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The STAR detector [1] is one of the four experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in Brookhaven National Laboratry. It is engaged in the search for the quark-gluon plasma. The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. ... Quark gluon plasma is a phase of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) which exists at extremely high temperature and density. ...


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The STAR detector (266 words)
The Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC (STAR) is a detector which specializes in tracking the thousands of particles produced by each ion collision at RHIC.
The goal of STAR is to obtain a fundamental understanding of the structure of interactions between particles called hadrons, which are made of quarks and gluons.
STAR is located at the 6 o'clock position on the RHIC ring.
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