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Instrumentation for the proposed low energy RHIC electron cooling project

  • D. M. Gassner
  • , A. Fedotov
  • , D. Kayran
  • , V. Litvinenko
  • , R. Michnoff
  • , T. Miller
  • , M. Minty
  • , I. Pinayev
  • , M. Wilinski

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Abstract

There is a strong interest in running the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at low ion beam energies of 2.5-20GeV/nucleon; this is much lower than the typical operations with 100GeV/nucleon. The primary motivation for this effort is to explore the existence and location of the critical point on the QCD phase diagram. Electron cooling can increase the average integrated luminosity and increase the length of the stored lifetime. A cooling system is being designed that will provide a 10 - 50mA electron beam with adequate quality and an energy range of 0.9 - 5MeV. The cooling facility [1] planned in RHIC will include an SRF gun and booster cavity, and a beam transport to one ring to allow electron-ion co-propagation for ∼ 12m, then a 180 degree U-turn electron transport so the same electron beam can similarly cool the other counter-rotating ion beam, then to a dump. The instrumentation systems that will be described include current transformers, BPMs, profile monitors, an emittance station and loss monitors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIBIC 2013
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 2nd International Beam Instrumentation Conference
PublisherJoint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW)
Pages561-564
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9783954501274
StatePublished - Dec 1 2013
Event2nd International Beam Instrumentation Conference, IBIC 2013 - Oxford, United Kingdom
Duration: Sep 16 2013Sep 19 2013

Publication series

NameIBIC 2013: Proceedings of the 2nd International Beam Instrumentation Conference

Conference

Conference2nd International Beam Instrumentation Conference, IBIC 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityOxford
Period09/16/1309/19/13

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