Results from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

Abstract

We describe the current status of the heavy ion research program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The new suite of experiments and the collider energies have opened up new probes of the medium created in the collisions. Our review focuses on the experimental discoveries to date at RHIC and their interpretation in the light of our present theoretical understanding of the dynamics of relativistic heavy ion collisions and of the structure of strongly interacting matter at high energy density.

47 pages, 10 figures, submitted to Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. The authors invite and appreciate feedback about possible errors and/or inconsistencies in the manuscript

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