Upgrade and operation of the BNL tandems for RHIC injection

Author

Steski, D.B. ; Alessi, J. ; Benjamin, J. ; Carlson, C. ; Manni, M. ; Thieberger, P. ; Wiplich, M.

Author_Institution

Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2545

Abstract

One of the tandem Van de Graaffs (MP7) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has successfully completed its first year as an injector for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The tandem provided pulsed beam of Au⁺³² (peak intensity 80 eμA, 500 μs) with only 17 hours of downtime during a 5 month run. Improvements are being made to further increase the intensity of the gold beam for the experimental run starting in 2001. A second tandem Van de Graaff (MP6) has been extensively upgraded and can now reach a terminal voltage of over 14MV. A beamline has been constructed to transport the MP6 beam around MP7 and then connect to the existing MP7 beamlines. This has allowed MP6 to deliver beam to local target rooms for an outside user program, while MP7 has simultaneously injected RHIC. MP6 can also be used as an injector for RHIC

Keywords

colliding beam accelerators; ion accelerators; particle beam injection; synchrotrons; tandem accelerators; 17 hour; 5 month; 500 mus; 80 muA; Au; Au³²⁺; BNL tandems operation; BNL tandems upgrade; RHIC injection; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; beamline; tandem Van der Graaffs; Acceleration; Colliding beam accelerators; Colliding beam devices; Electrons; Gold; Ion sources; Laboratories; Particle beams; Synchrotrons; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.987825

Filename

987825