The NA60 experiment was a high energy heavy

ion An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by conve ...

s experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. It studied "prompt dimuon and charm production with proton and

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 ...

beams". The spokesperson for the experiment is Gianluca Usai. The experiment was proposed on 7 March 2000 and accepted on 15 June 2000. The experiment ran from October 2001 to 15 November 2004.

External links

NA60 website

CERN-NA-60
experiment record on INSPIRE-HEP
Grey Book entry
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