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Title: Central collisions of heavy ions. Progress report, October 1, 1991--September 31, 1992

Abstract

This report describes the activities of the Heavy Ion Physics Group at the University of California, Riverside from October 1, 1991 to September 30, 1992. During this period, the program focused on particle production at AGS energies, and correlation studies at the Bevalac in nucleus-nucleus central collisions. As part of the PHENIX collaboration, contributions were made to the Preliminary Conceptual Design Report (pCDR), and work on a RHIC silicon microstrip detector R&D project was performed.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
California Univ., Riverside, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10110016
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/40271-T3
ON: DE93006065
DOE Contract Number:
FG03-86ER40271
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Oct 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PROGRESS REPORT; GEV RANGE; STRANGE PARTICLES; RADIATION DETECTORS; 663450; HEAVY-ION-INDUCED REACTIONS AND SCATTERING

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Fung, Sun-yiu. Central collisions of heavy ions. Progress report, October 1, 1991--September 31, 1992. United States: N. p., 1992. Web. doi:10.2172/10110016.
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Fung, Sun-yiu. Central collisions of heavy ions. Progress report, October 1, 1991--September 31, 1992. United States. doi:10.2172/10110016.
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title = {Central collisions of heavy ions. Progress report, October 1, 1991--September 31, 1992},
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abstractNote = {This report describes the activities of the Heavy Ion Physics Group at the University of California, Riverside from October 1, 1991 to September 30, 1992. During this period, the program focused on particle production at AGS energies, and correlation studies at the Bevalac in nucleus-nucleus central collisions. As part of the PHENIX collaboration, contributions were made to the Preliminary Conceptual Design Report (pCDR), and work on a RHIC silicon microstrip detector R&D project was performed.},
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year = {Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992},
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