Mode 1A: 7.3 GeV/nucleon Au+Au
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Start-Up Plan 7.3 GeV/nucleon
Machine Parameters
| No of bunches |
111 |
| Ions/bunch |
1.0x109 |
| Harmonic number |
360 |
| Voltage 28 MHz |
400 kV |
| Normalized RMS emittance |
2.5 mm.mrad |
| RMS bunch length |
2 m |
| Beam-Beam tune shift |
-0.003 |
| beta* for collisions |
3.5 m @ IP6 & IP8
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Mode 1B: 100 GeV/nucleon Au+Au
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Start-Up Plan 100 GeV/nucleon
Machine Parameters
| No of bunches |
111 |
| Ions/bunch |
1.3x109 |
Blue Ramp WP
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28.229 // 29.215 |
Yellow Ramp WP
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28.229 // 29.215 |
Blue Store WP
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28.229 // 29.215 |
Yellow Store WP
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28.229 // 29.215 |
| No of collisions |
2
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| beta* for collisions |
0.70 m @ IP6 & IP8
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| beta* for all other IP's |
5.0 m |
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RHIC Status
Start of RHIC cooldown to 4K: Feb. 3rd 2014
Stochastic Cooling: all 3 planes available
56 MHz SC cavity: in the tunnel
Low Energy Run:
first collisions on 2/12-13
reached STAR and PHENIX goals on 3/11
High Energy Run:
started setup on 3/11 @ 08:00
declared physics with Fill 18046: 111x111 bunches, 0.9e9 ions/bunch
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