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most citedExperimental and Theoretical Challenges in the Search for the Quark Gluon Plasma: The STAR Collaboration's Critical Assessment of the Evidence from RHIC Collisions

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nucl-ex2014★ 27 cited

Event-plane dependent dihadron correlations with harmonic subtraction in Au+Au Collisions at GeV

STAR Collaboration

STAR measurements of dihadron azimuthal correlations () are reported in mid-central (20-60\%) Au+Au collisions at GeV as a function of the trigger pa…

nucl-ex2011★ 90 cited

Evolution of the differential transverse momentum correlation function with centrality in Au+Au collisions at GeV

STAR Collaboration

We present first measurements of the evolution of the differential transverse momentum correlation function, {\it C}, with collision centrality in Au+Au interactions at $\sqrt{s_{N…

nucl-ex2011★ 195 cited

Observation of the antimatter helium-4 nucleus

STAR Collaboration

High-energy nuclear collisions create an energy density similar to that of the universe microseconds after the Big Bang, and in both cases, matter and antimatter are formed with co…

nucl-ex2011★ 16 cited

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…

nucl-ex2011★ 51 cited

High non-photonic electron production in + collisions at = 200 GeV

STAR Collaboration, H. Agakishiev

We present the measurement of non-photonic electron production at high transverse momentum ( 2.5 GeV/) in + collisions at = 200 GeV using data recorde…

nucl-ex2010★ 116 cited

Strange and Multi-strange Particle Production in Au+Au Collisions at = 62.4 GeV

The STAR Collaboration, M. M. Aggarwal

We present results on strange and multi-strange particle production in Au+Au collisions at GeV as measured with the STAR detector at RHIC. Mid-rapidity transve…

nucl-ex2010★ 352 cited

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 (σ^2) of net-proton multiplicity (N_p - N_pbar) distributions at midrapidity for Au+Au collisions at…

nucl-ex2010★ 25 cited

Longitudinal scaling property of the charge balance function in Au + Au collisions at 200 GeV

STAR Collaboration

We present measurements of the charge balance function, from the charged particles, for diverse pseudorapidity and transverse momentum ranges in Au + Au collisions at 200 GeV using…

nucl-ex2009★ 65 cited

Studying Parton Energy Loss in Heavy-Ion Collisions via Direct-Photon and Charged-Particle Azimuthal Correlations

The STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

Charged-particle spectra associated with direct photon () and are measured in + and Au+Au collisions at center-of-mass energy GeV with…

nucl-ex2009

Observation of pi^+pi^-pi^+pi^- Photoproduction in Ultra-Peripheral Heavy Ion Collisions at sqrt{s_NN} = 200 GeV at the STAR Detector

STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

We present a measurement of pi^+pi^-pi^+pi^- photonuclear production in ultra-peripheral Au-Au collisions at sqrt(s_{NN}) = 200 GeV from the STAR experiment. The pi^+pi^-pi^+pi^- f…

nucl-ex2009★ 20 cited

Identified high- spectra in Cu+Cu collisions at =200 GeV

STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

We report new results on identified (anti)proton and charged pion spectra at large transverse momenta (3<<10 GeV/c) from Cu+Cu collisions at =200 GeV using th…

nucl-ex2009★ 264 cited

Identified particle production, azimuthal anisotropy, and interferometry measurements in Au+Au collisions at = 9.2 GeV

STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

We present the first measurements of identified hadron production, azimuthal anisotropy, and pion interferometry from Au+Au collisions below the nominal injection energy at the Rel…

nucl-ex2009★ 524 cited

Azimuthal Charged-Particle Correlations and Possible Local Strong Parity Violation

The STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

Parity-odd domains, corresponding to non-trivial topological solutions of the QCD vacuum, might be created during relativistic heavy ion collisions. These domains are predicted to…

nucl-ex2009★ 351 cited

Observation of charge-dependent azimuthal correlations and possible local strong parity violation in heavy ion collisions

STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

Parity-odd domains, corresponding to non-trivial topological solutions of the QCD vacuum, might be created during relativistic heavy-ion collisions. These domains are predicted to…

nucl-ex2009★ 312 cited

Long range rapidity correlations and jet production in high energy nuclear collisions

The STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

The STAR Collaboration at RHIC presents a systematic study of high transverse momentum charged di-hadron correlations at small azimuthal pair separation \dphino, in d+Au and centra…

nucl-ex2009★ 31 cited

Neutral Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at = 200 GeV

STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

The results of mid-rapidity () neutral pion spectra over an extended transverse momentum range ( GeV/) in = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions,…

nucl-ex2009★ 90 cited

Growth of Long Range Forward-Backward Multiplicity Correlations with Centrality in Au+Au Collisions at = 200 GeV

The STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

Forward-backward multiplicity correlation strengths have been measured with the STAR detector for Au+Au and collisions at = 200 GeV. Strong short and…

nucl-ex2009★ 108 cited

J/psi production at high transverse momentum in p+p and Cu+Cu collisions at \sNN=200GeV

STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

The STAR collaboration at RHIC presents measurements of \Jpsi at mid-rapidity and high transverse momentum ( GeV/) in \pp and central \cucu collisions at \sN…

nucl-ex2008★ 52 cited

Observation of Two-source Interference in the Photoproduction Reaction

B. I. Abelev

In ultra-peripheral relativistic heavy-ion collisions, a photon from the electromagnetic field of one nucleus can fluctuate to a quark-antiquark pair and scatter from the other nuc…

nucl-ex2008★ 96 cited

Energy and system size dependence of ϕmeson production in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions

STAR Collaboration

We study the beam-energy and system-size dependence of ϕmeson production (using the hadronic decay mode ϕ-- K+K-) by comparing the new results from Cu+Cu collisions and previously…

nucl-ex2008★ 144 cited

Measurements of meson production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at RHIC

The STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

We present results for the measurement of meson production via its charged kaon decay channel in Au+Au collisions at , 130, and 200 GeV, an…

nucl-ex2008★ 978 cited

Systematic Measurements of Identified Particle Spectra in pp, d+Au and Au+Au Collisions from STAR

STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

Identified charged particle spectra of , , and $\pbar$ at mid-rapidity () measured by the $\dedx$ method in the STAR-TPC are reported for and d+…

nucl-ex2008★ 55 cited

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…

nucl-ex2008★ 267 cited

Centrality dependence of charged hadron and strange hadron elliptic flow from sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions

STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

We present STAR results on the elliptic flow v_2 of charged hadrons, strange and multi-strange particles from sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC. The detailed study of t…