Table of Contents
PHOBOS @ RHIC
Outline
Going back in time: astronomy, nuclear,
and high-energy physics.
What happened during the last 15 x 109
years?
Nucleosynthesis in stars forms all elements
heavier than Lithium
Nuclear physics allows us to describe
stellar nucleosynthesis
Star Formation: 1 x 109 yr
Big-Bang Problem: Large Scale Structures
Cosmic Microwave Background: fluctuations
in early universe
Formation of nuclei: at 3 minutes
Phases of Nuclear Matter
Unanswered Questions about the Evolution
of the Early Universe
Recreating the early universe: relativistic
heavy-ion collisions
Formation of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP)
Production of the QGP: Relativistic Heavy-Ion
Collisions
Scientific Objectives
Studying the QGP
Detectors @ RHIC
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