Accelerating Molecular H$_2^+$ Beam in AGS and RHIC

Xiaodong Jiang

Accelerating Molecular H$_2^+$ Beam in AGS and RHIC

Accelerator Physics 2026-01-27 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Authors: Xiaodong Jiang

Abstract

After the recent success of acceleration molecular H $_2^+$ beam (from EBIS) in Booster to 1.0 GeV/u kinetic energy, we propose to carry out tests to accelerate H $_2^+$ beam in AGS (up to 12 GeV/u) and to RHIC (up to 100 GeV/u). In this Note, we address the main effects that might hamper H $_2^+$ beam acceleration, outline the impacts and benefits of high energy H $_2^+$ beam to BNL.

Keywords

accelerator physics

Cite

@article{arxiv.2601.17101,
  title  = {Accelerating Molecular H$_2^+$ Beam in AGS and RHIC},
  author = {Xiaodong Jiang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.17101},
  year   = {2026}
}

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