The NA49 experiment ("North Area experiment 49") was a

particle physics Particle physics or high energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The fundamental particles in the universe are classified in the Standard Model as fermions (matter particles) an ...

experiment that investigated the properties of

quark–gluon plasma Quark–gluon plasma (QGP) or quark soup is an interacting localized assembly of quarks and gluons at thermal (local kinetic) and (close to) chemical (abundance) equilibrium. The word ''plasma'' signals that free color charges are allowed. In a ...

. It took place in the North Area of the Super Proton Synchrotron at CERN from 1991-2002. It used a large-acceptance

hadron In particle physics, a hadron (; grc, ἁδρός, hadrós; "stout, thick") is a composite subatomic particle made of two or more quarks held together by the strong interaction. They are analogous to molecules that are held together by the e ...

detector (a

time projection chamber In physics, a time projection chamber (TPC) is a type of particle detector that uses a combination of electric fields and magnetic fields together with a sensitive volume of gas or liquid to perform a three-dimensional reconstruction of a particl ...

) to investigate reactions induced by the collision of various

heavy ion High-energy nuclear physics studies the behavior of nuclear matter in energy regimes typical of high-energy physics. The primary focus of this field is the study of heavy-ion collisions, as compared to lighter atoms in other particle accelerat ...

s (such as those of

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) on targets made of a variety of elements. NA49 detector Spokesperson

The NA49 experiment was the follow-up to the NA35 experiment, and was approved on 18 September 1991. The experiment began taking data in November 1994 and was completed on 19 October 2002. It was succeeded by the NA61 experiment (SHINE). The spokespersons for the experiment are

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(born 1939) and Reinhard Stock.

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External links

NA49 experiment website

NA49 experiment 'general public' website

NA49 experiment @ CERN Document Server
(Includes both committee documents and publications of the NA49 collaboration)
CERN-NA-49 experiment record
on INSPIRE-HEP CERN experiments Particle experiments {{Accelerator-stub

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