The Next Linear Collider damping ring complex

We report progress on the design of the Next Linear Collider (NLC) damping rings complex (DRC). The purpose of the DRC is to provide 120 Hz, low emittance electron and positron bunch trains to the NLC linacs. It consists of two 1.98 GeV main damping rings, one positron pre-damping ring, two pairs of bunch length and energy compressor systems and interconnecting transport lines. The 2 main damping rings store up to 0.8 amp in 3 trains of 95 bunches each and have normalized extracted beam emittances /spl gamma//spl isin//sub x/=3 /spl mu/m-rad and /spl gamma//spl isin//sub y/=0.03 /spl mu/m-rad. The preliminary optical design, performance specifications and tolerances are given. Key subsystems include: 1) the 714 MHz RF system, 2) the 60 ns risetime injection/extraction pulsed kicker magnets, 3) the 44 m wiggler magnet system, 4) the arc and wiggler vacuum system, 5) the radiation management system, 6) the beam diagnostic instrumentation, 7) special systems used for downstream machine protection and 8) feedback-based stabilization systems.