RHIC upgrades for heavy ions and polarized protons

Journal Article · Tue Jul 11 04:00:00 EDT 2006 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2220448· OSTI ID:20873219

Fischer, W; Alessi, J; Ben-Zvi, I; Litvinenko, V; Roser, T ^[1]

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1. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York (United States)

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), in operation since 2000, has exceeded its design parameters. The Enhanced Design parameters, expected to be reached in 2008, call for a 4-fold increase over the heavy ion design luminosity, and a 15-fold increase over the proton design luminosity, the latter with an average polarization of 70%. In 2009, it is planned to commission a new Electron Beam Ion Source, offering increased reliability and ion species that cannot be supplied currently. The upgrade to RHIC II, based on electron cooling of the beams, aims to increase the average heavy ion luminosity by an order of magnitude, and the polarized proton luminosity by a factor 2-5. Plans for an electron-ion collider eRHIC are covered in another article in these proceedings.

• OSTI ID: 20873219
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 842; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BEAM LUMINOSITY
BROOKHAVEN RHIC
COLLIDING BEAMS
DESIGN
ELECTRON BEAM ION SOURCES
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRON COOLING
ELECTRONS
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
HEAVY IONS
POLARIZATION
PROTONS