Heavy Ion Physics at RHIC

dc.creatorTannenbaum, M. J.
dc.date2007-02-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:44:19Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:44:19Z
dc.descriptionThe status of the physics of heavy ion collisions is reviewed based on measurements over the past 6 years from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The dense nuclear matter produced in Au+Au collisions with nucleon-nucleon c.m. energy $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV at RHIC corresponds roughly to the density and temperature of the universe a few microseconds after the `big-bang' and has been described as "a perfect liquid" of quarks and gluons, rather than the gas of free quarks and gluons, ``the quark-gluon plasma" as originally envisaged. The measurements and arguments leading to this description will be presented.
dc.description31 pages, 23 figures, Proceedings of Symposium "50+ Years of High Energy Physics at UB", University at Buffalo, NY, October 20-21,2006
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0702028
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0702028
dc.identifierInt.J.Mod.Phys.E17:771-801,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1142/S0218301308010167
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201559
dc.subjectNuclear Experiment
dc.titleHeavy Ion Physics at RHIC
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