STAR experiment at RHIC
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The STAR experiment at RHIC is a large-scale nuclear physics detector designed to study the properties of quark-gluon plasma and the behavior of strongly interacting matter in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| STAR experiment at RHIC canonical | 1 |
| Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: STAR experiment at RHIC Context triple: [Time Projection Chamber, usedInDetector, STAR experiment at RHIC]
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A.
A Large Ion Collider Experiment
A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) is a major detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and quark–gluon plasma created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.
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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
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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ATRAP experiment
The ATRAP experiment is a particle physics project at CERN dedicated to trapping and studying antihydrogen atoms and other antimatter systems to test fundamental symmetries and the properties of antimatter.
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D.
GlueX experiment
The GlueX experiment is a particle physics project at Jefferson Lab designed to study the spectrum and properties of exotic mesons and gluonic excitations using high-energy photon beams.
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E.
GBAR experiment
The GBAR experiment is a physics research project at CERN designed to study the behavior of antihydrogen in Earth's gravitational field to test the equivalence principle with antimatter.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: STAR experiment at RHIC Target entity description: The STAR experiment at RHIC is a large-scale nuclear physics detector designed to study the properties of quark-gluon plasma and the behavior of strongly interacting matter in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.
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A.
A Large Ion Collider Experiment
A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) is a major detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and quark–gluon plasma created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.
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B.
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
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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C.
ATRAP experiment
The ATRAP experiment is a particle physics project at CERN dedicated to trapping and studying antihydrogen atoms and other antimatter systems to test fundamental symmetries and the properties of antimatter.
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D.
GlueX experiment
The GlueX experiment is a particle physics project at Jefferson Lab designed to study the spectrum and properties of exotic mesons and gluonic excitations using high-energy photon beams.
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E.
GBAR experiment
The GBAR experiment is a physics research project at CERN designed to study the behavior of antihydrogen in Earth's gravitational field to test the equivalence principle with antimatter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heavy-ion collision experiment
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nuclear physics detector ⓘ particle physics experiment ⓘ |
| acronym | STAR ⓘ |
| collaborationSize | hundreds of scientists ⓘ |
| collaborationType | international collaboration ⓘ |
| collisionEnergyRange |
up to 200 GeV per nucleon pair in Au+Au collisions
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up to 510 GeV in polarized p+p collisions ⓘ |
| collisionSystem |
deuteron-gold collisions
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gold-gold collisions ⓘ proton-gold collisions ⓘ proton-proton collisions ⓘ uranium-uranium collisions ⓘ |
| component |
electromagnetic calorimeter
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forward detectors ⓘ magnet system ⓘ Silicon Pixel Detector ⓘ
surface form:
silicon vertex tracker
time projection chamber ⓘ time-of-flight detector ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | late 1990s ⓘ |
| fullName |
STAR experiment at RHIC
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC
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| fundedBy |
U.S. Department of Energy
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international funding agencies ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
full azimuthal coverage
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large-acceptance tracking ⓘ mid-rapidity coverage ⓘ particle identification over a broad momentum range ⓘ |
| hostLaboratory | Brookhaven National Laboratory ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
Brookhaven National Laboratory
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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
Upton, New York ⓘ |
| notableResult |
evidence for creation of quark-gluon plasma at RHIC
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measurements of jet quenching at RHIC energies ⓘ observation of strong elliptic flow in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ precision measurements of spin asymmetries in polarized proton collisions ⓘ |
| operatedBy | STAR Collaboration ⓘ |
| primaryFacility | Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ |
| researchField |
heavy-ion physics
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high-energy nuclear physics ⓘ quantum chromodynamics ⓘ |
| startOfDataTaking | 2000 ⓘ |
| studies |
QCD phase diagram
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charge separation in strong magnetic fields ⓘ chiral magnetic effect ⓘ collective flow in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ fluctuations and correlations in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ jet quenching ⓘ quark-gluon plasma ⓘ spin physics with polarized proton collisions ⓘ spin structure of the proton ⓘ strangeness enhancement ⓘ strongly interacting matter ⓘ |
| website | https://www.star.bnl.gov/ ⓘ |
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Subject: STAR experiment at RHIC Description of subject: The STAR experiment at RHIC is a large-scale nuclear physics detector designed to study the properties of quark-gluon plasma and the behavior of strongly interacting matter in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
STAR experiment
this entity surface form:
Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC