Benchmarking of collimation tracking using RHIC beam loss data.
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Source
- Conference: EPAC 2008 - 11TH BIENNIAL EUROPEAN PARTICLE ACCELERATOR CONFERENCE; GENOA, ITALY; 20080623 through 20080627
- Subject
- 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS ACCELERATORS
ACCURACY
CERN
CLEANING
EFFICIENCY
FORECASTING
HADRONS
HEAVY IONS
- Language
- English
State-of-the-art tracking tools were recently developed at CERN to study the cleaning efficiency of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) collimation system. In order to estimate the prediction accuracy of these tools, benchmarking studies can be performed using actual beam loss measurements from a machine that already uses a similar multistage collimation system. This paper reviews the main results from benchmarking studies performed with specific data collected from operations at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC).