PROCEEDINGS OF RIKEN BNL RESEARCH CENTER WORKSHOP, RHIC SPIN COLLABORATION MEETINGS VIII, IX, X, XI, APRIL 12, MAY, 22, JUNE 17, JULY 29, 2002.

Technical Report · Thu Mar 06 04:00:00 EST 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/809970· OSTI ID:809970

FOX, B ^[1]

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1. BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY

Since its inception, the RHIC Spin Collaboration (RSC) has held semi-regular meetings each year to discuss the physics possibilities and the operational details of the program. Having collected our first data sample of polarized proton-proton collisions in Run02 of RHIC, we are now in the process of examining the performance of both the accelerator and the experiments. From this evaluation, we not only aim to formulate a consensus plan for polarized proton-proton during Run03 of RHIC but also to look more forward into the future to ensure the success of the spin program. In the second meeting of this series (which took place at BNL on April 12, 2002), we focused on Run02 polarization issues. This meeting opened with a presentation by Thomas Roser about his reflections on the outcome from the RHIC retreat during which the Run02 performance was evaluated. Of particular importance, Thomas pointed out that, with the expected beam time and his estimates for machine-tuning requirements, the experiments should limit their beam requests to two or three programs.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: BNL/RIKEN/DOE (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 809970
• Report Number(s): BNL--71117-2003; KB0201
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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