STAR detector (IMAGE) DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Caption A side view of the Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC (STAR) experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a particle collider for nuclear physics research at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory. Credit Brookhaven National Laboratory Usage Restrictions OK for use with stories about this research License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.