Operations and Performance of RHIC as a Cu-Cu Collider

F. Pilat, L. Ahrens, M. Bai, D.S. Barton, J. Beebe-Wang, M. Blaskiewicz, J.M. Brennan, D. Bruno, P. Cameron, R. Connolly, J. DeLong, T. D'Ottavio (+38 others)
Proceedings of the 2005 Particle Accelerator Conference  
Phone: (800) 553-6847 Facsimile: (703) 605-6900 Online ordering: http://www.ntis.gov/ordering.htm @I PKntPd an rac@abpapns Abstract The 5 ' ' year of RHIC operations, started in November 2004 and expected to last till June 2005, consists of a physics run with Cu-Cu collisions at 100 GeVIu followed by one with polarized protons (pp) at 100 GeV [l] . We will address here the overall performance of the RHIC complex used for the first time as a Cu-Cu collider, and compare it with previous
more » ... l experience with Au, PP and asymmetric d-Au collisions. We will also discuss operational improvements, such as a p* squeeze to 85cm in the high luminosity interaction regions fi-om the design value of lm, system improvements, machine performance and limitations, and address reliability and uptime issues.
doi:10.1109/pac.2005.1591791 fatcat:2uq2k4fw75fuzea2dj2m7av4vi