Physics Motivation
- Look for collective phenomena over large Volume :
- PHOBOS, like all other RHIC experiments, will search for evidence of new states of nuclear matter “ “ produced under conditions of extremely high energy density.
- PHOBOS, will measure single particle spectra and correlations
down to low near mid rapidity :
- Look for Excess Entropy :
Multiplicity distributions and fluctuations
Source size and lifetime (HBT)