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Search for New States of Matter with the STAR Experiment at RHIC

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1627731· OSTI ID:20625648
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  1. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Institut fuer Kernphysik, August-Euler-Strasse 6, 60486 Frankfurt (Germany)
High energy nucleus-nucleus collisions are used for the search for the quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter predicted by lattice QCD. Results from Au+Au, p+p and d+Au collisions at {radical}(s)=130 GeV and 200 GeV are presented. The temperature, size, energy and parton density of the system are determined. The early phase of the collision t{<=}1 fm/c can be tested tested in particular by hard parton scattering (i.e. jet production) and production of heavy particles, which requires a high temperature T{>=}300 MeV. Comparisons to the primordial phase of the universe are made.
OSTI ID:
20625648
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 689; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English