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most citedThe significance of the fragmentation region in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions

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nucl-ex2025★ 2 cited

Valence proton vacancy of the Si ground state

N. Watwood, C. R. Hoffman, B. P. Kay +22

The Si(He,)P reaction was studied in inverse kinematics at 6.3~MeV/. States in P corresponding to the proton single-particle orbitals were id…

nucl-ex2025★ 3 cited

Quenching of single-particle strength inferred from nucleon-removal transfer reactions on C

Y. C. Jiang, J. Chen, B. P. Kay +24

The difference in the proton and neutron separation energies () of the weakly bound C ground state is -19.86 MeV, an extreme value. Data from intermediate-energy heavy-i…

nucl-ex2024

Evolution of the nuclear spin-orbit splitting explored via the Si(,)Si reaction using SOLARIS

J. Chen, B. P. Kay, C. R. Hoffman +30

The spin-orbit splitting between neutron 1 orbitals at Si has been deduced using the single-neutron-adding (,) reaction in inverse kinematics with a beam of …

nucl-ex2023

Strong evidence for 9N and the limits of existence of atomic nuclei

R. J. Charity, J. Wylie, S. M. Wang +21

The boundaries of the Chart of Nuclides contain exotic isotopes that possess extreme proton-toneutron asymmetries. Here we report on strong evidence of 9N, one of the most exotic p…

nucl-ex2022★ 8 cited

Probing the quadrupole transition strength of 15C via deuteron inelastic scattering

J. Chen, B. P. Kay, T. L. Tang +22

Deuteron elastic scattering from 15C and inelastic scattering reactions to the first excited state of 15C were studied using a radioactive beam of 15C in inverse kinematics. The sc…

nucl-ex2019★ 20 cited

Invariant-mass spectroscopy of O excited states

R. J. Charity, K. W. Brown, J. Okolowicz +15

Excited states in O have been investigated both experimentally and theoretically. Experimentally, these states were produced via neutron-knockout reactions with a fast $^{15…

nucl-ex2019★ 29 cited

Particle decays of levels in N and O investigated with the invariant-mass method

T. B. Webb, R. J. Charity, J. M. Elson +23

Particle-decaying states of the light nuclei N and O were studied using the invariant-mass method. The decay energies and intrinsic widths of a number of states we…

nucl-ex2018★ 32 cited

Invariant-mass spectroscopy of Ne, O, and C excited states formed in neutron transfer reactions

R. J. Charity, K. W. Brown, J. M. Elson +14

Neutron transfer reactions with fast secondary beams of Ne, O, and C have been studied with the HiRA and CAESAR arrays. Excited states of Ne, O, and…

nucl-ex2018★ 48 cited

First observation of unbound O, the mirror of the halo nucleus Li

T. B. Webb, S. M. Wang, K. W. Brown +23

The structure of the extremely proton-rich nucleus O, the mirror of the two-neutron halo nucleus Li, has been studied experimentally for the first t…

nucl-ex2015★ 9 cited

Participant and spectator scaling of spectator fragments in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 19.6 and 22.4 GeV

B. Alver, B. B. Back, M. D. Baker +79

Spectator fragments resulting from relativistic heavy ion collisions, consisting of single protons and neutrons along with groups of stable nuclear fragments up to Nitrogen (Z=7),…

nucl-ex2014★ 58 cited

The observation of long-range three-body Coloumb effects in the decay of 16Ne

K. W Brown, R. J. Charity, L. G. Sobotka +17

The interaction of an =57.6-MeV Ne beam with a Be target was used to populate levels in Ne following neutron knockout reactions. The decay of Ne states in…

nucl-ex2012★ 75 cited

Democratic decay of 6Be exposed by correlations

I. A. Egorova, R. J. Charity, L. V. Grigorenko +20

The interaction of an E/A=70 - MeV 7Be beam with a Be target was used to populate levels in 6Be following neutron knockout reactions. The three-body decay of the ground and first e…

nucl-ex2011★ 71 cited

Investigations of three, four, and five-particle exit channels of levels in light nuclei created using a 9C beam

R. J. Charity, J. M. Elson, J. Manfredi +18

The interactions of a E/A=70-MeV 9C beam with a Be target was used to populate levels in Be, B, and C isotopes which undergo decay into many-particle exit channels. The decay produ…

nucl-ex2011★ 38 cited

Fusion reactions with the one-neutron halo nucleus 15C

M. Alcorta, K. E. Rehm, B. B. Back +15

The structure of 15C, with an s1/2 neutron weakly bound to a closed-neutron shell nucleus 14C, makes it a prime candidate for a one-neutron halo nucleus. We have for the first time…

nucl-ex2010★ 276 cited

Phobos results on charged particle multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions in Au+Au, Cu+Cu, d+Au, and p+p collisions at ultra-relativistic energies

B. Alver, B. B. Back, M. D. Baker +76

Pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles emitted in , , , and collisions over a wide energy range have been measured using the PHOBOS detector at…

nucl-ex2008★ 70 cited

Three-body decay of Be

L. V. Grigorenko, T. D. Wiser, K. Mercurio +10

Three-body correlations for the ground-state decay of the lightest two-proton emitter Be are studied both theoretically and experimentally. Theoretical studies are performed…

nucl-ex2006★ 8 cited

Vertex Reconstruction Using a Single Layer Silicon Detector

E. Garcia, R. S. Hollis, A. Olszewski +6

Typical vertex finding algorithms use reconstructed tracks, registered in a multi-layer detector, which directly point to the common point of origin. A detector with a single layer…

nucl-ex2005★ 73 cited

Energy dependence of directed flow over a wide range of pseudorapidity in Au+Au collisions at RHIC

B. B. Back

We report on measurements of directed flow as a function of pseudorapidity in Au+Au collisions at energies of 19.6, 62.4, 130 and 200 GeV as measured by the PH…

nucl-ex2005★ 92 cited

System size, energy and pseudorapidity dependence of directed and elliptic flow at RHIC

S. Manly

PHOBOS measurements of elliptic flow are presented as a function of pseudorapidity, centrality, transverse momentum, energy and nuclear species. The elliptic flow in Cu-Cu is surpr…

nucl-ex2005★ 16 cited

Analysis of Dynamic Multiplicity Fluctuations at PHOBOS

Zhengwei Chai

This paper presents the analysis of the dynamic fluctuations in the inclusive charged particle multiplicity measured by PHOBOS for Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200$GeV within the…

nucl-ex2004★ 3 cited

Elliptic Flow in Au+Au Collisions at RHIC

Carla M. Vale

Elliptic flow is an interesting probe of the dynamical evolution of the dense system formed in the ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RH…

nucl-ex2004★ 211 cited

Centrality and pseudorapidity dependence of elliptic flow for charged hadrons in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 200 GeV

Phobos Collaboration

This paper describes the measurement of elliptic flow for charged particles in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(sNN)=200 GeV using the PHOBOS detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collide…

nucl-ex2004

Bulk Observables in pp, dA and AA Collisions at RHIC

David J. Hofman

Results on charged particle production in p+p, d+Au and Au+Au collisions at RHIC energies (sqrt(s_NN) = 19.6 to 200 GeV) are presented. The data exhibit remarkable, and simple, sca…

nucl-ex2004

Collective Flow with PHOBOS

Steven Manly

This paper reviews recent results on directed and elliptic flow from the PHOBOS experiment using data taken during Au+Au runs at RHIC. The systematic dependence of flow on pseudora…