A High-Energy Design for JLEIC Ion Complex

A recent assessment of the scientific merit for a future Electron Ion Collider (EIC) in the US, by the National Academy of Sciences, found that such a facility would be unique in the world and would answer science questions that are compelling, fundamental, and timely. This assessment confirmed the recommendations of the 2015 Nuclear Science Advisory Committee for an EIC with highly polarized beams of electrons and ions, sufficiently high luminosity and variable center-of-mass (CM) energy. The baseline design of Jefferson Lab Electron-Ion Collider (JLEIC) has been updated to 100 GeV CM energy, corresponding to 200 GeV proton energy. We here present a high-energy design for the JLEIC ion complex. It consists of a 135 MeV injector linac, a 6-GeV non figure-8 pre-booster ring and a 40-GeV large ion booster, which could also serve as electron storage ring (e-ring). The energy choice in the accelerator chain is beneficial for a future upgrade to 140 GeV CM energy. The large booster is designed with the same shape and size of the original e-ring allowing for the option of building separate electron and ion rings by stacking them in the same tunnel along with the ion collider ring.