Evidence for a New State of Matter: An Assessment of the Results from the CERN Lead Beam Programme
Ulrich Heinz, Maurice Jacob (CERN)
TL;DR
This paper reviews evidence from CERN experiments indicating the creation of a new state of matter in lead-lead collisions, discussing the scientific arguments and significance of these findings.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive assessment of experimental results supporting the existence of a new state of matter at CERN SPS.
Findings
Evidence for a new state of matter in Pb-Pb collisions
Analysis of experimental data supporting the discovery
Discussion of implications for physics
Abstract
This "position paper" collects the scientific arguments behind the CERN Press Release of February 10, 2000, which announced evidence for the creation of a new state of matter in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. The data on which this paper is based were presented in a special seminar at CERN on the same day, a recording of which can be accessed at http://www.cern.ch/CERN/Announcements/2000/NewStateMatter/ .
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Taxonomy
TopicsHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Superconducting Materials and Applications