Physics at RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider): What do we want to know, and what do we want to measure

Conference · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6285159

Satz, H

The main features of nuclear collisions that are to be measured at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) are briefly surveyed. The main questions to be addressed in studying such collisions are stated, along with some possible experimental ways of addressing these questions. The features of relativistic heavy ion collisions discussed are: macroscopic size and collective behavior, energy density, thermal equilibrium, initial temperature, chemical equilibrium, color deconfinement, and plasma expansion and hadronization. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA); Bielefeld Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Fakultaet fuer Physik
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6285159
• Report Number(s): BNL-39914; CONF-870543-1; ON: DE87011289
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

653002* -- Nuclear Theory-- Nuclear Matter
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCITATION
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
INTERACTIONS
MATTER
MULTIPLICITY
NUCLEAR MATTER
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEAR TEMPERATURE
PAIR PRODUCTION
THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM