NA49 experiment

The NA49 experiment was a particle physics experiment that took place in the North Area of the Super Proton Synchrotron at CERN. It used a large-acceptance hadron detector (a time projection chamber) to investigate reactions induced by the collision of various heavy ions (such as those of lead) on targets made of a variety of elements. This was used to investigate the properties of quark–gluon plasma.

The NA49 experiment was the follow-up to the NA35 experiment, and was approved on 18 September 1991. The experiment was completed on 19 October 2002, and was succeeded by the NA61 experiment (SHINE). The spokesperson for the experiment is Peter Seyboth.

See also
 NA35 experiment
 NA61 experiment
 List of SPS experiments

External links
 NA49 experiment website
NA49 experiment 'general public' website
 NA49 experiment @ CERN Document Server (Includes both committee documents and publications of the NA49 collaboration)
 NA49 experiment @ SPIRES
 NA49 experiment @ CERN Greybook

Category:CERN experiments
Category:Particle experiments