twin rings of RHIC (IMAGE)

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

twin rings of RHIC

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The twin rings of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) will soon begin colliding ions. On the menu for Run 24: collisions of polarized protons followed later by gold-gold smashups.

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Kevin Coughlin/Brookhaven National Laboratory

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