What Does PHENIX Stand For?

PHENIX stands for Pioneering High Energy Nuclear Interaction EXperiment

PHENIX, or Pioneering High Energy Nuclear Interaction Experiment, is a collaborative research initiative designed to explore the fundamental properties of nuclear matter at unprecedented energy levels. Located at the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), PHENIX aims to study quark-gluon plasma and its phase transitions, enhancing our understanding of the strong force that governs interactions among nuclear particles. Through advanced detector technologies and innovative experimental techniques, PHENIX contributes to the knowledge of the early universe and the behavior of matter under extreme conditions.