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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Predicate Object
instanceOf circular accelerator ⓘ
collider ⓘ
particle accelerator ⓘ
research facility ⓘ
acceleratesParticleType gold nuclei ⓘ
heavy ions ⓘ
polarized protons ⓘ
protons ⓘ
alsoKnownAs RHIC ⓘ
collides copper–copper ions ⓘ
deuteron–gold ions ⓘ
gold–gold ions ⓘ
proton–proton beams ⓘ
commissionedBy United States Department of Energy ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1991 ⓘ
designedToStudy properties of nuclear matter ⓘ
quantum chromodynamics ⓘ
quark–gluon plasma ⓘ
strong interaction ⓘ
firstBeamYear 1999 ⓘ
firstCollisionsYear 2000 ⓘ
fundedBy 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 ⓘ
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 (RHIC) ⓘ
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Zero Degree Calorimeters → installedAt → BNL RHIC experiments ⓘ
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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider → alsoKnownAs → RHIC ⓘ
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STAR experiment → locatedAt → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
subject linked to: STAR experiment at RHIC
STAR experiment → primaryFacility → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
subject linked to: STAR experiment at RHIC
STAR → locatedAt → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
STAR → collider → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
STAR → participatesIn → RHIC Beam Energy Scan program ⓘ
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PHENIX → locatedAt → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
PHENIX → hostFacility → RHIC ⓘ
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PHOBOS → locatedAt → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
PHOBOS → usesAccelerator → RHIC ⓘ
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PHOBOS → dataTakingRun → RHIC Run-1 ⓘ
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PHOBOS → dataTakingRun → RHIC Run-2 ⓘ
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PHOBOS → dataTakingRun → RHIC Run-3 ⓘ
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PHOBOS → dataTakingRun → RHIC Run-4 ⓘ
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PHOBOS → dataTakingRun → RHIC Run-5 ⓘ
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BRAHMS → locatedAt → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
BRAHMS → usesAccelerator → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
BRAHMS → associatedFacility → RHIC ⓘ
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sPHENIX → locatedAt → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
sPHENIX → collider → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
PP2PP → locatedAt → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
PP2PP → hostFacility → RHIC ⓘ
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Brookhaven RHIC complex → hasPart → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
Brookhaven RHIC complex → hosts → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
STAR Collaboration → usesFacility → Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ
STAR Collaboration → operatesAt → RHIC beam energy scan program ⓘ
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