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Production of light nuclei in isobaric Ru+Ru and Zr+Zr collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ =7.7-200 GeV from a multiphase transport model

The production of light nuclei in isobaric $^{96}_{44}$Ru + $^{96}_{44}$Ru and $^{96}_{40}$Zr + $^{96}_{40}$Zr collisions, ranging from $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 7.7 to 200 GeV, are studied using the string melting version of A Multi Phase…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-05-27 Fei Li , Song Zhang , Kai-Jia Sun , Yu-Gang Ma

Examination of nucleon distribution with Bayesian imaging for isobar collisions

Relativistic collision of isobaric systems is found to be valuable in differentiating the nucleon distributions for nuclei with the same mass number. In recent contrast experiment of $^{96}_{44}\text{Ru}+^{96}_{44}\text{Ru}$ versus…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-29 Yi-Lin Cheng , Shuzhe Shi , Yu-Gang Ma , Horst Stöcker , Kai Zhou

Ratios of collective flow observables in high-energy isobar collisions are insensitive to final state interactions

The ratios of bulk observables, such as harmonic flow $v_2$ and $v_3$, between high-energy $^{96}$Ru+$^{96}$Ru and $^{96}$Zr+$^{96}$Zr collisions were recently argued to be a clean probe of the nuclear structure differences between…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-09-21 Chunjian Zhang , Somadutta Bhatta , Jiangyong Jia

Probing nuclear structure using elliptic flow of strange and multi-strange hadrons in isobar collisions

Isobar collisions, $^{96}_{44}$Ru+$^{96}_{44}$Ru and $^{96}_{40}$Zr+$^{96}_{40}$Zr, at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm {NN}}}$ = 200 GeV have been performed at RHIC in order to study the charge separation along the magnetic field, called the Chiral…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-08-14 Priyanshi Sinha

Probing nuclear structure with mean transverse momentum in relativistic isobar collisions

Transverse momentum ($p_{T}$) generation in relativistic heavy ion collisions is sensitive to the initial geometry and the final-state bulk evolution. We demonstrate with hydrodynamic calculations that the mean $p_T$ ratio ($R_{\langle…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-05-08 Hao-jie Xu , Wenbin Zhao , Hanlin Li , Ying Zhou , Lie-Wen Chen , Fuqiang Wang

Charged-Particle Multiplicity Dependence of Net-Proton Cumulants in Zr+Zr and Ru+Ru Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV

We present measurements of cumulants of event-by-event net-proton distribution at mid-rapidity and their ratios up to the sixth order as a function of charged-particle multiplicity in Zr+Zr and Ru+Ru(isobars) collisions at a nucleon-nucleon…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-11-10 The STAR Collaboration

Energy dependence of heavy-ion initial condition in isobar collisions

Collisions of isobar nuclei, those with the same mass number but different structure parameters, provide a new way to probe the initial condition of the heavy ion collisions. Using transport model simulation of $^{96}$Ru+$^{96}$Ru and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-10 Somadutta Bhatta , Chunjian Zhang , Jiangyong Jia

Hard probes in isobar collisions as a probe of the neutron skin

We present an estimate of the yield of hard probes expected for collisions of the isobars $^{96}_{44}$Ru and $^{96}_{40}$Zr at collision energies reachable at RHIC and the LHC\@. These yields are proportional to the number of binary…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-07-25 Wilke van der Schee , Yen-Jie Lee , Govert Nijs , Yi Chen

Observation of charmonium sequential suppression in heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

We report measurements of charmonium sequential suppression in Ru+Ru and Zr+Zr collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm {NN}}}$ = 200 GeV with the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The inclusive yield ratio of $\psi$(2S)…

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Probing the nuclear deformation with three-particle asymmetric cumulant in RHIC isobar runs

$^{96}_{44}$Ru+$^{96}_{44}$Ru and $^{96}_{40}$Zr+$^{96}_{40}$Zr collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=200$ GeV provide unique opportunities to study the geometry and fluctuations raised from the deformation of the colliding nuclei. Using…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-15 Shujun Zhao , Hao-jie Xu , Yu-Xin Liu , Huichao Song

Transverse momentum distributions of charmonium states with the statistical hadronization model

Calculations and predictions are presented within the framework of the statistical hadronization model for transverse momentum spectra of the charmonium states J/$\psi$, $\psi(2S)$ and $X(3872)$ produced in nucleus-nucleus collisions at LHC…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-08-23 Anton Andronic , Peter Braun-Munzinger , Markus K. Köhler , Krzysztof Redlich , Johanna Stachel

Inferring nuclear structure from heavy isobar collisions using Trajectum

Nuclei with equal number of baryons but varying proton number (isobars) have many commonalities, but differ in both electric charge and nuclear structure. Relativistic collisions of such isobars provide unique opportunities to study the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-07-26 Govert Nijs , Wilke van der Schee

The Isospin Distribution of Fragments in Reactions 96Ru+96Ru, 96Ru+96Zr, 96Zr+96Ru, and 96Zr+96Zr at Beam Energy 400 AMeV

