STAR
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STAR is a large-scale particle physics detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider designed to study the properties of quark-gluon plasma and the behavior of nuclear matter at extreme energy densities.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
RHIC experiment
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heavy-ion experiment ⓘ particle physics detector ⓘ |
| collaborationType | international collaboration ⓘ |
| collider | Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collisionEnergyRange |
up to 200 GeV per nucleon pair in Au+Au
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up to 510 GeV in polarized p+p ⓘ |
| collisionSystem |
deuteron-gold collisions
ⓘ
gold-gold collisions ⓘ proton-gold collisions ⓘ proton-proton collisions ⓘ uranium-uranium collisions ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | late 1990s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataFormat | ROOT-based data files ⓘ |
| dataTakingStart | 2000 ⓘ |
| fullName | Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundedBy | U.S. Department of Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geometry | cylindrical ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
electromagnetic calorimeter
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forward meson spectrometer ⓘ forward time projection chambers ⓘ heavy flavor tracker ⓘ magnet system ⓘ silicon vertex tracker ⓘ time projection chamber ⓘ time-of-flight detector ⓘ zero degree calorimeters ⓘ |
| hostLaboratory | Brookhaven National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
Brookhaven National Laboratory
NERFINISHED
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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Upton, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| magneticFieldStrength | 0.5 tesla ⓘ |
| magneticFieldType | solenoidal ⓘ |
| measures |
charged particle tracks
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electrons ⓘ event-by-event fluctuations ⓘ hadrons ⓘ jets ⓘ photons ⓘ |
| numberOfCountries | over 10 countries ⓘ |
| numberOfInstitutions | over 50 institutions ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Brookhaven National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatesIn | RHIC Beam Energy Scan program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | study quark-gluon plasma ⓘ |
| publishesIn |
Nuclear Physics A
NERFINISHED
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Physical Review C NERFINISHED ⓘ Physical Review Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
QCD phase diagram
NERFINISHED
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behavior of nuclear matter at extreme energy densities ⓘ chiral magnetic effect ⓘ collective flow in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ fluctuations and correlations in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ heavy flavor production ⓘ hypernuclei production ⓘ jet quenching ⓘ properties of quark-gluon plasma ⓘ quarkonia suppression and regeneration ⓘ relativistic heavy-ion collisions ⓘ spin physics with polarized proton collisions ⓘ spin structure of the proton ⓘ strangeness production ⓘ |
| roleInBeamEnergyScan | mapping QCD phase diagram at different collision energies ⓘ |
| studies |
baryon transport
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charge separation with respect to reaction plane ⓘ collective flow coefficients v1, v2, v3, ... ⓘ freeze-out conditions in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ |
| trackingCoverage | large solid angle ⓘ |
| trackingTechnology | time projection chamber ⓘ |
| uses | relativistic heavy-ion collisions ⓘ |
| website | https://www.star.bnl.gov/ ⓘ |
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STAR experiment