Title :
Experiments with a DC wire in RHIC
Author :
Fischer, W. ; Calaga, R. ; Abreu, N. ; Robert-Demolaize, G. ; Kim, H.-J. ; Sen, T. ; Qiang, J. ; Kabel, A. ; Dorda, U. ; -Koutchouk, J.P. ; Zimmermann, F.
Author_Institution :
BNL, Upton
Abstract :
A DC wire has been installed in RHIC to explore the long-range beam-beam effect, and test its compensation. We report on experiments that measure the effect of the wire´s electro-magnetic field on the beam´s orbit, tune and lifetime, and show some accompanying simulations.
Keywords :
colliding beam accelerators; ion accelerators; particle beams; storage rings; synchrotrons; DC wire; RHIC; amplitude dependent diffusion coefficients; beam lifetime; beam orbit; beam tuning; chromaticity; electro-magnetic field; emittance growth rates; long-range beam-beam effect; Colliding beam devices; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gold; Large Hadron Collider; Orbital calculations; Particle beams; Testing; Voltage; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0916-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2007.4440922
