Heavy ion physics at RHIC and in CMS and the participation of the US nuclear physicists in CMS

Journal Article · Mon May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2002 · CMS Bulletin

OSTI ID:834623

Vogt, Ramona; Wyslouch, Bolek; Yepes, Pablo

The field of relativistic heavy ion physics entered a new era with the start of the physics program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, New York. This dedicated facility allows extensive studies of the nuclear matter phase diagram at the highest temperatures so far available in the laboratory. The goal of the program is to conclusively establish the existence of the deconfined state of nuclear matter predicted by QCD, the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP), and study its properties.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics. Division of Nuclear Physics (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 834623
• Report Number(s): LBNL-51222; R&D Project: NTCOST; TRN: US0407286
• Journal Information: CMS Bulletin, Journal Issue: 02-02; Other Information: Submitted to CMS Bulletin, 02-02; Journal Publication Date: 06/10/2002; PBD: 20 May 2002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
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HEAVY IONS
NUCLEAR MATTER
PHASE DIAGRAMS
PHYSICS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUARK MATTER
HEAVY ION PHYSICS