Searching for the Quark-Gluon Plasma at RHIC

6/25/99


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Searching for the Quark-Gluon Plasma at RHIC

Outline

RHIC

RHIC Specifications

RHIC Why’s

Spin of the Nucleon

Spin Sum Rule for the Proton

RHIC Spin Physics

RHIC QGP Physics

Making Something from Nothing

Previous Attempts

General Issues of Experimental Design

Design Guidelines for QGP Detection

PHENIX Approach to QGP Detection

Coming Attractions

The Movie

Collaboration

Multiplicity Measurements

(Central) Tracking

International Pad Chambers

EM Calorimetry

(Central) PID via TOF

(Central) PID via Cerenkov

(Central) PID via dE/dx

Muon Detectors

RHIC Luminosity

Data Acquisition

Vector Mesons

Screening by the QGP

Screening by the QGP

Di-Muon Physics

J/y ‘s at RHIC

Jet Physics at RHIC

p0 Detection

An Example

Leading K - as a Gluon Probe

DCC’s

DCC’s in PHENIX (?)

Physics Not Discussed

Spin Capabilities

QGP Discovery

Studying Complex Phenomena

Prototypical Heavy Ion Signals

Summary

Author: Bill Zajc

Email: zajc@columbia.edu

Home Page: http://www.nevis.columbia.edu/~zajc/

Other information:
Colloquium-level introduction to PHENIX physics program, based on several I have given. This particular one was presented at Boston University, March 30th, 1999.

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