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max. achieved this run:

E
GeV
100
Lpeak
1026cm-2s-1
45.3
Lavg
μb-1/week 670
[as of , Mon., Mar. 22, 2010]


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Links for Lumi-Plots (7.7 GeV):
Average luminosity vs fill number (nearly live)
Average luminosity vs date (nearly live)
STAR luminosity vs product of beam intensities (nearly live)
Peak beam intensities per fill (nearly live)
Peak beam intensities per fill vs date (nearly live)


Links for Lumi-Plots (100 GeV):
Link to Accelerator Performance Reports (pdf files)
Run 10 100GeV/n day-by-day integrated total luminosity
Run 10 31.2 GeV/n day-by-day integrated total luminosity
Run 10 19.5 GeV/n day-by-day integrated total luminosity
Run 7 day-by-day integrated total luminosity
Run 10 projected integrated luminosity.


day-to-day run history
Schedule
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Apr 22: sqrt(sNN)=7.7 GeV maintenance and startup. Startup checklists are in the Thu Apr 20 Plan of the Day.

Apr. 19, 39 GeV/n run continues to go well.
            ZDC rates for 39 GeV/n run, since start of the run.

Apr. 12, 39 GeV/n ran well over this past weekend.
            STAR ZDC electronics had problems on Sunday.
            Otherwise both experiments are running well.
            ZDC rates for 39 GeV/n run, since start of the run.

Apr. 9, 62.4 GeV/n ran well, ending at 8am Thursday morning.
            ZDC rates for 62.4 GeV/n run.

            Yesterday was spent setting up for 39 GeV/n.
            Physics began 3am this morning.



Run 10 History

Plan of the Day History

9 AM meetings Fri Apr 23, Sat Apr 24, Mon Apr 26

Run10 startup schedule:
Oct. 5, N2 scrubbing
Oct. 30, Temp. Control devices in and ready
(required for 45 K wave cooldown).
Nov. 2, 45 K wave begins.
Nov. 12, AGS Testing.
Nov. 12-13, APEX Workshop
Nov. 16, beam setup in Booster and AGS
Nov. 16-20, RHIC Dry Run
Dec. 1, Begin cooldown to 4.5K
Dec. 4-5, beam setup in RHIC begins.
Dec. 14, RHIC Setup complete, begin Ramp Up for Physics
Dec. 22, Projected Physics start
Dec. 26, New projected Ramp up date.
Dec. 29, New projected Physics start.
Dec. 31, 23:54, actual start of physics

sqrt(sNN) [GeV]Start dateEnd date# Days
200Dec 5 2009Mar 18 2010103
62.4Mar 18 2010Apr 9 201022
39Apr 9 2010Apr 22 201013
7.7Apr 22 2010May 27 201035
11.5May 27 2010Jun 7 201011
5 (test)Jun 7 2010Jun 9 20102.5
FillsLow energy ramp datesRamp ID
12218-12363Thu Apr 22 06:20:12-Wed Apr 28 13:28:59Au108
12364-12405Wed Apr 28 14:00:59-Thu Apr 29 16:15:35Au108b6
12406-12681Thu Apr 29 16:41:32-Tue May 4 10:04:54Au108
12681-12692Tue May 4 10:04:54-Tue May 4 23:04:13Au108b6
12692-12714Tue May 4 23:04:13-Wed May 5 08:05:04Au108
12714-13169Wed May 5 08:05:04-Thu May 13 09:59:05Au108b610
13170-13503Thu May 13 14:10:27-Mon May 17 10:08:07Au108b610a
13503-13505Mon May 17 10:08:07-Mon May 17 18:12:25Au105a
13505-14261Mon May 17 18:12:25-Thu May 27 08:11:15Au108b610a
14261-14718Thu May 27 08:11:15-Mon Jun 7 07:59:37Au109
14718Mon Jun 7 07:59:37Au105b
14718Mon Jun 7 07:59:37Au109
14719-14730Mon Jun 7 13:23:49-Fri Jun 18 03:37:11Au105b


RHIC Parameters for 100 GeV Au-Au Run:

 

energy[GeV]

working point (Qx,Qy)

β*(IP 6 8 10 12 2 4)

injection

9.796

B: (31.23, 32.216), Y:(31.232, 32.217)

10 10 10 10 10 10

ramp

9.796 -- 100

same

beta squeeze

store

100

B: (31.237, 32.229), Y:(31.210, 32.205)

0.7 0.7 4 4 4 4 (note: 2 mrad crossing at 4m β*)



RHIC Run-10 sub-runs:
Beam energy 100 GeV 31.2 GeV
19.5 GeV
5.75 GeV
3.85 GeV
2.5 GeV
Purpose Physics
Physics
Physics
Physics
Physics
Study
Time 10 weeks
4 weeks
1.5 weeks
2 weeks
4 weeks
0.5 weeks
Experiments

PHENIX, STAR

PHENIX, STAR

PHENIX, STAR

STAR

PHENIX, STAR

C-AD

  Run10 100 x 100 GeV/n delivered Luminosity:



Achieved parameters at 100 GeVrun:

 
units
Run-4
Run-7
Run-10
Run-10
Run-10
Run-10
Run-10
Energy GeV
100
100
100
31.2
19.5
5.75
3.85
No of bunches ...
45
103
111
111
111
111
111
Ions/bunch 109
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.1
0.5
β* (IP6, IP8)
m
1.0
0.8
0.7
2.5
3.0
6.0
6.0
Peak luminosity 1026cm-2s-1 15
30
45.3
4.5
2.2
0.2
0.1
Avg. store luminosity 1026cm-2s-1 5
12
20
3.0
1.3
0.1
0.05
Luminosity per week  μb-1/week 160
380
650
110
50
3.3
0.55
Time in store % 53
49
49.5
 
 
 
 

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