The eRHIC facility will be built alongside the existing RHIC ring. It will produce a beam of electrons (hence the "e" in eRHIC) that will move at nearly the speed of light.

The eRHIC facility will be built alongside the existing RHIC ring. It will produce a beam of electrons (hence the “e” in eRHIC) that will move at nearly the speed of light.

"Once the eRHIC layout is in my code, I put beams through it to verify it works," Brooks said. "But I can also add errors in the alignment of the magnets, beams, and so on to verify it will work ...

The eRHIC facility will be built alongside the existing RHIC ring. It will produce a beam of electrons -- hence the "e" in eRHIC -- that will move at nearly the speed of light.