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most citedEnergy Dependence of Moments of Net-proton Multiplicity Distributions at RHIC

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physics.class-ph2025

Driven damped harmonic oscillator revisited: energy resonance

Karlo Lelas, Nikola Poljak

We derive the exact expression for the resonant frequency of the time-averaged steady-state energy and show that this frequency is excellently approximated by the arithmetic mean o…

nucl-ex2023★ 11 cited

Production of pions, kaons, and protons as a function of the relative transverse activity classifier in pp collisions at TeV

ALICE Collaboration

The production of , , and p is measured in pp collisions at TeV in different topological regions. Particle transverse momentum…

physics.class-ph2023★ 1 cited

Damped harmonic oscillator revisited: the fastest route to equilibrium

Karlo Lelas, Nikola Poljak, Dario Jukić

Theoretically, solutions of the damped harmonic oscillator asymptotically approach equilibrium, i.e., the zero energy state, without ever reaching it exactly, and the critically da…

physics.comp-ph2021★ 1 cited

Introduction and analysis of a method for the investigation of QCD-like tree data

Marko Jercic, Ivan Jercic, Nikola Poljak

The properties of decays that take place during jet formation cannot be easily deduced from the final distribution of particles in a detector. In this work, we first simulate a sys…

physics.comp-ph2020

Exploring the Possibility of a Recovery of Physics Process Properties from a Neural Network Model

Marko Jercic, Nikola Poljak

The application of machine learning methods to particle physics often doesn't provide enough understanding of the underlying physics. An interpretable model which provides a way to…

nucl-ex2020★ 12 cited

Measurement of isolated photon-hadron correlations in = 5.02 TeV pp and p-Pb collisions

ALICE Collaboration

This paper presents isolated photon-hadron correlations using pp and p-Pb data collected by the ALICE detector at the LHC. For photons with || < 0.67 and 12 < < 40…

nucl-ex2019★ 26 cited

Measurement of the production of charm jets tagged with D mesons in pp collisions at = 7 TeV

ALICE Collaboration

The production of charm jets in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of TeV was measured with the ALICE detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The…

physics.ins-det2019★ 7 cited

Studies of the delayed discharge propagation in the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM)

A. Utrobicic, M. Kovacic, F. Erhardt +3

This paper presents an investigation of the discharge propagation (DP) to the readout electrode that occurs with a microsecond time delay after a primary discharge that develops in…

physics.ed-ph2018★ 3 cited

Physionary - a scientific version of Pictionary

N. Poljak, A. Bosilj, S. Brzaj +4

We describe a variant of the popular game "Pictionary" based on terms used in elementary and high school physics. We believe that drawing of physical terms helps students develop a…

physics.pop-ph2018★ 1 cited

Effects of exoplanetary gravity on human locomotor ability

Nikola Poljak, Dora Klindzic, Mateo Kruljac

At some point in the future, if mankind hopes to settle planets outside the Solar System, it will be crucial to determine the range of planetary conditions under which human beings…

physics.ins-det2018★ 14 cited

Particle identification studies with a full-size 4-GEM prototype for the ALICE TPC upgrade

M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, S. Aiola +177

A large Time Projection Chamber is the main device for tracking and charged-particle identification in the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC. After the second long shutdown in 2019/…

nucl-ex2018★ 41 cited

Analysis of the apparent nuclear modification in peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV

ALICE Collaboration

Charged-particle spectra at midrapidity are measured in Pb-Pb collisions at the centre-of-mass energy per nucleon-nucleon pair = 5.02 TeV and presented in centr…

nucl-ex2017★ 44 cited

Kaon femtoscopy in Pb-Pb collisions at = 2.76 TeV

ALICE Collaboration

We present the results of three-dimensional femtoscopic analyses for charged and neutral kaons recorded by ALICE in Pb-Pb collisions at = 2.76 TeV. Femtoscopy…

nucl-ex2016★ 107 cited

Centrality dependence of the pseudorapidity density distribution for charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at TeV

ALICE Collaboration

We present the charged-particle pseudorapidity density in Pb-Pb collisions at in centrality classes measured by ALICE. The me…

physics.class-ph2016★ 4 cited

Maximum range of a projectile thrown from constant-speed circular motion

Nikola Poljak

The problem of determining the angle at which a point mass launched from ground level with a given speed is a standard exercise in mechanics. Similar, yet conceptually and calculat…

nucl-ex2015★ 81 cited

Centrality dependence of identified particle elliptic flow in relativistic heavy ion collisions at sqrt(s)= 7.7--62.4 GeV

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins +332

Elliptic flow (v_2) values for identified particles at midrapidity in Au + Au collisions measured by the STAR experiment in the Beam Energy Scan at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Colli…

nucl-ex2015★ 67 cited

Precision measurement of the mass difference between light nuclei and anti-nuclei

ALICE collaboration

The measurement of the mass differences for systems bound by the strong force has reached a very high precision with protons and anti-protons. The extension of such measurement fro…

nucl-ex2015★ 78 cited

Centrality and transverse momentum dependence of elliptic flow of multi-strange hadrons and meson in Au+Au collisions at = 200 GeV

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins +327

We present high precision measurements of elliptic flow near midrapidity () for multi-strange hadrons and meson as a function of centrality and transverse momentum in…

nucl-ex2015★ 64 cited

Probing Parton Dynamics of QCD Matter with and Production

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins +326

We present measurements of and production at mid-rapidity from Au+Au collisions at nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energies = 7.7, 11.5, 19.6, 27 and 39 GeV…

nucl-ex2015★ 106 cited

Measurement of jet quenching with semi-inclusive hadron-jet distributions in central Pb-Pb collisions at = 2.76 TeV

ALICE Collaboration

We report the measurement of a new observable of jet quenching in central Pb-Pb collisions at TeV, based on the semi-inclusive rate of charged jets recoi…

nucl-ex2015★ 127 cited

Observation of charge asymmetry dependence of pion elliptic flow and the possible chiral magnetic wave in heavy-ion collisions

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins +327

We present measurements of and elliptic flow, , at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at 200, 62.4, 39, 27, 19.6, 11.5 and 7.7 GeV, as a func…

nucl-ex2015★ 138 cited

Azimuthal anisotropy in U+U and Au+Au collisions at RHIC

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins +325

Collisions between prolate uranium nuclei are used to study how particle production and azimuthal anisotropies depend on initial geometry in heavy-ion collisions. We report the two…

hep-ex2015★ 99 cited

Measurements of Dielectron Production in AuAu Collisions at = 200 GeV from the STAR Experiment

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins +325

We report on measurements of dielectron () production in AuAu collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 200 GeV per nucleon-nucleon pair using the STAR detector at RHIC.…

hep-ex2015★ 40 cited

Observation of Transverse Spin-Dependent Azimuthal Correlations of Charged Pion Pairs in at GeV

STAR Collaboration, L. Adamczyk, J. K. Adkins +325

We report the observation of transverse polarization-dependent azimuthal correlations in charged pion pair production with the STAR experiment in collisions at RHIC.…