OPERATION OF THE RHIC AU ION SOURCE.
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is beginning its second year of operation. A cesium sputter ion source injecting into a tandem Van de Graaff provides the gold ions for RHIC. The ion source is operated in the pulsed beam mode and produces a 500{micro}sec long pulse of Au{sup -} with a peak intensity of 290pA at the entrance of the tandem. After acceleration in the tandem and post stripping, this results in a beam of Au{sup +32} with an intensity of 80e{micro}A and an energy of 182MeV. Over the last several years, a series of improvements have been made to increase the intensity of the pulsed beam from the ion source. Details of the source performance and improvements will be presented. In addition, an effort is under way to provide other beam species for RHIC collisions.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 789434
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-68730; KA040301; R&D Project: AD004ADRD; KA040301; TRN: US0111373
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ION SOURCES (ICIS01), BERKELEY, CA (US), 09/02/2001--09/07/2001; Other Information: PBD: 2 Sep 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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