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Heavy ion physics at RHIC and in CMS and the participation of the US nuclear physicists in CMS

Journal Article · · CMS Bulletin
OSTI ID:834623

The field of relativistic heavy ion physics entered a new era with the start of the physics program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, New York. This dedicated facility allows extensive studies of the nuclear matter phase diagram at the highest temperatures so far available in the laboratory. The goal of the program is to conclusively establish the existence of the deconfined state of nuclear matter predicted by QCD, the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP), and study its properties.

Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics. Division of Nuclear Physics (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
834623
Report Number(s):
LBNL--51222
Journal Information:
CMS Bulletin, Journal Name: CMS Bulletin Journal Issue: 02-02
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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