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nucl-ex2015★ 20 cited

Scaling properties of fractional momentum loss of high-pT hadrons in nucleus-nucleus collisions at from 62.4 GeV to 2.76 TeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +627

Measurements of the fractional momentum loss () of high-transverse-momentum-identified hadrons in heavy ion collisions are presented. Using in Au$…

nucl-ex2015★ 105 cited

Transverse energy production and charged-particle multiplicity at midrapidity in various systems from to 200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +702

Measurements of midrapidity charged particle multiplicity distributions, , and midrapidity transverse-energy distributions, , are presented for a variety o…

nucl-ex2015★ 170 cited

Measurements of elliptic and triangular flow in high-multiplicity HeAu collisions at GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +627

We present the first measurement of elliptic () and triangular () flow in high-multiplicity HeAu collisions at GeV. Two-particle correlati…

nucl-ex2015★ 84 cited

Measurement of higher cumulants of net-charge multiplicity distributions in AuAu collisions at GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +509

We report the measurement of cumulants () of the net-charge distributions measured within pseudorapidity () in AuAu collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}=7.…

nucl-ex2015★ 32 cited

Systematic study of charged-pion and kaon femtoscopy in AuAu collisions at =200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +496

We present a systematic study of charged pion and kaon interferometry in AuAu collisions at =200 GeV. The kaon mean source radii are found to be larger than pi…

nucl-ex2015★ 64 cited

An Upgrade Proposal from the PHENIX Collaboration

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +473

In this document the PHENIX collaboration proposes a major upgrade to the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. This upgrade, sPHENIX, enables an extremely rich j…

nucl-ex2014★ 61 cited

Measurement of (1S+2S+3S) production in and AuAu collisions at GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +503

Measurements of bottomonium production in heavy ion and collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) are presented. The inclusive yield of the three state…

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★ 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-ex2012★ 56 cited

Medium modification of jet fragmentation in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV measured in direct photon-hadron correlations

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +559

The jet fragmentation function is measured with direct photon-hadron correlations in p+p and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV. The p_T of the photon is an excellent approxima…

nucl-ex2012★ 36 cited

Inclusive cross section and single-transverse-spin asymmetry for very forward neutron production in polarized p+p collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +379

The energy dependence of the single-transverse-spin asymmetry, A_N, and the cross section for neutron production at very forward angles were measured in the PHENIX experiment at RH…

nucl-ex2012★ 149 cited

Neutral pion production with respect to centrality and reaction plane in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +380

The PHENIX experiment has measured the production of neutral pions in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV. The new data offer a fourfold increase in recorded luminosity, providi…

nucl-ex2012★ 82 cited

Transverse-Momentum Dependence of the J/psi Nuclear Modification in d+Au Collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +379

We present measured J/psi production rates in d+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV over a broad range of transverse momentum (p_T=0-14 GeV/c) and rapidity (-2.2<y<2.2). We const…

nucl-ex2012★ 79 cited

Deviation from quark-number scaling of the anisotropy parameter v_2 of pions, kaons, and protons in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV

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

Measurements of the anisotropy parameter v_2 of identified hadrons (pions, kaons, and protons) as a function of centrality, transverse momentum p_T, and transverse kinetic energy K…

nucl-ex2011★ 222 cited

J/psi suppression at forward rapidity in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV

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

Heavy quarkonia are observed to be suppressed in relativistic heavy ion collisions relative to their production in p+p collisions scaled by the number of binary collisions. In orde…

nucl-ex2010★ 11 cited

Suppression of away-side jet fragments with respect to the reaction plane in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +424

Pair correlations between large transverse momentum neutral pion triggers (p_T=4--7 GeV/c) and charged hadron partners (p_T=3--7 GeV/c) in central (0--20%) and midcentral (20--60%)…

nucl-ex2010★ 112 cited

Cold Nuclear Matter Effects on J/psi Yields as a Function of Rapidity and Nuclear Geometry in Deuteron-Gold Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +445

We present measurements of J/psi yields in d+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV recorded by the PHENIX experiment and compare with yields in p+p collisions at the same energy pe…

nucl-ex2010★ 39 cited

Transverse momentum dependence of eta meson suppression in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV

A. Adare, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala +424

New measurements by the PHENIX experiment at RHIC for eta production at midrapidity as a function of transverse momentum (p_T) and collision centrality in sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV Au+A…

nucl-ex2010★ 110 cited

Nuclear modification factors of phi mesons in d+Au, Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(S_NN)=200 GeV

PHENIX Collaboration, A. Adare, S. Afanasiev +529

The PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) has performed systematic measurements of phi meson production in the K+K- decay channel at midrapidity in p+p, d…

nucl-ex2009★ 136 cited

Photoproduction of J/psi and of high mass e+e- in ultra-peripheral Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV

PHENIX Collaboration, A. Afanasiev

We present the first measurement of photoproduction of J/psi and of two-photon production of high-mass e+e- pairs in electromagnetic (or ultra-peripheral) nucleus-nucleus interacti…

nucl-ex2008★ 401 cited

Enhanced production of direct photons in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV and implications for the initial temperature

The PHENIX Collaboration, A. Adare

The production of low mass e+e- pairs for m_{e+e-} < 300 MeV/c^2 and 1 < p_T <5 GeV/c is measured in p+p and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV. Enhanced yield above hadronic s…

nucl-ex2008★ 319 cited

Suppression pattern of neutral pions at high transverse momentum in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV and constraints on medium transport coefficients

PHENIX Collaboration, A. Adare

For Au + Au collisions at 200 GeV we measure neutral pion production with good statistics for transverse momentum, p_T, up to 20 GeV/c. A fivefold suppression is found, which is es…

nucl-ex2008★ 130 cited

J/psi Production in sqrt (s_NN)= 200 GeV Cu+Cu Collisions

PHENIX Collaboration, A. Adare

Yields for J/psi production in Cu+Cu collisions at sqrt (s_NN)= 200 GeV have been measured by the PHENIX experiment over the rapidity range |y| < 2.2 at transverse momenta from 0 t…

nucl-ex2007★ 44 cited

Source breakup dynamics in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV via three-dimensional two-pion source imaging

PHENIX Collaboration, S. Afanasiev

A three-dimensional (3D) correlation function obtained from mid-rapidity, low pT pion pairs in central Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV is studied. The extracted model-indepe…