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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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53 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★ 1 cited

Measurement of away-side broadening with self-subtraction of flow in Au+Au collisions at GeV

STAR Collaboration

High transverse momentum () particle production is suppressed due to parton (jet) energy loss in the hot dense medium created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Redistribut…

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★ 36 cited

Azimuthal anisotropy in Cu+Au collisions at = 200 GeV

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. R. Adams +345

The azimuthal anisotropic flow of identified and unidentified charged particles has been systematically studied in Cu+Au collisions at = 200 GeV for harmonics $n…

hep-ex2017★ 29 cited

Transverse spin-dependent azimuthal correlations of charged pion pairs measured in p+p collisions at = 500 GeV

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. R. Adams +344

The transversity distribution, which describes transversely polarized quarks in transversely polarized nucleons, is a fundamental component of the spin structure of the nucleon, an…

nucl-ex2017★ 69 cited

Measurement of hyper triton lifetime in Au + Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider

The STAR Collaboration

A precise measurement of the hypertriton lifetime is presented. In this letter, the mesonic decay modes and $\mathrm{{^3_Λ}H \rightarrow d…

nucl-ex2017★ 132 cited

Collision Energy Dependence of Moments of Net-Kaon Multiplicity Distributions at RHIC

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. R. Adams +343

Fluctuations of conserved quantities such as baryon number, charge, and strangeness are sensitive to the correlation length of the hot and dense matter created in relativistic heav…

nucl-ex2017★ 633 cited

Bulk Properties of the Medium Produced in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions from the Beam Energy Scan Program

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins +340

We present measurements of bulk properties of the matter produced in Au+Au collisions at 7.7, 11.5, 19.6, 27, and 39 GeV using identified hadrons (, …

nucl-ex2014★ 12 cited

Dielectron Azimuthal Anisotropy at mid-rapidity in Au+Au collisions at GeV

STAR Collaboration

We report on the first measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy () of dielectrons ( pairs) at mid-rapidity from GeV Au+Au collisions with t…

nucl-ex2014★ 317 cited

Beam energy dependence of moments of the net-charge multiplicity distributions in Au+Au collisions at RHIC

STAR Collaboration

We report the first measurements of the moments -- mean (), variance (), skewness () and kurtosis () -- of the net-charge multiplicity distributions at mid-rapidity…

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★ 105 cited

Measurement of Charge Multiplicity Asymmetry Correlations in High Energy Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions at 200 GeV

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins +360

A study is reported of the same- and opposite-sign charge-dependent azimuthal correlations with respect to the event plane in Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV. The charge multiplicity a…

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★ 57 cited

Measurement of J/{psi} Azimuthal Anisotropy in Au+Au Collisions at {sqrt{s_{NN}}} = 200 GeV

STAR Collaboration

The measurement of J/{psi} azimuthal anisotropy is presented as a function of transverse momentum for different centralities in Au+Au collisions at {sqrt{s_{NN}}} = 200 GeV. The me…

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-ex2012★ 142 cited

Measurements of and Production in + Collisions at = 200 GeV

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, G. Agakishiev +368

We report measurements of charmed-hadron (, ) production cross sections at mid-rapidity in + collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 200 GeV by the STAR expe…

nucl-ex2011★ 51 cited

Energy and system-size dependence of two- and four-particle measurements in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and their implications on flow fluctuations and nonflow

The STAR Collaboration, G. Agakishiev, M. M. Aggarwal +344

We present STAR measurements of azimuthal anisotropy by means of the two- and four-particle cumulants ( and ) for Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at center of…

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★ 29 cited

Directed and elliptic flow of charged particles in Cu+Cu collisions at 22.4 GeV

G. Agakishiev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed +366

This paper reports results for directed flow and elliptic flow of charged particles in Cu+Cu collisions at 22.4 GeV at the Relativistic Heavy Ion C…

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-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…

hep-ex2009★ 29 cited

Longitudinal Spin Transfer to and Hyperons in Polarized Proton-Proton Collisions at = 200 GeV

The STAR Collaboration, B. I. Abelev

The longitudinal spin transfer, , from high energy polarized protons to and hyperons has been measured for the first time in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{…