Accelerator physics issues for future electron-ion colliders

Author

Peggs, S. ; Ben-Zvi, I. ; Kewisch, J. ; Murphy, J.

Author_Institution

Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

37

Abstract

Interest continues to grow in the physics of collisions between electrons and heavy ions, and between polarized electrons and polarized protons. We compare the parameters of some machines under discussion. DESY has begun to explore the possibility of upgrading the existing HERA-p ring to store heavy ions, in order to collide them with electrons (or positrons) in the HERA-e ring, or from TESLA. An upgrade to store polarized protons in the HERA-p ring is also under discussion. BNL is considering adding polarized electrons to the RHIC repertoire, which already includes heavy and light ions, and polarized protons. The authors of this paper have made a first pass analysis of this "eRHIC" possibility. MIT-BATES is also considering electron ion collider designs

Keywords

X-ray production; colliding beam accelerators; electron accelerators; electron beams; ion accelerators; ion beams; particle beam bunching; particle beam dynamics; polarisation; storage rings; BBU; BNL; DESY; HERA electron storage ring; HERA proton storage ring; HOM; MIT-BATES; RHIC; TESLA; beam break up; beam transport; bunch populations; eRHIC; electron cooling; future electron-ion colliders; heavy ions; higher order mode power dissipation; linear accelerators; luminosity; polarized electrons; polarized protons; round beam collision size; synchrotron radiation; Copper; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Electron emission; Frequency; Linear particle accelerator; Optical polarization; Particle beams; Physics; Protons;

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.2001.987425

Filename

987425