdisi, Y., Atoian, G., Bazilevski, A., Bunce, G., Gill, R., Huang, H., Morozov, B., Sivertz, M., Zelenski, A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
ACCELERATORS
BARYON REACTIONS
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
BARYONS
BEAM MONITORING
BEAM PRODUCTION
BEAMS
BROOKHAVEN RHIC
CARBON 12 TARGET
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
COULOMB FIELD
DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HADRON REACTIONS
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
HADRONS
HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS
INTERACTIONS
MONITORING
NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON BEAMS
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NUCLEONS
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
PARTICLE BEAMS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
POLARIMETERS
POLARIMETRY
POLARIZATION
POLARIZATION-ASYMMETRY RATIO
POLARIZED BEAMS
POLARIZED TARGETS
PROTON BEAMS
PROTON REACTIONS
PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
PROTONS
RESOLUTION
SCATTERING
STORAGE RINGS
TARGETS
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Summary:The RHIC polarized proton collider polarimeters employ the analyzing power in p-Carbon elastic scattering in the Coulomb Nuclear Interference region to measure the proton beam polarization. These are calibrated by the polarized hydrogen jet target that measures the absolute beam polarization utilizing the pp elastic scattering process in the CNI region. This paper describes the status of these polarimeters and the efforts employed to improve the performance in terms of better resolution, rate handling capability, and reduced systematic uncertainties.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.3215747