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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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29 papers

hep-ex2023

Measurement of transverse single-spin asymmetries for dijet production in polarized proton-proton collisions at = 200

STAR Collaboration

We report a new measurement of transverse single-spin asymmetries for dijet production in collisions of polarized protons at = 200 . Correlations between t…

nucl-ex2019★ 96 cited

First observation of the directed flow of and in Au+Au collisions at = 200~GeV

STAR Collaboration, J. Adam, L. Adamczyk +342

We report the first measurement of rapidity-odd directed flow () for and mesons at mid-rapidity () in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm…

nucl-ex2017★ 102 cited

Measurements of jet quenching with semi-inclusive hadron+jet distributions in Au+Au collisions at = 200 GeV

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins +341

The STAR Collaboration reports the measurement of semi-inclusive distributions of charged-particle jets recoiling from a high transverse momentum hadron trigger, in central and per…

hep-ex2016★ 55 cited

Energy dependence of production in Au+Au collisions at 39, 62.4 and 200 GeV

L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins, G. Agakishiev +329

The inclusive transverse momentum () spectra and nuclear modification factors are reported at midrapidity () in Au+Au collisions at 39, 62.4…

nucl-ex2013★ 13 cited

polarization in p+p collisions at = 200 GeV in STAR

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins +353

We report on a polarization measurement of inclusive mesons in the di-electron decay channel at mid-rapidity at 2 6 GeV/ in collisions at = 200…

nucl-ex2013★ 176 cited

Elliptic flow of identified hadrons in Au+Au collisions at 7.7--62.4 GeV

L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins, G. Agakishiev +362

Measurements of the elliptic flow, , of identified hadrons (, , , , , , , , , , , )…

nucl-ex2012★ 103 cited

J/ production at high transverse momenta in p+p and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_{NN}) = 200 GeV

STAR Collaboration

We report spectra for transverse momenta > 5 GeV/ at mid-rapidity in p+p and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_{NN}) = 200 GeV.The inclusive spectrum and the extracted…

nucl-ex2011★ 39 cited

Directed Flow of Identified Particles in Au + Au Collisions at $\sqrtsNN = 200$ GeV at RHIC

the STAR Collaboration

STAR's measurements of directed flow () around midrapidity for , K, K, and in Au + Au collisions at $\sqrtsNN = 200$ GeV are presented. A…

nucl-ex2011★ 32 cited

System size and energy dependence of near-side di-hadron correlations

STAR Collaboration, G. Agakishiev, M. M. Aggarwal +353

Two-particle azimuthal () and pseudorapidity () correlations using a trigger particle with large transverse momentum () in +Au, Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt…

nucl-ex2011★ 36 cited

Photoproduction in AuAu Collisions at =62.4 GeV with STAR

G. Agakishiev

Vector mesons may be photoproduced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions when a virtual photon emitted by one nucleus scatters from the other nucleus, emerging as a vector meson. Th…

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…

hep-ex2009★ 49 cited

Inclusive pi^0, eta, and direct photon production at high transverse momentum in p+p and d+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV

The STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

We report a measurement of high-p_T inclusive pi^0, eta, and direct photon production in p+p and d+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV at midrapidity (0 < eta < 1). Photons from…

hep-ex2009★ 50 cited

Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry and cross section for inclusive neutral pion production at midrapidity in polarized proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV

The STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

We report a measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry A_LL and the differential cross section for inclusive Pi0 production at midrapidity in polarized proton collisions…

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★ 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-ex2006★ 437 cited

Erratum: Transverse momentum and centrality dependence of high-\pt\ non-photonic electron suppression in Au+Au collisions at \sqrtsNN\ = 200 GeV

B. I. Abelev

The STAR collaboration at RHIC reports measurements of the inclusive yield of non-photonic electrons, which arise dominantly from semi-leptonic decays of heavy flavor mesons, over…

nucl-ex2005★ 3.4k cited

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

STAR Collaboration, J. Adams

We review the most important experimental results from the first three years of nucleus-nucleus collision studies at RHIC, with emphasis on results from the STAR experiment, and we…

nucl-ex2004★ 140 cited

Azimuthal anisotropy and correlations at large transverse momenta in and Au+Au collisions at = 200 GeV

STAR Collaboration

Results on high transverse momentum charged particle emission with respect to the reaction plane are presented for Au+Au collisions at = 200 GeV. Two- and four-pa…

nucl-ex2004★ 32 cited

Hadronization geometry from net-charge angular correlations on momentum subspace () in Au-Au collisions at GeV

STAR Collaboration, J. Adams

We present the first measurements of charge-dependent correlations on angular difference variables (pseudorapidity) and (azimuth) for primary charged hadron…

nucl-ex2004★ 10 cited

Centrality and pseudorapidity dependence of charged hadron production at intermediate p_T in Au + Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 130 GeV

STAR Collaboration

We present STAR measurements of charged hadron production as a function of centrality in Au + Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 130 GeV. The measurements cover a phase space region of…

nucl-ex2004★ 108 cited

Production of Pairs Accompanied by Nuclear Dissociation in Ultra-Peripheral Heavy Ion Collision

J. Adams

We present the first data on pair production accompanied by nuclear breakup in ultra-peripheral gold-gold collisions at a center of mass energy of 200 GeV per nucleon pair…

nucl-ex2004★ 19 cited

Photon and neutral pion production in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_{NN}) = 130 GeV

STAR Collaboration

We report the first inclusive photon measurements about mid-rapidity (|y|<0.5) from Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_{NN}) = 130 GeV at RHIC. Photon pair conversions were reconstructed f…