How to measure physics observables with the STAR detector at RHIC
Talk given to WSU REU students (March 2001)
Slide 1 - Where is RHIC ?
Slide 2 - How Does RHIC Work ?
Slide 3 - The RHIC Complex
Slide 4 - The RHIC Ring (I)
Slide 5 - The RHIC Ring (II)
Slide 6 - Inside The RHIC Ring
Slide 7 - RHIC's Ultimate Goal
slide 8 - RHIC Beam Collisions
Slide 9 - How many collisions ?
Slide 10 - What Is Going On ?
Slide 11 - What Do We Have To Check ?
Slide 12 - Signature of the QGP Phase
Slide 13 - The STAR Experiment
Slide 14 - Simulated Collisions in STAR
Slide 15 - Simulation Close-Up
Slide 16 - Actual Collision in STAR (I)
Slide 17 - Actual Collision in STAR (II)
Slide 18 - The STAR Experiment Inside-Out
slide 19 - How Do We Measure Things ?
Slide 20 - Different Techniques of Detection
Slide 21 - Calorimetry and Time Of Flight
Slide 22 - Tracking Detector Principle
Slide 23 - Tracking/Vertexing Detectors
Slide 24 - Tracking Detector Schematic
Slide 25 - How Do We Measure Things (II) ?
Slide 26 - How Do We Measure Thinghs (III) ?
Slide 27 - Energy Loss Measurement (I)
Slide 28 - Energy Loss Measurements (II)
Slide 29 - What Can We Measure ?
Slide 30 - What Can We Measure (II) ?
Slide 31 - What Can We Measure (III) ?
Slide 32 - The STAR Experiment
Slide 33 - TPC in the STAR Experiment (I)
Slide 34 - TPC in the STAR Experiment (II)
Slide 35 - SVT in the STAR Experiment (I)
Slide 36 - SVT in the STAR Experiment (II)
Slide 37 - SVT in the STAR Experiment (III)
Slide 38 - Specialized Topic 1: Decaying Particles
slide 39 - Why Specialized Topic 1 ?
Slide 40 - Specialized Topic 2: Low Momentum Particles
Slide 41 - Summary And Conclusion
Last Update: 3/17/01
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