@frankgeurts.bsky.social
a physics professor at Rice University in Houston, TX combining his favorite two hobbies: high energy nuclear & particle physics, and raising 2 kids - ok, 3 including myself … also, an x-pat
Nice interview with @physicsworld.bsky.social physicsworld.com/a/hints-of-a...
11.10.2025 21:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In a major advance for nuclear physics, the STAR Detector at RHIC has spotted hints of a critical point in the phase diagram of nuclear matter. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/hwBe50X92SA
09.10.2025 15:34 — 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0New results from the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy-ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory ...
11.10.2025 21:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Heart of Matter ... #Rice's longstanding involvement at #CERN.
I still remember my first trip to #CERN (as undergraduate at Utrecht University) ... 35 years ago!
youtu.be/_RIZXR1dREM?...
Goodmorning. A very nice view while having my morning coffee: Au+Au collisions at#RHIC by the @RHIC_STAR experiment.
03.07.2025 13:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations @RHIC_STAR ... 25 years ago we took our first Au+Au collisions #RHIC at #BNL.
www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf...
It’s been a while, and the little set-back turned out to be a “little bit” bigger. But, keeping fingers crossed, tonight we @RHIC_STAR expect Au+Au collisions at top #RHIC energy: the continuation of Run-25!
www.bnl.gov/newsroom/new...
On a personal note, two nuclear physics profs (Glaudemans & Brussaard), from when I was an undergraduate at my alma mater, Utrecht University, spent some time in their early careers (more than 50 years ago!) as postdocs at T.W. Bonner Nuclear Lab at Rice University.
07.05.2025 23:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"The Traces We Leave" ... designing detectors for nuclear and particle physics. Rice University's School of Natural Sciences is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
07.05.2025 23:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It’s a wrap! The STAR Collaboration group photo in front of the QuarkMatter 2025 conference center.
Congratulations to all on your excellent talks and posters!!
Our usual Pre-QM meeting has finished, and we are ready! We have discussed and rehearsed the 21 talks and 58 posters that @RHIC_STAR will show at #QuarkMatter2025 #exciting #exclamationmark
06.04.2025 20:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hmm, a little set-back at the start of the run 😟... an issue propped up in one of the accelerator magnets. Time to warm up and fix the issue. Keeping our fingers crossed
@RHIC_STAR
Ready for Run-25 @RHIC_STAR 👍
All RHIC sectors are now cooled down to 4.5-4.8K using liquid He. Soon, the first injection tests of the blue (clockwise) and yellow (counter-CW) gold-ion beams followed by simultaneous injections, and then Au+Au collisions.
Exciting times ahead!
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) Enters 25th and Final Run #RHIC www.bnl.gov/newsroom/new... via @BrookhavenLab
29.03.2025 22:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The magnet is ON and the TPC is stable at the @RHIC_STAR experiment. The shift crews are taking cosmics data testing the TPC, our trigger detectors, and the DAQ in anticipation of RHIC beams in about a week from now. #RHIC_RUN25
17.03.2025 14:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's a go! Today marks the official start of @RHIC_STAR experimental shifts. Nothing much to report. As soon as flammable gas is flowing again in the TPC (today/tomorrow) we will see cosmics. Meanwhile, RHIC has been cooling down its magnets - see below (we'll be at 4k by 3/24)
11.03.2025 14:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yesterday, we concluded a weeklong workshop discussing @RHIC_STAR’s results and observations from the RHIC Beam Energy Scan phase-2 (2019-2021). Many thanks to our theory friends who attended and participated in the open sessions.
Of course there is a picture … 📸 🤗
@RHIC_STAR @HEPdata www.hepdata.net/record/ins27...
04.12.2024 02:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today is the 50th anniversary of PRL publishing two Letters which reported the discovery of charmonium (c–c-bar bound states), along with a third Letter confirming the results:
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
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In addition to meeting great people at prestigious institutes of IISc Bengaluru CHEP and the Raman Research Institute, I had the distinct pleasure of discussing future opportunities with IIT Madras (Prabhat Pujahari) and NISER (Bedangadas Mohanty). Thanks to both!
news.rice.edu/news/2024/ri...
Congrats Ken on taking on this important role in @RHIC_STAR. We look forward to working with you and the Council!
insideucr.ucr.edu/awards/2024/...
Interesting … Baym, et al. “Understanding the puzzle of angular momentum conservation in beta decay and related processes”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
So … let me use this nice video clip to introduce one of my hobbies
youtu.be/mBfJAcPOLrM?...
h/t @cern.bsky.social
Hello BlueSky … i like that new-paint smell; brings back memories from ~15 years ago.
30.11.2024 19:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
