From the Bevalac to RHIC: Recent results and future perspectives

Conference · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6942443

Harris, J W

There has been considerable theoretical progress and experimental development in the study of relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions towards understanding the equation of state of nuclear, hadronic and partonic matter. At high energies, research has concentrated on the search for the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and possible chiral symmetry restoration. In these lectures I comment on similarities and trends observed in recent results over a wide range of incident energies and attempt to provide a common framework where possible. I also point out future perspectives in the search for the QGP at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), and in Particular focus on one experiment to be undertaken.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6942443
• Report Number(s): LBL-33077; CONF-920777--4; ON: DE93004715
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ACCELERATORS
BEVALAC
BOSONS
BROOKHAVEN RHIC
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CHIRAL SYMMETRY
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
DECAY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS OF STATE
FLUCTUATIONS
HADRONS
HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
KAONS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MASS SPECTRA
MATTER
MESONS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
QUARK MATTER
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SPECTRA
STORAGE RINGS
STRANGE MESONS
STRANGE PARTICLES
STRANGENESS
SYMMETRY
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
VARIATIONS