---------------------------------------------------------------------- Injection Energy Au-Au Run Plan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (*) RUN TIMING - 0530 Sun Nov 25 Start MCR preparation/organization - 0600 Sun Nov 25 Start beta*=3m injection/evaluation - c.0800 Sun Nov 25 Steering, trigger/background evaluation - 1100 Sun Nov 25 Meet 911A MCR: beta*=3m go/no-go (20-30 min) - c.1200 Sun Nov 25 Start production 22 GeV Au-Au run - 0600 Mon Nov 26 End of RHIC Au Run (*) EXPERIMENTS - PHOBOS: Robert Pak / Mark Baker Scaler 7 Paddle coincidence (PP>3*PN>3*(PP*PN.narrow)) - PHENIX: Achim Franz / Paul Stankus / Ed O'Brien Scaler ? BBC coincidence - STAR: Bill Christie / Tonko Ljubicic / Hank Crawford Scaler 9 Low threshold CTB Multiplicity coincidence Scaler 10 Medium threshold CTB Multiplicity coincidence Scaler 11 High threshold CTB Multiplicity coincidence - BRAHMS: Flemming Vidabaek Scaler 5 BBC/clock coincidence Scaler 6 BBC left Scaler 7 BBC/right Scaler 8 BBC coincidence (no clock) (*) MACHINE ISSUES - beta*=3m lattice (spin1 ramp), beta*=10m lattice backup (ramp21) - Inject 55 bunches, wait for experiment turn-on, cog into collisions - Fill intensities 35-45 x 10^9 ions (below ecloud limit) - No gap cleaning required; experiments may want to be off at dump - Store periods and voting scheme TBD - Expected store lifetimes are 20-40 minutes - Rerun "setup injection" every time for new fill # - Tuning required for experimental magnets on/off ----------------------------------------------------------------------