| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R05246/01 |
| Title: |
Study of Nuclear Metter At High Temperature and Pressure |
| Principal Investigator: |
Nelson, Professor JM |
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School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 2001 |
Ends: |
31 March 2004 |
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413,969
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Heavy-ion collisions, initially Gold on Gold, will be studied at the Brookhaven National Laboratory as a member of the STAR collaboration using the new Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider. The behaviour of nuclear matter at the extremes of high temperature and pressure will be analysed with emphasis on the yield of strange hadrons and their anti-particles. The yield will be studied in terms of the production ratios of different types of baryons, as well as a function of parameters defining the reaction process such as rapidity and transverse momentum. Measurements of particle multiplicities and energies will provide information about energy density in the collision process. The first objective is the unambiguous identification of the predicted transition to the deconfined state of nuclear matter - the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). Fluctuations in energy, entropy, particle multiplicity and transverse momentum in a narrow range of experimental conditions are expected to be an important indicator of a phase transition. The yield of strange particles in relation to the flow of nuclear matter is an emerging field of interest which may lead to a new understanding of the nuclear equation of state.
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