RHIC OPERATIONAL STATUS AND UPGRADE PLANS.

Conference · Fri Jun 23 04:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:885020

FISCHER, W

Since 2000 RHIC has collided, at 8 energies, 4 combinations of ion species, ranging from gold ions to polarized protons, and including the collisions of deuterons with gold ions. During that time the heavy ion and polarized proton peak luminosities increased by two orders and one order of magnitude respectively. The average proton polarization in store reached 65%. Planned upgrades include the evolution to the Enhanced Design parameters by about 2008, the construction of an Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) by 2009, the installation of electron cooling for RHIC II, and the implementation of the electron-ion collider eRHIC. We review the current performance, and the expected performance with these upgrades.

• Research Organization: BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/SC
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 885020
• Report Number(s): BNL--75458-2006-CP; KB0202011
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
DEUTERONS
ELECTRON BEAM ION SOURCES
ELECTRON COOLING
GOLD IONS
HEAVY IONS
IMPLEMENTATION
PERFORMANCE
POLARIZATION
PROTONS