J / ( ) production in heavy ion collisions at the STAR detector at RHIC

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dc.contributor.advisorCleymans, Jeanen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorPeshier, Andreen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Christopher Beresforden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T20:08:37Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T20:08:37Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe success of the Standard Model of particle physics in describing a large variety of experimental results has been supported by the prediction and subsequent discovery of the charm, bottom, and top quarks, and the Z, W±, and Higgs bosons. The theory of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), which describes the strong interaction between quarks and gluons in the Standard Model, predicts a phase transition from hadronic matter to a deconfined Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) at high temperature and energy density. The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) was built to achieve these conditions to test the predictions of QCD and understand the properties of a deconfined medium. Charm (c) quarks have been suggested as ideal probes of the medium created in heavy ion collisions, as they are created primarily in the initial hard scattering of the collision because of their large mass.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPowell, C. B. (2012). <i>J / ( ) production in heavy ion collisions at the STAR detector at RHIC</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6546en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPowell, Christopher Beresford. <i>"J / ( ) production in heavy ion collisions at the STAR detector at RHIC."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6546en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPowell, C. 2012. J / ( ) production in heavy ion collisions at the STAR detector at RHIC. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Powell, Christopher Beresford AB - The success of the Standard Model of particle physics in describing a large variety of experimental results has been supported by the prediction and subsequent discovery of the charm, bottom, and top quarks, and the Z, W±, and Higgs bosons. The theory of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), which describes the strong interaction between quarks and gluons in the Standard Model, predicts a phase transition from hadronic matter to a deconfined Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) at high temperature and energy density. The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) was built to achieve these conditions to test the predictions of QCD and understand the properties of a deconfined medium. Charm (c) quarks have been suggested as ideal probes of the medium created in heavy ion collisions, as they are created primarily in the initial hard scattering of the collision because of their large mass. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - J / ( ) production in heavy ion collisions at the STAR detector at RHIC TI - J / ( ) production in heavy ion collisions at the STAR detector at RHIC UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6546 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6546
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPowell CB. J / ( ) production in heavy ion collisions at the STAR detector at RHIC. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6546en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Physicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleJ / ( ) production in heavy ion collisions at the STAR detector at RHICen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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