Each of the four fractional betatron tunes of RHIC (two planes, two rings) is measured with a transverse beam kicker and dedicated beam position monitor (BPM). A 15kV pulse is generated by a fast FET switch, passed through a stripline kicker, attenuated, and returned to the instrumentation control room (ICR) for monitoring. When pulsed at 3kV, the four-meter long kicker gives a gold beam at inj...
