RHIC UPGRADES FOR HEAVY IONS AND POLARIZED PROTONS.

Conference · Mon Oct 24 04:00:00 EDT 2005

OSTI ID:875434

FISCHER, W; ALESSI, J; BEN-ZVI, I; LITVINENKO, V; ROSER, T

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), in operation since 2000, has exceeded its design parameters. The Enhanced Design parameters, expected to be reached in 2009, 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%. Also 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 11, 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 is covered in another article in these proceedings.

• Research Organization: BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/SC
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 875434
• Report Number(s): BNL--75346-2006-CP; KB0202011
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
DESIGN
ELECTRON BEAM ION SOURCES
ELECTRON COOLING
HEAVY IONS
LUMINOSITY
NUCLEI
POLARIZATION
PROTONS
RELIABILITY