RHIC PLANS TOWARDS HIGHER LUMINOSITY

Conference · Mon Jun 25 04:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:910382

FEDOTOV, A

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) is designed to provide luminosity over a wide range of beam energies and species, including heavy ions, polarized protons, and tric beam collisions. In the first seven years of operation there has been a rapid increase in the achieved peak and average luminosity, substantially exceeding design values. Work is presently underway to achieve the Enhanced Design parameters. Planned major upgrades include the Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS), RHIC-11, and construction of an electron-ion collider (eRHIC). We review the expected RHIC upgrade performance. Electron cooling and its impact on the luminosity both for heavy ions and protons are discussed in detail.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Sponsoring Organization: Doe - Office Of Science
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 910382
• Report Number(s): BNL--77343-2007-CP
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
ELECTRON BEAM ION SOURCES
ELECTRON COOLING
HEAVY IONS
LUMINOSITY
PERFORMANCE
PROTONS