High energy nucleus-nucleus collisions at CERN: Signatures, physical observables and experimental results

Conference · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7065142

Harris, J W

Experimental results on high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions have become available with the recent experiments at CERN utilizing 200 GeV/n oxygen and sulfur beams. Physics motivations for these experiments are presented: a description of predicted signatures for possible formation of a quark-gluon plasma and physical observables that are expected to provide important information for understanding the dynamics of these collisions. A presentation will be made of some of the first experimental results to emerge from this new field. 28 refs., 9 figs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 7065142
• Report Number(s): LBL-24772; CONF-880147-3; ON: DE88016629
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Experimental
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
BOSONS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CHARMONIUM
CROSS SECTIONS
DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FLUCTUATIONS
GOLD 197 TARGET
HADRONS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
INTERACTIONS
J PSI-3097 MESONS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MATTER
MESONS
MULTIPLICITY
NUCLEAR MATTER
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
OXYGEN 16 REACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
QUARK-GLUON INTERACTIONS
QUARKONIUM
STRANGE PARTICLES
TARGETS
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
VARIATIONS
VECTOR MESONS