Three-dimensional stochastic cooling in the relativistic heavy ion collider

Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Aug 27;105(9):094801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.094801. Epub 2010 Aug 25.

Abstract

Three-dimensional stochastic cooling of 100 GeV/nucleon gold beams has been achieved in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). We discuss the physics and technology of the cooling systems and present results with a beam. A factor of 2 increase in luminosity was achieved and another factor of 2 is expected.