Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

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The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider is a major particle accelerator that collides heavy ions at near-light speeds to study quark-gluon plasma and the fundamental properties of nuclear matter.

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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider canonical 3
BNL RHIC experiments 1
RHIC 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf circular accelerator
collider
particle accelerator
research facility
acceleratesParticleType gold nuclei
heavy ions
polarized protons
protons
alsoKnownAs Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
surface form: RHIC
collides copper–copper ions
deuteron–gold ions
gold–gold ions
proton–proton beams
commissionedBy U.S. Department of Energy
surface form: United States Department of Energy
constructionStartDate 1991
designedToStudy properties of nuclear matter
quantum chromodynamics
quark–gluon plasma
strong interaction
firstBeamYear 1999
firstCollisionsYear 2000
fundedBy U.S. Department of Energy
surface form: United States Department of Energy
hasBeamEnergyPerNucleon up to 100 GeV per nucleon
hasExperiment BNL E852
BRAHMS
PHENIX
PHOBOS
PP2PP
STAR
sPHENIX
hasTunnelShape ring
locatedIn Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, New York
locatedInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
maximumCenterOfMassEnergyPerNucleonPair 200 GeV
maximumCenterOfMassEnergyProtonProton 500 GeV
notableDiscovery creation of quark–gluon plasma behaving like a nearly perfect liquid
notableResult elliptic flow in heavy-ion collisions
evidence for strongly coupled quark–gluon plasma
jet quenching in dense nuclear matter
operatedBy Brookhaven National Laboratory
partOf Brookhaven RHIC complex
researchField high-energy nuclear physics
particle physics
spin physics
ringCircumference 3.8 kilometers
3834 meters
status operational
usedFor collider experiments
studies of early-universe conditions

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Brookhaven National Laboratory hostFacility Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Zero Degree Calorimeters installedAt Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
this entity surface form: Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)
Zero Degree Calorimeters installedAt Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
this entity surface form: BNL RHIC experiments
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider alsoKnownAs Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
this entity surface form: RHIC
STAR experiment at RHIC locatedAt Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
subject surface form: STAR experiment
STAR experiment at RHIC primaryFacility Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
subject surface form: STAR experiment