PHENIX particle tracks (IMAGE)

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

PHENIX particle tracks

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A computer image generated from data collected from a single collision of two gold nuclei at the center of the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Scientists analyze data from millions or billions of collisions to arrive at the conclusions they describe in scientific papers.

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The PHENIX Collaboration/Brookhaven National Laboratory

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