Relativistic heavy ion physics

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5166378· OSTI ID:5166378

Hill, J C; Wohn, F K

In 1992 a proposal by the Iowa State University experimental nuclear physics group entitled Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics'' was funded by the US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, for a three-year period beginning November 15, 1991. This is a progress report for the first six months of that period but, in order to give a wider perspective, we report here on progress made since the beginning of calendar year 1991. In the first section, entitled Purpose and Trends,'' we give some background on the recent trends in our research program and its evolution from an emphasis on nuclear structure physics to its present emphasis on relativistic heavy ion and RHIC physics. The next section, entitled, Physics Research Programs,'' is divided into three parts. First, we discuss our participation in the program to develop a large detector named PHENIX for the RHIC accelerator. Second, we outline progress made in the study of electromagnetic dissociation (ED). A highlight of this endeavor is experiments carried out with the {sup 197}Au beam from the AGS accelerator in April 1991. Third, we discuss progress in completion of our nuclear structure studies. In the final section a list of publications, invited talks and contributed talks starting in 1991 is given.

• Research Organization: Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames, IA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-92ER40692
• OSTI ID: 5166378
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40692-1; ON: DE92015025
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACCELERATORS
BROOKHAVEN RHIC
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
DISSOCIATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY RANGE
HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
MATTER
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEAR STRUCTURE
PROGRESS REPORT
QUARK MATTER
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
STORAGE RINGS