Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) @ BNL

• Specifications:

  • 3.83 km circumference
  • 2 independent rings:
    • 120 bunches/ring
    • 106 ns crossing time
  • A + A collisions @ √s = 200 GeV
  • Luminosity: 2·1026 cm-2 s-1 (~1.4 kHz)
  • p+p collisions @ 500 GeV
  • p+A collisions @ 200 GeV

• 4 experiments:

  • BRAHMS, PHENIX, PHOBOS, STAR

• Run-1 (2000): Au+Au @ 130 GeV

• Run-2 (2001-2): Au+Au, p+p @ 200 GeV

• Run-3 (2002-3): d+Au, p+p @ 200 GeV

• Run-4 (2004): Au+Au, p+p @ 200 GeV

• Au+Au @ 62 GeV