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Centrality dependence of forward-backward multiplicity correlation in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV

We have studied the centrality dependence of charged particle forward-backward multiplicity correlation strength in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV with a parton and hadron cascade model, PACIAE, based on PYTHIA. The calculated…

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Data from the first physics run at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=130$ GeV, have been analyzed by the STAR Collaboration using three-pion correlations with charged…

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We present measurements of three-particle correlations for various harmonics in Au+Au collisions at energies ranging from $\sqrt{s_{{\rm NN}}}=7.7$ to 200 GeV using the STAR detector. The quantity…

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Photoproduction in Ultra-Peripheral Heavy Ion Collisions at STAR

We present recent STAR results on photoproduction in ultra-peripheral relativistic heavy ion collisions. In these collisions the impact parameter of the beam particles is larger than the sum of their nuclear radii, so that they interact via…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Boris Grube

Jets and high $p_T$ hadrons in dense matter: recent results from STAR

We review recent measurements of high transverse momentum (high $p_T$) hadron production in nuclear collisions by the STAR Collaboration at RHIC. The previously observed suppression in central Au+Au collisions has been extended to much…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2010-01-05 Peter Jacobs , Jennifer Klay

An indication for deconfinement in Au+Au collisions at RHIC

We present simultaneous, quality fits to final BRAHMS, PHENIX, PHOBOS and STAR data on particle spectra and two-particle Bose-Einstein or HBT correlations as measured in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 130$ GeV. Using the Buda-Lund…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-02-10 M. Csanad , T. Csorgo , B. Lorstad , A. Ster

Particle Production at RHIC

Identified hadron spectra and ratios provide a unique tool to study the bulk particle production in heavy-ion collisions and explore the QCD phase diagram. In these proceedings we present the analysis of charged pion, kaon and (anti)proton…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Aneta Iordanova

Transverse Energy Measurement in Au+Au Collisions by the STAR Experiment

Transverse energy ($E_T$) has been measured with both of its components, namely hadronic ($E_T^{had}$) and electromagnetic ($E_T^{em}$) in a common phase space at mid-rapidity for 62.4 GeV Au+Au collisions by the STAR experiment. $E_T$…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Raghunath Sahoo

Measurement of away-side broadening with self-subtraction of flow in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_\mathrm{NN}}}=200$ GeV

High transverse momentum ($p_T$) particle production is suppressed due to parton (jet) energy loss in the hot dense medium created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Redistribution of energy at low-to-modest $p_T$ has been elusive to…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2021-03-29 STAR Collaboration

Baryon - baryon correlations in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(sNN)= 62 GeV and sqrt(sNN)= 200 GeV, measured in the STAR experiment at RHIC

Particle correlations at small relative velocities can be used to study the space-time evolution of hot and expanding system created in heavy ion collisions. Baryon and antibaryon source sizes extracted from baryon-baryon correlations…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Hanna Paulina Gos

In-medium reduction of the \eta' mass in \sqrt{s_NN} = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions

A reduction of the mass of the \eta'(958) meson may indicate the restoration of the UA(1) symmetry in a hot and dense hadronic matter, corresponding to the return of the 9th, "prodigal" Goldstone boson. We report on an analysis of a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-09-10 Robert Vertesi , Tamas Csorgo , Janos Sziklai

Symmetric correlations as seen at RHIC

We analyze the forward-backward multiplicity correlation coefficient as measured by STAR. We show that in the most central Au+Au collisions bins located symmetrically around \eta = 0 with large separation in pseudorapidity are more strongly…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-30 Adam Bzdak

Identified particle distributions in pp and Au+Au collisions at sqrt{s_NN}=200 GeV

Transverse mass and rapidity distributions for charged pions, charged kaons, protons and antiprotons are reported for sqrt{s_NN}=200 GeV pp and Au+Au collisions at RHIC. The transverse mass distributions are rapidity independent within…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 STAR Collaboration , J. Adams