• J.G. Alessi, E.N. Beebe, S. Binello, L.T. Hoff, K. Kondo, R.F. Lambiase, V. LoDestro, M. Mapes, A. McNerney, J. Morris, M. Okamura, A.I. Pikin, D. Raparia, J. Ritter, L. Smart, L. Snydstrup, M. Wilinski, A. Zaltsman
  BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
• T. Kanesue
  Kyushu University, Hakozaki
• U. Ratzinger, A. Schempp
  IAP, Frankfurt am Main

This talk will present commissioning of a new heavy ion pre-injector at Brookhaven National Laboratory. This preinjector uses an Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS), and an RFQ and IH Linac, both operating at 100.625 MHz, to produce 2 MeV/u ions of any species for use, after further acceleration, at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, and the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory. Among the increased capabilities provided by this preinjector are the ability to produce ions of any species, and the ability to switch between multiple species in 1 second, to simultaneously meet the needs of both physics programs.

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