Experiments with high energy nuclear beams at Brookhaven: From AGS to RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider)
We have now seen the first results from experiments with high energy nuclear beams at Brookhaven and CERN. These experiments, which began about a year ago, use fixed targets at the AGS and SPS. These programs have begun with relatively light ions (A less than or equal to 32 amu) to explore states of compressed nuclear matter in which high energy density is achieved in an environment of high baryon density at energies near the maximum for nuclear stopping. The widespread interest and excitement which these experiments have generated is due in large part to the fact that they are providing the first glimpse of what is expected to be an entire new regime of physical phenomena, and that these experiments will be followed in the near future by measurements with much higher beam masses and much higher collision energies. This is the mission of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) project now being prepared for construction at Brookhaven. In this presentation the author briefly describes the experiments which are now being carried out with ions accelerated in the AGS and the plans for heavier beams in the near future with the completion of the AGS Booster Synchrotron, which is now under construction. The author then discusses the status of the RHIC project.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 5322168
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-40884; CONF-8709252-1; ON: DE88007042
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International symposium on position detectors for high energy physics, Dubna, USSR, 22 Sep 1987
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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