Attempt to accelerate asymmetric species with unequal frequencies in RHIC

Technical Report · Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1224768· OSTI ID:1224768

Liu, C. ^[1]; Luo, Y. ^[1]; Marusic, A. ^[1]; Minty, M. ^[1]; Robert-Demolaize, G. ^[1]; Smith, K. ^[1]; Mernick, K. ^[1]; Hayes, T. ^[1]; Severino, F. ^[1]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

This report summarizes the beam studies on accelerating asymmetric beams with unequal frequencies, during the proton-Gold/Aluminum run in 2015. The experiment failed due to modulated beam-beam effects even though the beams were separated by at least 15 mm.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
• DOE Contract Number: SC00112704
• OSTI ID: 1224768
• Report Number(s): BNL-108493-2015-IR; R&D Project: KBCH139; 18035; KB0202011
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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