RESULTS FROM THE PHOBOS EXPERIMENT ON Au+Au COLLISIONS AT RHIC

for the PHOBOS Collaboration B.B.Back, M.D.Baker, D.S.Barton, S.Basilev, R.Baum,R.R.Betts, A.Bia las, R.Bindel, W.Bogucki, A.Budzanowski, W.Busza, A.Carroll, M. Ceglia, Y.-H.Chang, A.E.Chen, T.Coghen, C. Conner, W.Czyż, B.Da̧browski, M.P.Decowski , M.Despet, P.Fita, J.Fitch, M.Friedl, K.Ga luszka, R.Ganz, E.Garcia-Solis , N.George, J.Godlewski , C.Gomes, E.Griesmayer, K.Gulbrandsen, S.Gushue, J.Halik, C.Halliwell , P.Haridas, A.Hayes, G.A.Heintzelman, C.Henderson, R.Hollis, R.Ho lyński, B.Holzman, E.Johnson, J.Kane, J.Katzy, W.Kita, J.Kotu la, H.Kraner, W.Kucewicz, P.Kulinich, C.Law, M.Lemler, J.Ligocki, W.T.Lin, S.Manly, D.McLeod, J.Micha lowski , A.Mignerey, J.Mülmenstädt, M.Neal, R.Nouicer, A.Olszewski, R.Pak, I.C.Park, M.Patel, H.Pernegger, M.Plesko, C.Reed, L.P.Remsberg, M.Reuter, C.Roland, G.Roland, D.Ross, L.Rosenberg, J.Ryan, A.Sanzgiri, P.Sarin, P.Sawicki, J.Scaduto, J.Shea, J.Sinacore, W.Skulski, S.G.Steadman, G.S.F.Stephans, P.Steinberg, A.Stra̧czek, M.Stodulski, M.Strȩk, Z.Stopa, A.Sukhanov, K.Surowiecka, J.-L.Tang, R.Teng, A.Trzupek, C.Vale, G.J.van Nieuwenhuizen, R.Verdier, B.Wadsworth, F.L.H.Wolfs , B.Wosiek, K.Woźniak, A.H.Wuosmaa, B.Wys louch, K.Zalewski, P.Żychowski 1 Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 2 Chemistry and C-A Departments, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 3 Institute of Nuclear Physics, Poland, 4 Department of Physics, Jagellonian University, Poland, 5 Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 6 Department of Physics, National Central University, Taiwan, 7 Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, 8 Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland, 9 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, 10 Department of Physics, Yale University