DESIGN MANUAL

Polarized Proton Collider at RHIC
July 1998



The present version of the Design Manual is available here as a series of PDF files (last updated 7/16/98):

Contents -- Title page and Table of Contents (116K)
Chapter 1 -- Introduction (330K)
Chapter 2 -- Polarized Proton Injector (215K)
Chapter 3 -- AGS-to-RHIC Transfer Line (281K)
Chapter 4 -- Snakes and Spin Rotators in RHIC (363K)
Chapter 5 -- Polarized Proton Acceleration in RHIC (842K)
Chapter 6 -- Accelerator Systems Hardware (858K)
Chapter 7 -- Collision of Polarized Protons in RHIC (231K)
Chapter 8 -- Measuring Beam Polarization in RHIC (495K)
Chapter 9 -- Commissioning and Operational Issues (215K)
Appendix A -- Toroidal Polarimeter Design (330K)
Appendix B -- Bibliography (99K)


Configuration Manual (PDF: 3.1MB) --- (an updated version of the original design manual)