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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STAR canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5399448 — 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: STAR Context triple: [Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, hasExperiment, STAR]
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Star
Star is the costumed mascot character for the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream, entertaining fans and representing the team at games and events.
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B.
Star
Star was an automobile marque produced by Durant Motors in the 1920s as a lower-priced competitor to brands like Ford and Chevrolet.
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C.
Star
Star is the middle name of D'Lila Star Combs, one of Sean "Diddy" Combs' twin daughters.
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Star
"Star" is a musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Tom Donaghy that follows three talented young singers navigating the challenges of the music industry in Atlanta.
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E.
Star
"Star" is a song featured on the album *The Tipping Point* by the British band Tears for Fears.
- 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 Target entity description: 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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A.
Star
Star is the costumed mascot character for the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream, entertaining fans and representing the team at games and events.
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B.
Star
Star was an automobile marque produced by Durant Motors in the 1920s as a lower-priced competitor to brands like Ford and Chevrolet.
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C.
Star
Star is the middle name of D'Lila Star Combs, one of Sean "Diddy" Combs' twin daughters.
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D.
Star
"Star" is a musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Tom Donaghy that follows three talented young singers navigating the challenges of the music industry in Atlanta.
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E.
Star
"Star" is a song featured on the album *The Tipping Point* by the British band Tears for Fears.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
RHIC experiment
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heavy-ion experiment ⓘ particle physics detector ⓘ |
| collaborationType | international collaboration ⓘ |
| collider | Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ |
| 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
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gold-gold collisions ⓘ proton-gold collisions ⓘ proton-proton collisions ⓘ uranium-uranium collisions ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | late 1990s ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataFormat | ROOT-based data files ⓘ |
| dataTakingStart | 2000 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC
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linked to:
STAR experiment at RHIC
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| fundedBy | U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
Brookhaven National Laboratory
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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Upton, New York, United States
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linked to:
Upton, New York
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| 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 ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
RHIC Beam Energy Scan program
ⓘ
linked to:
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
|
| primaryObjective | study quark-gluon plasma ⓘ |
| publishesIn |
Nuclear Physics A
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Physical Review C ⓘ Physical Review Letters ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
QCD phase diagram
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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/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: STAR Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
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