A COMPARISON OF RHIC EXPERIMENTS

Authors
Citation
C. Halliwell, A COMPARISON OF RHIC EXPERIMENTS, ACT PHY P B, 27(12), 1996, pp. 3709-3722
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
ISSN journal
05874254 → ACNP
Volume
27
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3709 - 3722
Database
ISI
SICI code
0587-4254(1996)27:12<3709:ACORE>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Comparisons are presented of the ability of RHIC experiments to perfor m hadronic studies at high energy densities. Emphasis is placed on the ''common'' physics topics that all four experiments will study. As ex pected, the two ''large'' experiments at RHIC will provide rich data s ets. However, the two ''small'' RHIC experiments will also contribute significantly to many of the studies.