Progress on the Design of the Polarized Medium Energy Electron Ion Collider at JLab

Authors

F. Lin
S. A. Bogacz
P. D. Brindza
A Camsonne
E. Daly
Y. S. Derbenev
D. Douglas
R. Ent
D. Gaskell
R. L. Geng
A. Castilla, Old Dominion University
J. R. Delayen, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
C. E. Hyde, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
K. Park, Old Dominion University

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2015

DOI

10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2015-TUYB3

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 6th International Particle Accelerator Conference

Pages

1302-1307

Conference Name

6th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2015)

Abstract

The Medium-energy Electron Ion Collider (MEIC) at JLab is designed to provide high luminosity and high polarization needed to reach new frontiers in the exploration of nuclear structure. The luminosity, exceeding 10³³ cm^-2s⁻¹ in a broad range of the center-of-mass (CM) energy and maximum luminosity above 10³⁴ cm^-2s⁻¹, is achieved by high-rate collisions of short small-emittance low-charge bunches made possible by high-energy electron cooling of the ion beam and synchrotron radiation damping of the electron beam. The polarization of light ion species (p, d, ³He) can be easily preserved and manipulated due to the unique figure-8 shape of the collider rings. A fully consistent set of parameters have been developed considering the balance of machine performance, required technical development and cost. This paper reports recent progress on the MEIC accelerator design including electron and ion complexes, integrated interaction region design, figure-8-ring-based electron and ion polarization schemes, RF/SRF systems and ERL-based high-energy electron cooling. Luminosity performance is also presented for the MEIC baseline design.

Comments

Authored by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC under U.S. DOE Contract No. DE-AC05-06OR23177 and DE-AC02-06CH11357

Copyright © 2015 by JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Original Publication Citation

Lin, F., Bogacz, A., Brindza, P., Camsonne, A., Daly, E., Derbenev, Y. S., . . . Sattarov, A. (2015). Progress on the design of the polarized medium-energy electron ion collider at JLab. In Proceedings of the 6th International Particle Accelerator Conference, Richmond, VA, May 3-8, 2015 (pp.1302-1307). http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC2015/papers/tuyb3.pdf

ORCID

0000-0002-8222-8740 (Delayen), 0000-0001-7282-8120 (Hyde), 0000-0001-9511-0285 (Park)

Repository Citation

Lin, F.; Bogacz, S. A.; Brindza, P. D.; Camsonne, A; Daly, E.; Derbenev, Y. S.; Douglas, D.; Ent, R.; Gaskell, D.; Geng, R. L.; Castilla, A.; Delayen, J. R.; Hyde, C. E.; and Park, K., "Progress on the Design of the Polarized Medium Energy Electron Ion Collider at JLab" (2015). Physics Faculty Publications. 284.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/284