BRAHMS
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BRAHMS is a nuclear physics experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider designed to study particle production and properties of hot, dense nuclear matter created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heavy-ion collision experiment
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nuclear physics experiment ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Broad Range Hadron Magnetic Spectrometers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedFacility | RHIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaborationType | international collaboration ⓘ |
| collisionSystem |
deuteron-gold collisions
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gold-gold collisions ⓘ proton-proton collisions ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataTakingStarted | early 2000s ⓘ |
| detectorCapability |
hadron identification over broad momentum range
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large rapidity coverage ⓘ |
| detectorComponent |
Cherenkov detectors
NERFINISHED
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forward spectrometer ⓘ mid-rapidity spectrometer ⓘ time-of-flight system ⓘ tracking chambers ⓘ |
| detectorType | magnetic spectrometer ⓘ |
| energyScale | up to 200 GeV per nucleon pair ⓘ |
| fullName | Broad Range Hadron Magnetic Spectrometers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostLaboratory | Brookhaven National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
Brookhaven National Laboratory
NERFINISHED
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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| measures |
charged hadron spectra
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identified kaon spectra ⓘ identified pion spectra ⓘ identified proton spectra ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
investigate quark-gluon plasma signatures
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study particle production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions ⓘ study properties of hot dense nuclear matter ⓘ |
| publishesIn | peer-reviewed physics journals ⓘ |
| researchField |
heavy-ion physics
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high-energy nuclear physics ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ |
| scientificObjective |
characterize matter at extreme temperature and density
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test predictions of quantum chromodynamics in dense matter ⓘ |
| status | completed experiment ⓘ |
| studies |
baryon stopping
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collective flow phenomena ⓘ energy density in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ limiting fragmentation ⓘ net-proton rapidity distributions ⓘ nuclear modification factors ⓘ particle production at different rapidities ⓘ rapidity dependence of hadron yields ⓘ transverse momentum spectra of hadrons ⓘ |
| usesAccelerator | Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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