The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) consists of two rings with cryogenic magnets at a 4.5K operating temperature. Control of positions of the dipole and quadrupole cold masses (iron laminations) and the beam position monitors (BPM's) during production and installation is presented. The roll of the dipoles is controlled by a combination of rotating coil measurements with the surveying measurements. The center of the quadrupole magnetic field is obtained by direct measurement of the field shape within a colloidal cell placed inside the quadrupoles. Special attention is given to the triplet quadrupole alignment and determination of the field center position.
The betatron functions inside the triplet quadrupoles in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider-RHIC are of the order of 1500 m, necessitating additional attention in the alignment procedure. On each side of the interaction regions eight cryogenic elements (six quadrupoles and two horizontal bending dipoles) are placed inside large cryostats. The quadrupole magnetic centers are obtained by "antenna" measurements with an accuracy of f60pm. The signals from the "antenna" were cross calibrated with the colloidal cell measurements of the same magnet. The positions of the fiducials are related to the magnet centers during the "antenna" measurements. Elements are positioned warm inside the cryostats, with offsets to account for shrinkage during the cool down. The supports at the middle of the two central quadrupoles are fixed, while every other element slides longitudinally inside the cryostat during cool down or warm up.
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