Published May 2011 | Version v1
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The hunting for the quark-gluon plasma

Creators

  • 1. Heidelberg Univ. (Germany). Experimentalphysik
  • 2. Technische Univ. Darmstadt (Germany)

Description

If nuclei of lead atoms are shot together with large energy, in the resulting fireball arise thousands of new particles. They betray to the researchers of the ALICE experiment at the LHC particle accelerator, what happens in the most interior of the matter and discover, how the universe looked soon after the big bang.

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (German)
Die Jagd nach dem Quark-Gluon-Plasma

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Spektrum der Wissenschaft
Journal Issue
no.5
Journal Page Range
p. 86-95
ISSN
0170-2971
CODEN
SPWIDY

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
42061476
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CERN LHC; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DEEP INELASTIC HEAVY ION REACTIONS; LEAD 208 REACTIONS; LEAD 208 TARGET; MULTIPLE PRODUCTION; PEV RANGE; QUARK MATTER; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DRIFT CHAMBERS; ENERGY RANGE; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; MATTER; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; TARGETS