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Nucleus-nucleus collisions at RHIC: A review

  • Proceedings Of The DAE-BRNS Ninth Workshop On High Energy Physics Phenomenology (WHEPP-9)—Part-II
  • Working Group 4: Quantum Chromodynamics And Quark Gluon Plasma
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I review recent results from the heavy-ion programme at the Brookhaven Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and their interpretation.

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Ollitrault, JY. Nucleus-nucleus collisions at RHIC: A review. Pramana - J Phys 67, 899–914 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-006-0101-2

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