Title :
Spin flipping in RHIC
Author :
Bai, M. ; Lehrach, A. ; Luccio, A. ; MacKay, W.W. ; Roser, T. ; Tsoupas, N.
Author_Institution :
Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA
Abstract :
At the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), polarized protons will be accelerated and stored for spin physics experiments. Two full helical snakes will be used to eliminate the depolarization due to imperfection and intrinsic spin resonances. Since no resonances are crossed in RHIC, the beam polarization remains fixed through acceleration. However, in order to reduce systematic errors, the experiment often requires the polarization direction reversed. This paper presents a method of using an ac dipole to obtain a full spin flip in the presence of two full snakes. A similar method of using an rf solenoid for spin flip was tested at IUCF
Keywords :
accelerator RF systems; accelerator magnets; electromagnets; particle beam dynamics; particle beam stability; polarisation; proton accelerators; proton beams; synchrotrons; RHIC; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; beam polarization; depolarization; dipole; full helical snakes; imperfection; intrinsic spin resonances; magnetic field guidance; perfect planar synchrotron; polarized protons; radiofrequency solenoid; spin flipping; systematic errors; Acceleration; Frequency; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Magnetic resonance; Particle beams; Physics; Polarization; Protons; Synchrotrons;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7191-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2001.987271
