YEAR 1 PHYSICS PROGRAM
Initially 1% of design luminosity expected at BNL RELATIVISTIC HEAVY ION COLLIDER (RHIC)
Au + Au collisions at CM energy of 200 GeV per nucleon pair
50 ?b-1 expected in 1st year
Measure global event properties and fluctuations in these quantities: Nch, dNch/d?, ET, dET/d?
Study energy density and geometry of collision
Inclusive photon and ?0 measurements