THE PHENIX EXPERIMENT

Conference · Sat Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:759009

READ,K.F. FOR THE PHENIX COLLABORATIO.

The PHENIX experiment at RHIC is currently under construction with data collection planned to start in 1999. The heavy ion and spin physics goals of PHENIX are described. The authors discuss the experiment's capabilities to address these physics goals. Highlights of the present status of construction and installation are presented.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 759009
• Report Number(s): BNL-66670; KB020201; R&D Project: PO3; KB020201; TRN: US0005206
• Resource Relation: Conference: 15TH WINTER WORKSHOP ON NUCLEAR DYNAMICS, PARK CITY, UT (US), 01/09/1999--01/16/1999; Other Information: PBD: 9 Jan 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
CONSTRUCTION
BROOKHAVEN RHIC
INSTALLATION
SPIN
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
HEAVY IONS