PHOBOS Running Summary
Commissioning: (May-July)
- Part of silicon installed
- Au+Au collisions at
?sNN = 56 GeV and 130 GeV
First published results on
dNch/d?||?|ə, ?sNN=56 and 130 GeV
Physics run: (July-August)
- 1 spectrometer arm setup
- Au+Au collisions at ?sNN =
130 GeV: ~3.5 M collisions total
Essentially flawless performance of PHOBOS detector
- Commissioning: (mid-July)
- Add 2nd spectrometer arm
- Au+Au collisions
?sNN = 130 GeV and 200 GeV
First published result on
dNch/d?||?|ə, ?sNN= 200 GeV
- Physics run: (mid-August?)
- 2 spectrometer arm setup
- Au+Au collisions at ?sNN = 200 GeV: ~3.5 M collisions by end of August