Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider — Hadron colliders Caption=The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Some of the superconducting magnets were manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corp. at Bethpage, New York. Note especially the second, independent ring… … Wikipedia
Relativistic rocket — A relativistic rocket is any spacecraft that is travelling at a velocity close enough to light speed for relativistic effects to become significant. What significant means is a matter of context, but generally speaking a velocity of at least 50%… … Wikipedia
Relativistic kill vehicle — A relativistic kill vehicle (RKV) or relativistic bomb is a hypothetical weapon system sometimes found in science fiction. The details of such systems vary widely, but the key common feature is the use of a massive impactor traveling at a… … Wikipedia
STAR detector — The STAR detector, which stands for Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC, is one of the four experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in Brookhaven National Laboratory. The primary physics task of STAR is to study the formation and… … Wikipedia
STAR — The acronym STAR may refer to:In organizations: * Special Tasks and Rescue or Special Tactics and Response, synonyms for SWAT ** Special Tactics and Rescue (Singapore), of the Singapore Police Force * STAR (interbank network), an interbank… … Wikipedia
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider — RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, Beschleunigerring für relativistische Schwerionen) ist ein Teilchenbeschleuniger am Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton auf Long Island (USA). RHIC dient der Entdeckung und Erforschung des Quark Gluon… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Neutron star — redirects here. For the story by Larry Niven, see Neutron Star (short story). Neutron stars crush half a million times more mass than Earth into a sphere no larger than Manhattan. A neutron star is a type of stellar remnant that can result from… … Wikipedia
Neutron-star oscillation — Asteroseismology studies the internal structure of our Sun and other stars using oscillations. These can be studied by interpreting the temporal frequency spectrum acquired through observations[1]. In the same way, the more extreme neutron stars… … Wikipedia
The Killing Star — infobox Book | name = The Killing Star title orig = translator = image caption = author = Charles R. Pellegrino and George Zebrowski cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Techno Thriller publisher = William… … Wikipedia
Warp drive (Star Trek) — Warp drive redirects here. For the actual model of spacetime, see Alcubierre drive. A visualization of a warp field. The ship rests in a bubble of normal space. Warp drive is a faster than light (FTL) propulsion system in the setting of many… … Wikipedia