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nucl-ex2013★ 81 cited

Transverse-energy distributions at midrapidity in , Au, and AuAu collisions at --200~GeV and implications for particle-production models

S. S. Adler, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +388

Measurements of the midrapidity transverse energy distribution, $d\Et/dη$, are presented for , Au, and AuAu collisions at GeV and additiona…

nucl-ex2013★ 97 cited

Event activity dependence of Y(nS) production in sqrt(s[NN]) = 5.02 TeV pPb and sqrt(s) = 2.76 TeV pp collisions

CMS Collaboration

The production of Y(1S), Y(2S), and Y(3S) is investigated in pPb and pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies per nucleon pair of 5.02 TeV and 2.76 TeV, respectively. The datasets…

nucl-ex2013★ 107 cited

Evidence of b-jet quenching in PbPb collisions at sqrt(s[NN]) = 2.76 TeV

CMS Collaboration

The production of jets associated to bottom quarks is measured for the first time in PbPb collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 2.76 TeV per nucleon pair. Jet spectra are report…

nucl-ex2013★ 126 cited

Studies of azimuthal dihadron correlations in ultra-central PbPb collisions at sqrt(s[NN]) = 2.76 TeV

CMS Collaboration

Azimuthal dihadron correlations of charged particles have been measured in PbPb collisions at sqrt(s[NN]) = 2.76 TeV by the CMS collaboration, using data from the 2011 LHC heavy-io…

nucl-ex2013

Influence of the ab-initio nd cross sections in the critical heavy-water benchmarks

B. Morillon, R. Lazauskas, J. Carbonell

The n-d elastic and breakup cross sections are computed by solving the three-body Faddeev equations for realistic and semi-realistic Nucleon-Nucleon potentials. These cross section…

nucl-ex2013★ 16 cited

Heavy-flavor electron-muon correlations in and +Au collisions at = 200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +446

We report pair yield from charm decay measured between midrapidity electrons ( and GeV/) and forward rapidity muons ( and …

nucl-ex2013★ 22 cited

System-size dependence of open-heavy-flavor production in nucleus-nucleus collisions at =200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +377

The PHENIX Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has measured open heavy flavor production in CuCu collisions at =200 GeV through the measuremen…

nucl-ex2013★ 74 cited

Scissors resonance in the quasi-continuum of Th, Pa and U isotopes

M. Guttormsen, L. A. Bernstein, A. Görgen +16

The gamma-ray strength function in the quasi-continuum has been measured for 231-233Th, 232,233Pa and 237-239U using the Oslo method. All eight nuclei show a pronounced increase in…

nucl-ex2013★ 98 cited

Centrality categorization for R_{p(d)+A} in high-energy collisions

A. Adare, C. Aidala, N. N. Ajitanand +374

High-energy proton- and deuteron-nucleus collisions provide an excellent tool for studying a wide array of physics effects, including modifications of parton distribution functions…

nucl-ex2013★ 60 cited

Cold-nuclear-matter effects on heavy-quark production at forward and backward rapidity in d+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV

A. Adare, C. Aidala, N. N. Ajitanand +421

The PHENIX experiment has measured open heavy-flavor production via semileptonic decay muons over the transverse momentum range 1 < pT < 6 GeV/c at forward and backward rapidity (1…

nucl-ex2013★ 169 cited

Measurement of higher-order harmonic azimuthal anisotropy in PbPb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 2.76 TeV

CMS Collaboration

Measurements are presented by the CMS Collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of the higher-order harmonic coefficients that describe the azimuthal anisotropy of charged p…

nucl-ex2013★ 63 cited

High-resolution measurement of the time-modulated orbital electron capture and of the decay of hydrogen-like Pm ions

Decays Collaboration, P. Kienle, F. Bosch +45

The periodic time modulations, found recently in the two-body orbital electron-capture (EC) decay of both, hydrogen-like Pr and Pm ions, with period…

nucl-ex2013★ 26 cited

Azimuthal anisotropy of pi^0 and eta mesons in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +381

