Published October 28, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Search for New States of Matter with the STAR Experiment at RHIC

  • 1. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Institut fuer Kernphysik, August-Euler-Strasse 6, 60486 Frankfurt (Germany)

Description

High energy nucleus-nucleus collisions are used for the search for the quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter predicted by lattice QCD. Results from Au+Au, p+p and d+Au collisions at √(s)=130 GeV and 200 GeV are presented. The temperature, size, energy and parton density of the system are determined. The early phase of the collision t≤1 fm/c can be tested tested in particular by hard parton scattering (i.e. jet production) and production of heavy particles, which requires a high temperature T≥300 MeV. Comparisons to the primordial phase of the universe are made

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
689
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 113-125
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
4. tropical workshop on particle physics and cosmology
Dates
9-13 Jun 2003
Place
Cairns, QLD (Australia)

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Notes
(c) 2003 American Institute of Physics
Collaborations
STAR Collaboration