STAR Sees a Magnetic Imprint on Deconfined Nuclear Matter (IMAGE)
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Collisions of heavy ions generate an immensely strong magnetic field that in turn induces electromagnetic effects in the quark-gluon plasma, a “soup” of quarks and gluons liberated from the colliding protons and neutrons.
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Image courtesy of Tiffany Bowman and Jen Abramowitz/Brookhaven National Laboratory
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Image courtesy of Tiffany Bowman and Jen Abramowitz/Brookhaven National Laboratory
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