RHIC OPERATIONAL STATUS AND UPGRADE PLANS.
Since 2000 RHIC has collided, at 8 energies, 4 combinations of ion species, ranging from gold ions to polarized protons, and including the collisions of deuterons with gold ions. During that time the heavy ion and polarized proton peak luminosities increased by two orders and one order of magnitude respectively. The average proton polarization in store reached 65%. Planned upgrades include the evolution to the Enhanced Design parameters by about 2008, the construction of an Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) by 2009, the installation of electron cooling for RHIC II, and the implementation of the electron-ion collider eRHIC. We review the current performance, and the expected performance with these upgrades.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/SC
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 885020
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-75458-2006-CP; R&D Project: 18026; KB0202011; TRN: US0603762
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 10TH BIENNIAL EUROPEAN PARTICLE ACCELERATOR CONFERENCE (EPAC); EDINBURGH, UK; 20060626 through 20060630
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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