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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
SUMMARY:Once and Future Science at RHIC\, Physics Department Colloquiu
 m\, Steven Vigdor\, Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear and Part
 icle Physics\, Brookhaven National Laboratory
DESCRIPTION:The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has pioneered laborato
 ry study of condensed matter systems governed by a force of a differen
 t color.  An overarching theme of RHIC research is to unveil unique qu
 antum many-body manifestations of the underlying color force\, and the
 ir possible implications for the early universe and for other systems 
 based on non-Abelian particle interactions.  I will review the status 
 - techniques\, results\, interpretations\, implications and plans - as
 sociated with three particular lines of inquiry:  the discovery of nea
 rly perfect liquid flow of the extremely hot matter produced fleetingl
 y in RHIC heavy-ion collisions\; possible evidence for high-temperatur
 e vacuum fluctuations (sphalerons) characterized by local violation of
  symmetries\; and the search for evidence of density saturation for lo
 w-momentum gluons in cold nuclear matter.  In the process\, I will als
 o discuss some aspects of the innovative accelerator physics that driv
 es ongoing and planned upgrades of the RHIC facility.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1827
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