Charge Separation (IMAGE)

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

Charge Separation

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Off-center collisions of gold ions create a strong magnetic field and set up a series of effects that push positively charged particles to the poles of the football-shaped collision zone and negatively charged particles to the equator.

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Brookhaven National Laboratory

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