Investigation of physical structures and interactions at high energy

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5336352· OSTI ID:5336352

The present experiment, E-735, is a search for a deconfined quark-gluon plasma phase of hadronic matter predicted to occur when temperatures of 240 MeV are achieved. The primary data were obtained in 1988--1989, and operations concluded with the current phase of the Fermilab Tevatron Collider in May 1989. Based on these data, the collaboration is analyzing the charged particle multiplicity and transverse momentum distributions, with particle identification, of the produced secondaries. These measurements are regarded on theoretical grounds to be sensitive indicators of the formation of a high-temperature plasma. First results will be described. The next experimental program, experiment L3 at LEP/CERN, is presented, and the role of Iowa State University is outlined. There is a long and well-known history establishing the importance of precision measurements of photons and leptons, and the L3 detector represents the current state of the art in these measurements. Our previous experience in high-level triggers, data acquisition systems, high-precision detectors, and e{sup +}e{sup -} technology and physics will contribute significantly to the L3 program.

• Research Organization: Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames, IA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-85ER40193
• OSTI ID: 5336352
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40193-T3; ON: DE90003368
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ACCELERATORS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DETECTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
FERMILAB TEVATRON
INTERACTIONS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MULTIPLICITY
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PROGRESS REPORT
QUARK-GLUON INTERACTIONS
SYNCHROTRONS
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM