Status and recent performance of the accelerators that serve asgold injector for RHIC

摘要

The recent successful commissioning and operation of theRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory(BNL) requires the injection of gold ions of specified energy andintensity with longitudinal and transverse emittances small enough tomeet the luminosity requirements of the collider. Ion beams with thedesired characteristics are provided by a series of three accelerators,the Tandem, Booster and AGS. The current status and recent performanceof these accelerators are reviewed in this paper