Commissioning progress of the RHIC electron lenses

  • W. Fischer
  • , Z. Altinbas
  • , M. Anerella
  • , M. Blaskiewicz
  • , D. Bruno
  • , W. C. Dawson
  • , D. M. Gassner
  • , X. Gu
  • , R. C. Gupta
  • , K. Hamdi
  • , J. Hock
  • , L. T. Hoff
  • , R. Hulsart
  • , A. K. Jain
  • , R. Lambiase
  • , Y. Luo
  • , M. Mapes
  • , A. Marone
  • , R. Michnoff
  • , T. A. Miller
  • M. Minty, C. Montag, J. Muratore, S. Nemesure, D. Phillips, A. I. Pikin, S. R. Plate, P. Rosas, L. Snydstrup, Y. Tan, C. Theisen, P. Thieberger, J. Tuozzolo, P. Wanderer, S. M. White, W. Zhang

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Abstract

In polarized proton operation, the RHIC performance is limited by the head-on beam-beam effect. To overcome these limitations two electron lenses were installed and are under commissioning. One lens uses a newly manufactured superconducting solenoid, in the other lens the spare superconducting solenoid of the BNL Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) is installed to allow for propagation of the electron beam. (This sparemagnetwill be replaced by the same type of superconducting magnet that is also used in the other lens during the 2013 shut-down.) We give an overview of the commissioning configuration of both lenses, and report on first results in commissioning the hardware. We also report on lattice modifications needed to adjust the phase advance between the beam-beam interactions and the electron lenses, as well as upgrades to the RHIC instrumentation for the commissioning.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIPAC 2013
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 4th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Pages1526-1528
Number of pages3
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event4th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2013 - Shanghai, China
Duration: May 12 2013May 17 2013

Publication series

NameIPAC 2013: Proceedings of the 4th International Particle Accelerator Conference

Conference

Conference4th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period05/12/1305/17/13

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