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Title: A split-electrode for clearing scattered electrons in the RHIC e-lens

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OSTI ID:1049276

We are designing two electron lenses that will be installed at RHIC IR10 to compensate for the head-on beam-beam effect. To clear accumulated scattered electrons from 100 GeV proton-electron head-on collisions in the e-lens, a clearing split electrode may be constructed. The feasibility of this proposed electrode was demonstrated via the CST Particle Studio and Opera program simulations. By splitting one of the drift tubes in the e-lens and applying {approx} 380 V across the two parts, the scattered electrons can be cleared out within several hundred micro-seconds. At the same time we can restrict the unwanted shift of the primary electron-beam that already passed the 2-m interaction region in e-lens, to less than 15um.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1049276
Report Number(s):
BNL-96806-2012-CP; R&D Project: KBCH139; 18064; KB0202011; TRN: US1204446
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2012 International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2012); New Orleans, LA; 20120520 through 20120525
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English