Related papers: Experimental Highlights of the RHIC Program

In this lecture, the physics potential for the e+e- linear collider experiments ILC and CLIC is reviewed. The experimental conditions are compared to those at hadron colliders and their intrinsic value for precision experiments,…

The complex and often safety-critical nature of cyber-physical energy systems makes validation a key challenge in facilitating the energy transition, especially when it comes to the testing on system level. Reliable and reproducible…

Enhanced fluctuations and correlations have been observed in the phase transitions of many systems. Their appearance at the predicted QCD phase transition (especially near the expected critical point) may provide insight into the nature of…

This article accompanies the 10th Takagi Lectures, delivered by the author at RIMS, Kyoto, on May 26 2012. It contains an exposition of results, applications, and challenges of the Ribe program.

The hydrodynamical models used to describe the evolution of heavy-ion collisions are briefly reviewed and their results compared with recent RHIC data.

We describe the main features of the Research Experience for Undergraduates Program at the American Institute of Mathematics. We also present our perspective on identifying appropriate projects for students, guiding students as they begin…

The STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) has a rich spin physics program aimed at exploring the spin structure of the proton with polarized proton beams. In addition to the currently accessible channels, heavy…

We review how RHIC is expected to deepen our understanding of the spin structure of longitudinally polarized nucleons. After briefly outlining the current status of spin-dependent parton densities and pointing out open questions, we focus…

This is a review of the parton cascade approach and its implications on parton coalescence at RHIC.

This article describes the successful revitalization of an undergraduate physics program. The areas of curriculum development, undergraduate research experiences and advising and retention, to name a few, are emphasized in this…

The experimental and theoretical status of the ``near perfect fluid'' at RHIC is discussed. While the hydrodynamic paradigm for understanding collisions at RHIC is well-established, there remain many important open questions to address in…

The results from data taken during the last several years at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) will be reviewed in the paper. Several selected topics that further our understanding of constituent quark scaling, jet quenching and…

We discuss experimental signatures relevant for the LHC domain of energies allowing to discriminate possible asymptotic modes of hadron interactions.

Recent experimental results obtained at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) will be discussed. Investigations of different nucleus-nucleus collisions in recent years focus on two main tasks, namely, the detailed study of sQGP…

The possibilities to measure spin effects at a high-energy Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) are reviewed from a theory point of view. Various types of spin distributions and promising observables are discussed.

We review the physics potential at FAIR in the light of the existing data of the RHIC-BES program and the NA49/NA61 beam and system size scan. Special emphasize will be put on the potential of fluctuations, as well as dilepton observables.

RHIC data opens new ways of characterizing the medium created in a heavy ion collision by measuring particles with high transverse momentum. In addition to the observation of the predicted jet quenching, the new data on particle…

Hard probes are a cornerstone in the ongoing program to determine the properties of hot and dense QCD matter as created in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. LHC measurements have so far resulted in a wealth of high P_T data, opening…

Experiments concerning the physics of cosmic rays offer to high-school teachers and students a relatively easy approach to the field of research in high energy physics. The detection of cosmic rays does not necessarily require the use of…

A (personal) experimental summary of the Hard Probes 2010 conference is presented.