Measurements of rare composite objects and high sensitivity searches for novel forms of matter produced in high energy heavy ion collisions. [Physics Dept. , Yale Univ. , New Haven, Connecticut]
The program consists of two complementary parts. First, searches for new particles include strange quark matter, as well as strange chiral solitons and multistrange hypernuclei. These and other new phenomena may result from the extreme conditions present in relativistic heavy ion collisions, which is a regime that is still relatively new and untested. Second, measurements will be made of known particles, such as the coalescence production of nuclei and antinuclei. Knowledge of coalescence production is not only crucial to interpreting the limits in strange matter searches, but also is useful in probing the relativistic heavy ion collision process. While data analysis is proceeding efforts will focus on the construction, running, and analysis of a new more precise experiment. The heavy ion program at BNL's RHIC accelerator will continue. This will be a fixed-target'' experiment using a gas jet or pellet target that would extend studies of new particles in the high energy regime offered by this new accelerator.
- Research Organization:
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-90ER40562
- OSTI ID:
- 6874263
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/40562-T1; ON: DE93009945
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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