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

The EBIS based preinjector for RHIC is now being commissioned. The Linac was delivered in April 2010 and commissioning started in May, 2010. It accelerates ions from 0.3 MeV/u to 2 MeV/u with 27 accelerating gaps, one internal quadrupole triplet, and operates at 100.625 MHz. The Linac is followed by a beam transport line to Booster which includes seven quadrupoles, two bunchers, and an achromatic bend system with resolution of 500 at 2 MeV/u to select the required charge state. Diagnostics include a pepperpot emittance probe, phase probes , fast Faraday cup, adjustable slits, three sets of multiwire profile monitors, three current transformers, two Faraday cups, and two beam stops. This contribution will report results of linac tuning and cold measurements, and commissioning of the Linac and high energy transport line with helium and gold beams.

• 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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