heavy-ion collision experiment

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concept

A heavy-ion collision experiment is a high-energy physics study in which nuclei of heavy atoms are accelerated and smashed together to recreate and investigate extreme states of matter, such as quark-gluon plasma, similar to those just after the Big Bang.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
relativistic heavy-ion experiment 2
RHIC experiment 1

Instances (6)

Instance Via concept surface
STAR experiment at RHIC
surface form: STAR experiment
STAR RHIC experiment
PHENIX relativistic heavy-ion experiment
PHOBOS
BRAHMS
sPHENIX relativistic heavy-ion experiment