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Title: Operation of the 56 MHz superconducting RF cavity in RHIC during run 14

Abstract

A 56 MHz superconducting RF cavity was designed and installed in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). It is the first superconducting quarter wave resonator (QWR) operating in a high-energy storage ring. We discuss herein the cavity operation with Au+Au collisions, and with asymmetrical Au+He3 collisions. The cavity is a storage cavity, meaning that it becomes active only at the energy of experiment, after the acceleration cycle is completed. With the cavity at 300 kV, an improvement in luminosity was detected from direct measurements, and the bunch length has been reduced. The uniqueness of the QWR demands an innovative design of the higher order mode dampers with high-pass filters, and a distinctive fundamental mode damper that enables the cavity to be bypassed during the acceleration stage.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1223681
Report Number(s):
BNL-108416-2015-IR
R&D Project: KBCH139; KB0202011; TRN: US1500824
DOE Contract Number:  
SC00112704
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SUPERCONDUCTING CAVITY RESONATORS; BROOKHAVEN RHIC; MHZ RANGE 01-100; BEAM LUMINOSITY; OPERATION; BEAM BUNCHING; DESIGN; LENGTH; ELECTRIC FILTERS; GOLD 197 REACTIONS; GOLD 197 TARGET; HELIUM 3 TARGET; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

Citation Formats

Wu, Q., Belomestnykh, S., Ben-Zvi, I., Blaskiewicz, M., Hayes, T., Mernick, K., Severino, F., Smith, K., and Zaltsman, A. Operation of the 56 MHz superconducting RF cavity in RHIC during run 14. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.2172/1223681.
Wu, Q., Belomestnykh, S., Ben-Zvi, I., Blaskiewicz, M., Hayes, T., Mernick, K., Severino, F., Smith, K., & Zaltsman, A. Operation of the 56 MHz superconducting RF cavity in RHIC during run 14. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1223681
Wu, Q., Belomestnykh, S., Ben-Zvi, I., Blaskiewicz, M., Hayes, T., Mernick, K., Severino, F., Smith, K., and Zaltsman, A. 2015. "Operation of the 56 MHz superconducting RF cavity in RHIC during run 14". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1223681. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1223681.
@article{osti_1223681,
title = {Operation of the 56 MHz superconducting RF cavity in RHIC during run 14},
author = {Wu, Q. and Belomestnykh, S. and Ben-Zvi, I. and Blaskiewicz, M. and Hayes, T. and Mernick, K. and Severino, F. and Smith, K. and Zaltsman, A.},
abstractNote = {A 56 MHz superconducting RF cavity was designed and installed in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). It is the first superconducting quarter wave resonator (QWR) operating in a high-energy storage ring. We discuss herein the cavity operation with Au+Au collisions, and with asymmetrical Au+He3 collisions. The cavity is a storage cavity, meaning that it becomes active only at the energy of experiment, after the acceleration cycle is completed. With the cavity at 300 kV, an improvement in luminosity was detected from direct measurements, and the bunch length has been reduced. The uniqueness of the QWR demands an innovative design of the higher order mode dampers with high-pass filters, and a distinctive fundamental mode damper that enables the cavity to be bypassed during the acceleration stage.},
doi = {10.2172/1223681},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1223681}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}