The isospin distribution of particles and fragments in collisions 96Ru+96Ru, 96Ru+96Zr, 96Zr+96Ru, and 96Zr+96Zr at beam energy 400 AMeV is studied with isospin dependent QMD model. We find that the rapidity distribution of differential…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Qingfeng Li , Zhuxia Li

Production of $X_{cs\bar{c}\bar{s}}$ in heavy ion collisions

The yields of $X_{cs\bar{c}\bar{s}}$ with its two possible configurations, i.e., the hadronic molecular state and tetraquark state, for Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=5.02~\rm{TeV}$ is studied. A volume effect is found from the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-03 Yuanyuan Hu , Hui Zhang

Effect of nuclear structure on particle production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions using the AMPT model

We report first study of transverse momentum ($p_\mathrm{T}$) spectra for $\pi^{\pm}$, $K^{\pm}$, $p$, and $\bar{p}$ in isobar, $^{96}_{44}$Ru+$^{96}_{44}$Ru and $^{96}_{40}$Zr+$^{96}_{40}$Zr, collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 200$…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-07-11 P. Sinha , V. Bairathi , K. Gopal , C. Jena , S. Kabana

Identified charged hadron production in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}$ = 54.4 GeV with the STAR detector

We present results on the production of $\pi^{\pm}$, $K^{\pm}$, $p$, and $\bar{p}$ in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}$ = 54.4~GeV using the STAR detector at RHIC, at midrapidity ($|y| <$ 0.1). Invariant yields of these particles…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-05-22 STAR Collaboration , B. E. Aboona , J. Adam , G. Agakishiev , I. Aggarwal , M. M. Aggarwal , Z. Ahammed , A. Aitbayev , I. Alekseev , E. Alpatov , A. K. Alshammri , A. Aparin , S. Aslam , J. Atchison , G. S. Averichev , V. Bairathi , X. Bao , P. Barik , K. Barish , S. Behera , P. Bhagat , A. Bhasin , S. Bhatta , I. G. Bordyuzhin , J. D. Brandenburg , A. V. Brandin , C. Broodo , X. Z. Cai , H. Caines , M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez , D. Cebra , J. Ceska , I. Chakaberia , Y. S. Chang , Z. Chang , A. Chatterjee , D. Chen , J. H. Chen , L. Chen , Q. Chen , W. Chen , Z. Chen , J. Cheng , Y. Cheng , W. Christie , X. Chu , S. Corey , H. J. Crawford , G. Dale-Gau , A. Das , D. De Souza Lemos , T. G. Dedovich , I. M. Deppner , A. A. Derevschikov , A. Deshpande , A. Dhamija , A. Dimri , P. Dixit , X. Dong , J. L. Drachenberg , E. Duckworth , J. C. Dunlop , Y. S. El-Feky , J. Engelage , G. Eppley , S. Esumi , O. Evdokimov , O. Eyser , B. Fan , Y. Fang , R. Fatemi , S. Fazio , H. Feng , Y. Feng , E. Finch , Y. Fisyak , F. A. Flor , B. Fu , C. Fu , T. Fu , T. Gao , Y. Gao , G. Garcia , F. Geurts , A. Gibson , A. Giri , K. Gopal , X. Gou , D. Grosnick , A. Gu , J. Gu , A. Gupta , A. Hamed , R. J. Hamilton , J. Han , X. Han , M. D. Harasty , J. W. Harris , H. Harrison-Smith , L. B. Havener , X. H. He , Y. He , C. Hu , Q. Hu , Y. Hu , H. Huang , H. Z. Huang , S. L. Huang , T. Huang , Y. Huang , Y. Huang , Y. Huang , M. Isshiki , W. W. Jacobs , A. Jalotra , C. Jena , Y. Ji , J. Jia , X. Jiang , C. Jin , Y. Jin , N. Jindal , X. Ju , E. G. Judd , S. Kabana , D. Kalinkin , J. Kang , K. Kang , A. R. Kanuganti , D. Kapukchyan , K. Kauder , D. Keane , A. Kechechyan , M. Kesler , A. Khanal , A. Khanal , J. Kim , A. Kiselev , A. G. Knospe , L. Kochenda , Y. Kong , A. A. Korobitsin , B. Korodi , A. Yu. Kraeva , P. Kravtsov , L. Kumar , M. C. Labonte , R. Lacey , J. M. Landgraf , C. Larson , A. Lebedev , R. Lednicky , J. H. Lee , Y. H. Leung , C. Li , D. Li , H-S. Li , H. Li , H. Li , H. Li , W. Li , X. Li , X. Li , Y. Li , Z. Li , Z. Li , X. Liang , T. Lin , Y. Lin , C. Liu , G. Liu , H. Liu , L. Liu , L. Liu , Z. Liu , Z. Liu , T. Ljubicic , O. Lomicky , E. M. Loyd , T. Lu , J. Luo , X. F. Luo , V. B. Luong , L. Ma , R. Ma , Y. G. Ma , N. Magdy , R. Manikandhan , O. Matonoha , K. Menduli , K. Mi , N. G. Minaev , B. Mohanty , B. Mondal , M. M. Mondal , I. Mooney , D. A. Morozov , M. I. Nagy , C. J. Naim , A. S. Nain , J. D. Nam , M. Nasim , H. Nasrulloh , E. Nedorezov , J. M. Nelson , M. Nie , G. Nigmatkulov , T. Niida , L. V. Nogach , T. Nonaka , G. Odyniec , A. Ogawa , S. Oh , V. A. Okorokov , K. Okubo , B. S. Page , M. Pal , S. Pal , A. Pandav , A. Panday , A. K. Pandey , Y. Panebratsev , T. Pani , P. Parfenov , A. Paul , S. Paul , C. Perkins , S. Ping , I. D. Ponce Pinto , M. Posik , E. Pottebaum , A. Povarov , S. Prodhan , T. L. Protzman , N. K. Pruthi , J. Putschke , Y. Qi , Z. Qin , H. Qiu , C. Racz , S. K. Radhakrishnan , A. Rana , R. L. Ray , C. W. Robertson , O. V. Rogachevsky , M. A. Rosales Aguilar , D. Roy , L. Ruan , A. K. Sahoo , N. R. Sahoo , H. Sako , S. Salur , S. S. Sambyal , E. Samigullin , D. T. Samuel , J. K. Sandhu , S. Sato , B. C. Schaefer , N. Schmitz , J. Seger , R. Seto , P. Seyboth , N. Shah , E. Shahaliev , P. V. Shanmuganathan , T. Shao , M. Sharma , N. Sharma , R. Sharma , S. R. Sharma , A. I. Sheikh , D. Shen , D. Y. Shen , K. Shen , S. Shi , Y. Shi , Shilpa , E. Shulga , F. Si , J. Singh , S. Singha , P. Sinha , M. J. Skoby , Y. Söhngen , Y. Song , T. D. S. Stanislaus , M. Strikhanov , Y. Su , X. Sun , Y. Sun , B. Surrow , D. N. Svirida , Z. W. Sweger , A. C. Tamis , A. H. Tang , Z. Tang , A. Taranenko , T. Tarnowsky , J. H. Thomas , A. Timofeev , D. Tlusty , M. V. Tokarev , D. Torres-Valladares , S. Trentalange , O. D. Tsai , C. Y. Tsang , Z. Tu , J. E. Tyler , T. Ullrich , D. G. Underwood , G. Van Buren , A. N. Vasiliev , F. Videbæk , S. Vokal , S. A. Voloshin , F. Wang , G. Wang , G. Wang , J. S. Wang , J. Wang , K. Wang , X. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , J. C. Webb , P. C. Weidenkaff , G. D. Westfall , H. Wieman , G. Wilks , S. W. Wissink , C. P. Wong , J. Wu , X. Wu , X. Wu , X. Wu , B. Xi , Y. Xiao , Z. G. Xiao , G. Xie , W. Xie , H. Xu , N. Xu , Q. H. Xu , X. Xu , Y. Xu , Y. Xu , Y. Xu , Y. Xu , Z. Xu , Z. Xu , G. Yan , Z. Yan , C. Yang , Q. Yang , S. Yang , Y. Yang , Z. Ye , Z. Ye , L. Yi , Y. Yu , W. Yuan , W. Zha , C. Zhang , D. Zhang , J. Zhang , K. Zhang , L. Zhang , S. Zhang , W. Zhang , X. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. Zhang , F. Zhao , J. Zhao , S. Zhou , Y. Zhou , C. Zhu , X. Zhu , M. Zurek , M. Zyzak

