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1 Nu Xu1/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR November 5, 2012 Status of STAR Experiment at RHIC Study emergent properties of matter with QCD degrees of freedom Nu Xu (1) College of Physical Science & Technology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China (2) Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

2 Nu Xu2/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR STAR Experiment STAR Experiment at RHIC ( http://www.star.bnl.gov/ )http://www.star.bnl.gov/ Fundamental science: particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, cosmology, … State of art technology: detector R&D, simulations, IT, computing, mass/fast data managing, … - 550 scientists - 55 institutes - 13 countries ~ 140 PhD thesis completed since 2001 STAR Collaboration

3 Nu Xu3/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR BNL PAC, 21 - 22, 2010 Heavy Flavor Tracker (HFT) 2013 Time Projection Chamber (TPC) FGT 2011 STAR Detectors Fast and Full azimuthal particle identification EMC+EEMC+FMS (-1 ≤  ≤ 4) MRPC Time Of Flight DAQ1000 MTD 2013

4 Nu Xu4/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR Particle Identification at STAR TPC TOF EMC HFT Neutral particles e, μ π K p d TPC TOF TPC Log 10 (p) Multiple-fold correlations among the identified particles! Hyperons & Hyper-nuclei Jets Heavy-flavor hadrons MTD High p T muonsJets & Correlations Charged hadrons

5 Nu Xu5/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR STAR Detector Configurations  STAR: Large coverage, excellent PID, fast DAQ - detects nearly all particles produced at RHIC - multiple fold correlation measurements - Probes: bulk, penetrating, and bulk-penetrating  STAR: Perfect mid-y Collider Experiment  STAR: Expanding into high rapidity regions PeriodDetectorsPhysics 2001-2010TPCu, d, s 2010TPC + TOFu, d, s + dilepton 2013TPC + TOF + MTD u, d, s, c, b + dilepton 2014TPC + TOF + MTD + HFT

6 Nu Xu6/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR Data Sets at STAR Experiment Heavy Ion Collisions Polarized p+p Collisions - RHIC&STAR upgrades lead to dramatic increase data statistics - The best of STAR is still ahead of us: Precision measurements!

7 Nu Xu7/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR Record on Publications May, 2012

8 Nu Xu8/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR STAR BUR for Runs 13 and 14 Run 13: 20 cryo-week. 510pp: 55% polarization Run 14: 20 cryo-week. 200pp: 65% polarization Run*Beam EnergyTimeSystemGoals 13 3  s = 510 GeV 4 days p pp p σ TOT, A N, A NN, A SS, Exclusive Central Production 1 10 weeksp  i) W ± A L : P 2 *L= 50 pb -1 ii) di-jets A LL : P 4 *L= 15 pb -1 2  s NN = 200 GeV 4 weeksAu + Au i) MTD e-μ correlation, 2 nb -1 (280M central events) ii) HFT engineering run 14 1  s NN = 200 GeV 10 weeksAu + Au i) HFT & MTD heavy flavor, 10 nb -1 (500M M.B.) ii) Fixed-target data taking 2  s = 200 GeV 5 weeksp  i) Heavy ion reference data L= 40 pb -1 (500M M.B.) ii) Δg, L= 40 pb -1 May be 15 GeV Au+Au Collisions May be 15 GeV Au+Au Collisions

9 Nu Xu9/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR 2 T E RHIC, SPS, FAIR 3 3 Phase boundary RHIC, FAIR, NICA Exploring the QCD Phase Structure 1 1 T ini, T C LHC, RHIC 2 Partonic Matter Hadronic Matter

10 Nu Xu10/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR QCD Phase Structure RHIC eIC (eRHIC) Study phase structure with QCD degrees of freedom Hot QCD Matter Cold QCD Matter

11 Nu Xu11/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR 20122013 ✔ 2014 ✔ 201520162017201820192020 ppHIpA/ppHIpA/HI pA Study QCD Phase Structure HFT: HF, γ-jet, γ-hadron, e-μ, e-e,.. BES-I *e-cooling, BES-II, √s NN ≤ 20GeV Forward tracking upgrade, connection to eRHIC CBM (√s NN ≤ 12GeV ) LHC FAiR RHIC LHC full energy program Spin: W ±, ΔG, A N STAR Core Programs Need more involvements in future upgrade programs!

12 Nu Xu12/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR STAR Highlights

13 Nu Xu13/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR Precision Spin Results at RHIC ΔuΔuΔdΔd

14 Nu Xu14/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR RHIC BES-I Highlights (1) Net-proton High Moments (2) ϕ -meson Productions (1) Critical Fluctuations: Search for QCD critical point (2) Multi-strange hadrons: QCD phases (1) Critical Fluctuations: Search for QCD critical point (2) Multi-strange hadrons: QCD phases

15 Nu Xu15/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR RHIC BES-I Highlights (3) Jet-quenching (4) NCQ Scaling in v 2 sQGP key signatures turned off! (5) “Local Parity Violation”

16 Nu Xu16/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR STAR 2 nd White Paper Committee Membership: D. Cebra, X. Dong, J. Dunlop, O. Evdokimov, C. Gagliardi, H.Z. Huang, D. Keane, B. Mohanty (Chair), E. Sichtermann, P. Sorensen, B. Surrow, S. Wissink, N. Xu, Z.B. Xu Charges: This committee will work with the collaboration as a whole to write a concise and comprehensive summary of experimental results, from both heavy-ion collision and spin physics, since 2005. Based on the understanding of these results and the theoretical developments, the science case for continuing operation of RHIC during 2015-2020 should be outlined in the document. This White Paper is expected to be submitted to a refereed journal for publication in early 2013. Structure of the document: Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Review conclusions from previous white paper Chapter 3: New theoretical ideasChapter 4: Initial conditions Chapter 5: Properties of sQGPChapter 6: Exploring the QCD phase diagram (BES-I) Chapter 7: Spin physicsChapter 8: Outlook and future directions Timelines for the document: - Executive summary by end of August 2012 - Full document by February, 2013

17 Nu Xu17/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR Future STAR Meetings Datenamelocationchairfocus Nov. 5-7RegionalWUTH. Zebroszczyk HF/correlati on Nov. 26-30AnalysisUCLAH. Huang Upgrades/w hite paper 2/24 – 3/1, 2013CollaborationBNLJ. Dunlop Analysis/up grades 3/1, before CPOD White Paper-II? 6, 2013Analysis 8, 2013Collaboration 8/19-22, 2013UpgradeBeijingSTAR/PHENIX/ ALICE/eRHIC Future upgrade

18 Nu Xu18/17STAR Regional Meeting, Warsaw University of Technology, November 5 th, 2012, Warsaw STAR Outlook 1)RHIC: Dedicated facility for studying matter with QCD degrees of freedom: - Properties of QGP - Sea quark and gluon contributions to proton helicity structure - QCD critical point, phase boundary 2) Future: EIC (eRHIC, 2025 - …) - Partonic structures of nucleon and nuclei - Dynamical evolution from cold nuclear matter to hot QGP Emergent Properties of QCD Matter Phase Structures of QCD Matter

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