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RHICRHIC Located at
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Major Columbia involvement in the PHENIX experiment: Profs. B. Cole, J. Nagle, W. Zajc
(spokesperson) Research Associate C.Y. Chi Postdocs S. Batsouli, S. Kelly Students M. Chiu, J. Frantz, C. Zhang
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PHENIX at RHICPHENIX at RHIC
3 global detectors
2 central spectrometers
West
East 2 forward
spectrometersSouth
North
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Central Magnet
East Carriage
West Carriage
Ring Imaging CerenkovDrift Chamber
Beam-Beam Counter
PHENIX Central PHENIX Central
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What is PHENIX?What is PHENIX? Pioneering High Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment Goals:
Broadest possible study of nuclear collisions to Study nuclear matter under extreme conditions Measure spin structure of the nucleon
Perform “experimental gauge theory”:
Only in QCD can we study Running of coupling from weak to strong limit Both particle interactions and condensed matter in the strong
limit
Coupling Constant Number LimitWeak Strong Particle Bulk
Gravity
Weak
QED
QCD
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