Observation of exclusive charmonium production and gamma+gamma to mu+mu- in p+pbar collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV

We have observed the reactions p+pbar --> p+X+pbar, with X being a centrally produced J/psi, psi(2S) or chi_c0, and gamma+gamma --> mu+mu-, in proton- antiproton collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV using the Run II Collider Detector at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-07-09 CDF Collaboration , T. Aaltonen

Constraints on neutron skin thickness and nuclear deformations using relativistic heavy-ion collisions from STAR

In these proceedings, we present the measurements of neutron skin thickness and nuclear deformation using isobar $^{96}_{44}$Ru+$^{96}_{44}$Ru and $^{96}_{40}$Zr+$^{96}_{40}$Zr collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=200$ GeV by the STAR…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-03-15 Haojie Xu

Baryon Stopping and Charged Particle Distributions in Central Pb+Pb Collisions at 158 GeV per Nucleon

Net proton and negative hadron spectra for central \PbPb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon at the CERN SPS were measured and compared to spectra from lighter systems. Net baryon distributions were derived from those of net protons,…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 NA49 Collaboration

Exploring $J/\psi$ production mechanism at the future Electron-Ion Collider

We propose to use transverse momentum $p_T$ distribution of $J/\psi$ production at the future Electron Ion Collider (EIC) to explore the production mechanism of heavy quarkonia in high energy collisions. We apply QCD and QED collinear…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-07-07 Jian-Wei Qiu , Xiang-Peng Wang , Hongxi Xing