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HIGH-FIDELITY 3D MODULATOR SIMULATIONS OF COHERENT ELECTRON COOLING SYSTEMS
Next generation electron-hadron colliders will require effective cooling of high-energy, high-intensity hadron beams. Coherent electron cooling (CeC) can in principle cool relativistic hadron beams on orders-of-magnitude shorter time scales than other techniques [1]. The parallel Vorpal framework is used for 3D delta-f PIC simulations of anisotropic Debye shielding in a full longitudinal slice of the co-propagating electron beam, choosing parameters relevant to the proof-of-principle experiment under development at BNL. The transverse density conforms to an exponential Vlasov equilibrium for Gaussian velocities, with no longitudinal density variation. Comparison with 1D1V Vlasov/Poisson simulations shows good agreement in 1D. Parallel 3D simulationsat NERSC show 3Deffects for ions moving longitudinally and transversely. Simulation results are comparedwith theconstant-densitytheoryof Wang and Blaskiewicz [2].
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RHIC performance for fy2012 heavy ion run
In the 2012 RHIC heavy ion run, we collided uraniumuranium (U-U) ions at 96.4 GeV/nucleon and copper-gold (Cu-Au) ions at 100 GeV/nucleon for the first time in RHIC. The new Electron-Beam Ion Source (EBIS) was used for the first time to provide ions for the RHIC physics program. After adding the horizontal cooling, 3-D stochastic cooling became operational in RHIC for the first time, which greatly enhanced the luminosity. With a double bunch merging technique in the Booster and AGS, the bunch intensities of Cu and Au ions in RHIC surpassed their projections. Both PHENIX and STAR detectors reached their integrated luminosity goals for both U-U and Cu-Au collisions. In this article we review the machine improvements and performances in this run.
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Increasing the number of oxygen vacancies on TiO2 by doping with iron increases the activity of supported gold for CO oxidation.
The addition of iron to high-area TiO2 (Degussa P25, a mixture of anatase and rutile) increases the number of oxygen defect sites that react with O2 to form peroxide and superoxide species. In the presence of gold nanoclusters on the TiO2 surface, the superoxide species become highly reactive, and the activity of the supported gold catalyst for CO oxidation is approximately twice that of the most active comparable catalysts described in the literature. Images of the catalyst obtained by scanning transmission electron microscopy combined with spectra of the catalyst measured in the working state (Raman, extended X-ray absorption fine structure, and X-ray absorption near-edge structure) indicate strong interactions of gold with the support and the presence of iron near the interfaces between the gold clusters and the TiO2 support. The high activity of the catalysts is attributed to the presence of defects in these sites that activate oxygen.
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Lattice design for the ERL electron ion collider in RHIC
We present electron ion collider lattice design for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (eRHIC) where the electrons have multi-passes through recirculating linacs (ERL) and arcs placed in the existing RHIC tunnel. The present RHIC interaction regions (IR's), where the electron ion collisions will occur, are modified to allow for the large luminosity. Staging of eRHIC will bring the electron energy from 4 up to 20 (30) GeV as the superconducting cavities are built and installed sequentially. The synchrotron radiation from electrons at the IR is reduced as they arrive straight to the collision while ions and protons come with 10 mrad crossing angle using the crab cavities.
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Gold Nanoclusters Entrapped in the α-Cages of Y Zeolites: Structural Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Au(CH3)2(C5H7O2) was used as a precursor to synthesize mononuclear gold complexes in faujasites, NaY zeolite, and dealuminated Y zeolite. Treatment of these supported complexes in flowing helium as the temperature was increased led to the gradual reduction of the gold and formation of gold nanoclusters in each zeolite, which were characterized by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. After treatment at the highest temperature, 573 K, the average diameters of the gold clusters were approximately 10 and 8 A in NaY zeolite and dealuminated Y zeolite, respectively; these clusters are smaller than the diameters of the α-cages of the zeolite. The results indicate that the supported clusters were trapped within these cages and that the cages limited their sizes; in contrast, clusters formed similarly on the surfaces of metal oxides are significantly larger than those formed in the zeolites.
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Present Status of Coherent Electron Cooling Proof-of-Principle Experiment
The status of FEL-based Coherent Electron Cooling Proof-of-principle Experiment at BNL is presented. The experimental set-up is comprised of a 2 MeV CW SRF electron gun and 20 MeV CW SRF linac and 8-m long helical FEL amplifier. The status of the accelerator commissioning, and progress in the construction of the helical undulator at Budker INP, is also reported.
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DESIGN OF LOW IMPEDANCE ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS FOR BEPC II
The multi bunch train collision is adopted in BEPC II. There are 4 horizontal electrostatic separators in the main ring to generate close-orbit displacement as "pretzels" which allow the electrons and positrons to be stored in the same vacuum chamber simultaneously without unwanted destructive collisions. In the separator the beam current (576mA) and the gap voltage (220 kV) are both very high. So there are five key problems that must be handled well: To reduce the beam impedance and loss factor; To absorb the high order modes (HOMs); To reduce the leakage of RF EM field; To extract the heats due to the HOMs losses and the SR power; To reduce the spark rate. Their analysis and the solutions are presented in this paper.