Preparing Accelerator Systems for the RHIC Sextant Commissioning

Technical Report · Mon May 12 00:00:00 EDT 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1119530· OSTI ID:1119530

Trbojevic, D. ^[1]; Pilat, F. ^[1]; Ahrens, L. ^[1]; Barton, D. ^[1]; Clifford, T. ^[1]; Connoly, R. ^[1]; Fischer, W. ^[1]; HaJ.Tison, M. ^[1]; MacKay, W. ^[1]; Olsen, R. ^[1]; Peggs, S. ^[1]; Satogata, T. ^[1]; Tepikian, S. ^[1]; Thompson, P. ^[1]; Trahern, C. G. ^[1]; Witkover, R. ^[1]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) construction is progressing steadily towards completion in 1999 when beams will circulate in both collider rings. One of the major tests of the RHIC project was the commissioning of the first sextant with gold ion beams in early 1997. This is a report on preparation of the RHIC accelerator systems for the first sextant test. It includes beam position monitors, timing, injection correction through the magnetic septum and kickers, current transformers, "flags" and the ionization beam profile monitors, beam loss monitors, beam and quench permit link system, power supply controls, and the configuration database system. The software and hardware development and coordination of the different systems before commissioning were regularly checked during bi-weekly, and (later) weekly, progress report meetings.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 1119530
• Report Number(s): BNL-102245-2013-IR
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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