Author :
Ahrens, L. ; Alessi, J. ; Benjamin, J. ; Blaskiewicz, M. ; Brennan, J.M. ; Brown, K.A. ; Carlson, C. ; Fischer, W. ; Gardner, C.J. ; Glenn, J.W. ; Harvey, M. ; Hayes, T. ; Huang, Haixin ; Marr, G. ; Morris, J. ; Pilat, F. ; Roser, T. ; Severino, F. ; Smit
Abstract :
Gold ions for the 2007 run [1] of the relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) are accelerated in the Tandem,Booster and AGS prior to injection into RHIC. The setup and performance of this chain of accelerators is reviewed with a focus on improvements in the quality of beam delivered to RHIC. In particular,more uniform stripping foils between Booster and AGS,and a new bunch merging scheme in AGS have provided beam bunches with reduced longitudinal emittance for RHIC.
Keywords :
gold; ion accelerators; particle beam bunching; particle beam focusing; particle beam injection; storage rings; synchrotrons; AGS; Au; BNL; Booster; Brookhaven National Laboratory; RHIC injector accelerators; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; Tandem; beam bunches; beam focusing; gold ions; longitudinal emittance; stripping foils; Acceleration; Colliding beam accelerators; Elementary particle vacuum; Feedback; Gold; Ion accelerators; Laboratories; Merging; Particle beams; Voltage;
