RHIC STATUS AND PLANS.
RHIC ended successfully its second year of operation in January 2002 after a six month run with gold ions and two months of polarized proton collisions. I will review the machine performance and accomplishments, that include reaching design energy (100 GeV/u) and design luminosity during the gold run, and the first high energy (100 GeV) polarized proton collisions. I will also discuss the machine development strategy and the main performance milestones. The goals and plans for the shutdown and the nest run, scheduled to start in November 2002 have been the focus of a RHIC Retreat in March 2002. I will summarize findings and plans for the upcoming run and outline a vision for the nest few years of RHIC operation and upgrades.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 798555
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-69229; R&D Project: AD003; KA0202011; TRN: US0204824
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2002 PARTICLE ACCELERATOR CONFERENCE, PARIS (FR), 06/02/2002--06/07/2002; Other Information: PBD: 2 Jun 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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