Publications (25)
The DAQ system of the 12,000 Channel CMS High Granularity Calorimeter Prototype
B. Acar, G. Adamov, C. Adloff +327
The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC will be upgraded to accommodate the 5-fold increase in the instantaneous luminosity expected at the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). Concomitant wit…
On the Superiority of the University of Arizona's Physics Club
E. Jesina, M. Harrison, H. Andras-Letanovszky +6
We present an analysis on Physics Club's supremacy over the Astronomy Club at the University of Arizona. Through a thorough investigation of each club's history and content, and su…
Using graph neural networks to reconstruct charged pion showers in the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter
M. Aamir, G. Adamov, T. Adams +568
A novel method to reconstruct the energy of hadronic showers in the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) is presented. The HGCAL is a sampling calorimeter with very fine transv…
STAR Integrated Tracker
A. Rose
We present the design and performance analysis of a new integrated track reconstruction code developed for the STAR experiment at RHIC. The code is meant to replace multiple previo…
Expression of Interest for a Comprehensive New Detector at RHIC II
P. Steinberg, T. Ullrich, M. Calderon +19
There are compelling physics questions to be addressed by a new comprehensive detector at a future, high-luminosity RHIC II collider. These form the basis for this Expression of In…
K*0 production in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at \sqrt{s_NN} = 62.4 GeV and 200 GeV
M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, A. V. Alakhverdyants +383
We report on K*0 production at mid-rapidity in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 62.4 and 200 GeV collected by the Solenoid Tracker at RHIC (STAR) detector. The K*0 is…
Upsilon cross section in p+p collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV
STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev, M. M. Aggarwal +381
We report on a measurement of the Upsilon(1S+2S+3S) -> e+e- cross section at midrapidity in p+p collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV. We find the cross section to be 114 +/- 38 (stat.) +2…
A Pixel Detector for Level-1 Triggering at SLHC
J. Jones, G. Hall, C. Foudas +1
We report on preliminary design studies of a pixel detector for CMS at the Super-LHC. The goal of these studies was to investigate the possibility of designing an inner tracker pix…
Pion femtoscopy in p+p collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV
M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, A. V. Alakhverdyants +380
The STAR Collaboration at RHIC has measured two-pion correlation functions from p+p collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV. Spatial scales are extracted via a femtoscopic analysis of the co…
Studies of di-jet survival and surface emission bias in Au+Au collisions via angular correlations with respect to back-to-back leading hadrons
H. Agakishiev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed +373
We report first results from an analysis based on a new multi-hadron correlation technique, exploring jet-medium interactions and di-jet surface emission bias at RHIC. Pairs of bac…
Lessons learned while developing the Serenity-S1 ATCA card
T. Mehner, L. E. Ardila-Perez, M. Balzer +17
The Serenity-S1 is a Xilinx Virtex Ultrascale+ based Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) processing blade that has been optimised for production. It incorpora…
Construction and commissioning of CMS CE prototype silicon modules
B. Acar, G. Adamov, C. Adloff +327
As part of its HL-LHC upgrade program, the CMS Collaboration is developing a High Granularity Calorimeter (CE) to replace the existing endcap calorimeters. The CE is a sampling cal…
The UA9 experimental layout
W. Scandale, G. Arduini, R. Assmann +58
The UA9 experimental equipment was installed in the CERN-SPS in March '09 with the aim of investigating crystal assisted collimation in coasting mode. Its basic layout comprises si…
An Experimental Exploration of the QCD Phase Diagram: The Search for the Critical Point and the Onset of De-confinement
STAR Collaboration, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed +380
The QCD phase diagram lies at the heart of what the RHIC Physics Program is all about. While RHIC has been operating very successfully at or close to its maximum energy for almost…
Azimuthal di-hadron correlations in d+Au and Au+Au collisions at GeV from STAR
STAR Collaboration, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed +384
Yields, correlation shapes, and mean transverse momenta \pt{} of charged particles associated with intermediate to high-\pt{} trigger particles ($2.5 < \pt < 10$ \GeVc) in d+Au and…
Higher Moments of Net-proton Multiplicity Distributions at RHIC
M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, A. V. Alakhverdyants +380
We report the first measurements of the kurtosis (κ), skewness (S) and variance (Ï^2) of net-proton multiplicity (N_p - N_pbar) distributions at midrapidity for Au+Au collisions…
Strange baryon resonance production in GeV and collisions
The STAR collaboration, B. I. Abelev, M. M. Aggarwal +375
We report the measurements of and production in and collisions at GeV from the STAR collaboration. The yields and the $p_{…
Performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter prototype to charged pion beams of 20300 GeV/c
B. Acar, G. Adamov, C. Adloff +454
The upgrade of the CMS experiment for the high luminosity operation of the LHC comprises the replacement of the current endcap calorimeter by a high granularity sampling calorimete…
Measurements of Dihadron Correlations Relative to the Event Plane in Au+Au Collisions at GeV
H. Agakishiev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed +366
Dihadron azimuthal correlations containing a high transverse momentum () trigger particle are sensitive to the properties of the nuclear medium created at RHIC through the str…
Observation of the rare decay from the combined analysis of CMS and LHCb data
The CMS, LHCb Collaborations, : +2807
A joint measurement is presented of the branching fractions and in proton-proton collisions at the LHC by the CMS and LHCb experiments. The data…
Run 2 Upgrades to the CMS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger
B. Kreis, J. Berryhill, R. Cavanaugh +61
The CMS Level-1 calorimeter trigger is being upgraded in two stages to maintain performance as the LHC increases pile-up and instantaneous luminosity in its second run. In the firs…
Response of a CMS HGCAL silicon-pad electromagnetic calorimeter prototype to 20-300 GeV positrons
B. Acar, G. Adamov, C. Adloff +385
The Compact Muon Solenoid Collaboration is designing a new high-granularity endcap calorimeter, HGCAL, to be installed later this decade. As part of this development work, a protot…
Strangeness Enhancement in Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV
STAR Collaboration, H. Agakishiev, M. M. Aggarwal +369
We report new STAR measurements of mid-rapidity yields for the , , , , , , particles in Cu+Cu collisions at \sNN{200…
A Study for a Tracking Trigger at First Level for CMS at SLHC
C. Foudas, A. Rose, J. Jones +1
It is expected that the LHC accelerator and experiments will undergo a luminosity upgrade which will commence after several years of running. This part of the LHC operations is ref…
Beam-Energy and System-Size Dependence of Dynamical Net Charge Fluctuations
B. I. Abelev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed +360
We present measurements of net charge fluctuations in collisions at 19.6, 62.4, 130, and 200 GeV, collisions at 62.4, 200…