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Beam-Beam Collisions and Crossing Angles in RHIC

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1119558· OSTI ID:1119558
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  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

This paper evaluates the strength of head on and parasitic beam-beam collisions in RHIC when the crossing angle is zero. A non-zero crossing angle is not required in normal operation with 120 bunches, thanks to the early separation of the two beams. The RHIC lattice is shown to easily ac­commodate even conservatively large crossing angles, for example in beam dynamics studies, or in future operational upgrades to as many as 360 bunches per ring. A modest loss in luminosity is incurred when gold ions collide at an angle after 10 hours of storage.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1119558
Report Number(s):
BNL--102273-2013-IR
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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