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 |