Heavy Ion Physics at RHIC
Journal Article
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· AIP Conference Proceedings
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan)
Collision of heavy nuclei at very high energy provides opportunity to study nuclear matter at very high density. It is established that new form of very dense matter is formed in Au+Au collisions at RHIC. At such high density, it is believed that quarks and gluons are no longer confined in hadrons, but become constitutes of a quark-gluon plasma (QGP). The matter is very dense and opaque, and it has almost no viscosity and behaves like perfect fluid. These conclusions are based on two key discoveries, namely, strong suppression of high transverse momentum particles and strong elliptic flow. Experimental results from RHIC are presented.
- OSTI ID:
- 21304769
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1120; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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