PHENIX
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PHENIX is a major nuclear physics experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider designed to study the properties of quark-gluon plasma and the strong interaction under extreme conditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| PHENIX canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5399449 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PHENIX Context triple: [Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, hasExperiment, PHENIX]
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A.
Phénix
Phénix is the French Air and Space Force’s designation for its Airbus A330 MRTT multirole tanker and transport aircraft.
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B.
Liberty Phoenix
Liberty Phoenix is an American former child actress and member of the Phoenix family of performers, known for her brief acting career in the 1980s and 1990s.
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C.
The Phoenix
The Phoenix is an Old English Christian allegorical poem that uses the mythical bird’s cycle of death and rebirth to symbolize spiritual resurrection and eternal life.
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D.
Phoenix
Phoenix is a township near Durban in South Africa known for its large Indian community and its historical significance in the Indian diaspora in the country.
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E.
Phoenix
Phoenix is a residential suburb within the greater Milnerton area of Cape Town, South Africa.
- 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: PHENIX Target entity description: PHENIX is a major nuclear physics experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider designed to study the properties of quark-gluon plasma and the strong interaction under extreme conditions.
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A.
Phénix
Phénix is the French Air and Space Force’s designation for its Airbus A330 MRTT multirole tanker and transport aircraft.
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B.
Liberty Phoenix
Liberty Phoenix is an American former child actress and member of the Phoenix family of performers, known for her brief acting career in the 1980s and 1990s.
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C.
The Phoenix
The Phoenix is an Old English Christian allegorical poem that uses the mythical bird’s cycle of death and rebirth to symbolize spiritual resurrection and eternal life.
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D.
Phoenix
Phoenix is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arizona, known for its desert climate, rapid growth, and role as a major economic and cultural center in the American Southwest.
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E.
Phoenix
Phoenix is a township near Durban in South Africa known for its large Indian community and its historical significance in the Indian diaspora in the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nuclear physics experiment
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particle physics detector ⓘ relativistic heavy-ion experiment ⓘ |
| acceleratorType | hadron collider ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
characterize deconfined state of quarks and gluons
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test predictions of quantum chromodynamics at high energy density ⓘ |
| collaborationType | international collaboration ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| energyScale | relativistic energies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
chiral symmetry restoration
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collective flow ⓘ direct photon production ⓘ electromagnetic probes in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ heavy flavor production ⓘ jet quenching ⓘ particle correlations ⓘ properties of quark-gluon plasma ⓘ quarkonia suppression ⓘ spin structure of the proton ⓘ |
| fullName | Pioneering High Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubsystem |
beam-beam counters
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central arm spectrometers ⓘ electromagnetic calorimeters ⓘ muon arms ⓘ ring-imaging Cherenkov detectors ⓘ time-of-flight detectors ⓘ tracking detectors ⓘ zero-degree calorimeters ⓘ |
| hostFacility | RHIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
Brookhaven National Laboratory
NERFINISHED
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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Upton, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| measures |
electrons
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global event characteristics ⓘ hadrons ⓘ jets ⓘ muons ⓘ photons ⓘ |
| primaryGoal | study quark-gluon plasma ⓘ |
| researchField |
heavy-ion physics
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quantum chromodynamics ⓘ strong interaction ⓘ |
| studies |
proton-nucleus collisions
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proton-proton collisions ⓘ relativistic heavy-ion collisions ⓘ |
| studiesPhase | strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions ⓘ |
| usesBeam |
gold nuclei
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other heavy ions ⓘ protons ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: PHENIX Description of subject: PHENIX is a major nuclear physics experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider designed to study the properties of quark-gluon plasma and the strong interaction under extreme conditions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.