• W. Fischer, E.N. Beebe, D. Bruno, D.M. Gassner, X. Gu, R.C. Gupta, J. Hock, A.K. Jain, R.F. Lambiase, Y. Luo, M. Mapes, W. Meng, C. Montag, B. Oerter, M. Okamura, A.I. Pikin, D. Raparia, Y. Tan, R. Than, J.E. Tuozzolo, W. Zhang
  BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York

In polarized proton operation the luminosity of RHIC is limited by the head-on beam-beam effect, and methods that mitigate the effect will result in higher peak and average luminosities. Two electron lenses, one for each ring, are being constructed to partially compensate the head-on beam-beam effect in the two rings. An electron lens consists of a low energy electron beam that creates the same amplitude dependent transverse kick as the proton beam. We discuss design consideration, present the main parameters, and estimate the performance gains.