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Conference · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)

OSTI ID:6833599

Prelec, K ^[1]

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1. AGS Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Associated Universities, Inc., Upton, New York 11973 (USA)

Conceptual designs of the RHIC facility are matched to the parameters of existing tandem Van de Graaff accelerators at Brookhaven National Laboratory. It has been shown that tandems could produce many ion species up to gold with sufficient intensities for injection into the BNL booster and further acceleration and storage in AGS and RHIC sychrotrons. There have been, however, questions about the long-term performance of tandem accelerators, in view of their reliability, cost of maintenance, and expected requests for higher intensities than they could provide. A study was done in 1986 to investigate the possibility of replacing the tandems with a more compact preinjector situated close to the booster. This report will review the options for such a preinjector.

• OSTI ID: 6833599
• Report Number(s): CONF-881154--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA) Journal Volume: 188:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
430302* -- Particle Accelerators-- Injection & Extraction Systems
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