2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/81175The ATLAS collaboration has significant interest in the physics of ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions. We submitted a Letter of Intent to the United States Department of Energy in March 2002. The following document is a slightly modified version of that LOI. More details are available at: http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/SM/ionsLetter of Intent submitted to the United States Department of Energy Nuclear Physics Division in March 2002 (revised version)Nuclear Experimenttext