Frank Geurts
@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
Goodmorning. A very nice view while having my morning coffee: Au+Au collisions at#RHIC by the @RHIC_STAR experiment.
July 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Goodmorning. A very nice view while having my morning coffee: Au+Au collisions at#RHIC by the @RHIC_STAR experiment.
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!!
Congratulations to all on your excellent talks and posters!!
April 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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!!
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
April 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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
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
@RHIC_STAR
April 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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
@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!
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!
March 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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!
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!
The 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
March 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The 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
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)
March 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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)
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 … 📸 🤗
Of course there is a picture … 📸 🤗
December 7, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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 … 📸 🤗
Of course there is a picture … 📸 🤗