History of High-Energy A+A Beams

• BNL-AGS: mid 80’s, early 90’s

• O+A, Si+A 15 AGeV/c s1/2NN ~ 6 GeV

• Au+A 11 AGeV/c s1/2NN ~ 5 GeV

• CERN-SPS: mid 80’s, early 90’s

• O+A, S+A 200 AGeV/c s1/2NN ~ 20 GeV

• Pb+A 160 AGeV/c s1/2NN ~ 17 GeV

• BNL-RHIC: early 00’s

• Au+Au s1/2NN ~ 130 GeV

• Au+Au, p+p s1/2NN ~ 200 GeV