The azimuthal anisotropy coefficients v_2 and v_4 of pi^0 and eta mesons are measured in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV, as a function of transverse momentum p_T (1-14 GeV/…

nucl-ex2013★ 41 cited

Structure of unbound neutron-rich He studied using single-neutron transfer

T. Al Kalanee, J. Gibelin, P. Roussel-Chomaz +23

The 8He(d,p) reaction was studied in inverse kinematics at 15.4A MeV using the MUST2 Si-CsI array in order to shed light on the level structure of 9He. The well known 16O(d,p)17O r…

nucl-ex2013★ 64 cited

Constant-temperature level densities in the quasi-continuum of Th and U isotopes

M. Guttormsen, B. Jurado, J. N. Wilson +16

Particle-gamma coincidences have been measured to obtain gamma-ray spectra as a function of excitation energy for 231-233Th and 237-239U. The level densities, which were extracted…

nucl-ex2013★ 73 cited

Double di ffential fragmentation cross sections measurements of 95 MeV/u 12C on thin targets for hadrontherapy

J. Dudouet, D. Juliani, J. C. Ang elique +12

During therapeutic treatment with heavy ions like carbon, the beam undergoes nuclear fragmentation and secondary light charged particles, in particular protons and alpha particles,…

nucl-ex2013★ 107 cited

Nuclear modification of psi^prime, chi_c and J/psi production in d+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV

A. Adare, C. Aidala, N. N. Ajitanand +373

We present results for three charmonia states (psi^prime, chi_c and J/psi) in d+Au collisions at |y|<0.35 and sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV. We find that the modification of the psi^prime yie…

nucl-ex2013★ 64 cited

Intermediate-energy Coulomb excitation of 104Sn: Moderate E2 strength decrease approaching 100Sn

P. Doornenbal, S. Takeuchi, N. Aoi +25

The reduced transition probability B(E2) of the first excited 2+ state in the nucleus 104Sn was measured via Coulomb excitation in inverse kinematics at intermediate energies. A va…

nucl-ex2013★ 491 cited

Multiplicity and transverse-momentum dependence of two- and four-particle correlations in pPb and PbPb collisions

CMS Collaboration

Measurements of two- and four-particle angular correlations for charged particles emitted in pPb collisions are presented over a wide range in pseudorapidity and full azimuth. The…

nucl-ex2013★ 148 cited

Spectra and ratios of identified particles in Au+Au and d+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +413

The transverse momentum (p_T) spectra and ratios of identified charged hadrons (π^+/-, K^+/-, p, p^bar) produced in sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV Au+Au and d+Au collisions are reported in fiv…

nucl-ex2013★ 57 cited

Neutron capture cross section of unstable 63Ni: implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

C. Lederer, C. Massimi, S. Altstadt +102

The Ni() cross section has been measured for the first time at the neutron time-of-flight facility n\_TOF at CERN from thermal neutron energies up to 200 keV. In total…

nucl-ex2013★ 300 cited

Quadrupole Anisotropy in Dihadron Azimuthal Correlations in Central Au Collisions at =200 GeV

A. Adare, C. Aidala, N. N. Ajitanand +373

The PHENIX collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) reports measurements of azimuthal dihadron correlations near midrapidity in Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{…

nucl-ex2013★ 8 cited

Transverse Polarization of in Photoproduction on a Hydrogen Target in CLAS

C. S. Nepali, M. Amaryan, K. P. Adhikari +143

Experimental results on the hyperon transverse polarization in photoproduction on a hydrogen target using the CLAS detector at Jefferson laboratory are presented. The $…

nucl-ex2013★ 139 cited

Measurement of the Sigma pi photoproduction line shapes near the Lambda(1405)

Kei Moriya, Reinhard Schumacher

The reaction gamma + p -> K+ + Sigma + pi was used to determine the invariant mass distributions or "line shapes" of the Sigma+ pi-, Sigma- pi+ and Sigma0 pi0 final states, from th…