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Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) @ BNL
Specifications:
- 3.83 km circumference
- 2 independent rings:
- 120 bunches/ring
- 106 ns crossing time
- A + A collisions @ √sNN = 200 GeV
- Luminosity: 2·1026 cm-2 s-1 (~1.4 kHz)
- p+p collisions @ √smax= 500 GeV
- p+A collisions @ √smax= 200 GeV
4 experiments:
- BRAHMS, PHENIX, PHOBOS, STAR
Runs 1 - 5 (2000 – 2005):
Au+Au @ 200, 130, 62.4 GeV
p+p @ 200 GeV
d+Au @ 200 GeV
Cu+Cu @ 200, 62.4 GeV