The Modification of high-$p_{T}$ hadro-chemistry in Au+Au collisions relative to p+p (2009)
Timmins, Anthony R., Collaboration, For The STAR
We present high transverse momentum, $p_{T}$, pion ($\pi$), proton ($p$), kaon ($K$), and rho ($\rho$) spectra measured with the STAR experiment from p+p and Au+Au collisions with \sNN{200}. We find...
De Silva, L. C., Collaboration, For The STAR
Two particle correlation measurements in heavy ion collisions at RHIC have shown an extended near side correlation in $\Delta\eta$ relative to p+p for both, momentum triggered and untriggered...
Tarnowsky, Terence J., Collaboration, For The STAR
The measurement of particle correlations and fluctuations has been suggested as a method to search for the existence of a phase transition in relativistic heavy ion collisions. If quark-gluon matter...
Selyuzhenkov, Ilya, Collaboration, For The STAR
One of the most interesting and important phenomena predicted to occur in heavy-ion collisions is the local strong parity violation. In non-central collisions, it is expected to result in charge...
Full jet reconstruction in 200 GeV p+p, d+Au and Au+Au collisions by STAR (2009)
Kapitan, Jan, Collaboration, For The STAR
Measurements of inclusive hadron suppression and di-hadron azimuthal correlations have provided important insights into jet quenching in hot QCD matter. However, they do not provide access to the...
Physics Program with Tagged Forward Protons at STAR/RHIC (2009)
Lee, J. H., Collaboration, For The STAR
A new effort to explore the diffractive regime in polarized $p+p$ collisions in a broad high energy range ($\sqrt{s}$ = 200 - 500 GeV) has been initiated with the STAR detector at RHIC. Staged...
Highlights from STAR (II) - Hard Probes of the Initial and Final State - (2009)
Putschke, Joern, Collaboration, For The STAR
Highlights of recent results from the STAR collaboration focusing on hard probes of the initial and final state are presented. New results at forward rapidities in d+Au collisions at low $x$ are...
Ploskon, Mateusz, Collaboration, For The STAR
We present an experimental study of full jet reconstruction in the high multiplicity environment of heavy ion collisions, utilizing 200 GeV p+p and central Au+Au data measured by STAR. Inclusive...
Study of the Fluctuations of Net-charge and Net-protons Using Higher Order Moments (2009)
Nayak, Tapan K., Collaboration, For The STAR
We present the STAR preliminary results on mid-rapidity and low transverse momentum mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis of net-charge and net-proton distributions in Au+Au and Cu+Cu...
Jet Studies in STAR via Di-jet Triggered (2+1) Multi-hadron Correlations (2009)
Kauder, Kolja, Collaboration, For The STAR
We explore jet-medium interactions via the recently developed multi-hadron correlation or "2+1" technique. We restrict the di-jet kinematics by selecting a pair of approximately back-to-back high pT...
LaPointe, Sarah, Collaboration, For The STAR
We present preliminary results from D^0 meson measurements through the hadronic decay channel in minimum bias Au+Au collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV at STAR. The measurements are performed using...
Estimation of shear viscosity based on transverse momentum correlations (2009)
Sharma, Monika, Collaboration, For The STAR
Event anisotropy measurements at RHIC suggest the strongly interacting matter created in heavy ion collisions flows with very little shear viscosity. Precise determination of "shear...
Addressing the physics of the ridge by 2- and 3-particle correlations at STAR (2009)
Netrakanti, Pawan Kumar, Collaboration, For The STAR
We present new results on 2-particle azimuthal ($\Delta\phi$) correlation relative to event plane and 3-particle pseudorapidity ($\Delta\eta$) correlation at mid-rapidity in Au+Au collisions at...
Highlights from STAR: probing the early medium in heavy ion collisions (2009)
Wang, Gang, Collaboration, For The STAR
We present highlights of recent results from the STAR Collaboration at RHIC, focusing on the properties of the early medium created in heavy ion collisions. We emphasize the strangeness production...
Strangeness Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions at STAR (2009)
Timmins, Anthony R, Collaboration, For The STAR
We report an overview of strangeness production in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at the energies $\sqrt{s_{NN}} =$ 62.4 and 200 GeV. We show new mid-rapidly $dN/dy$ results for the $K^{0}_{S}$,...
Upsilon production in d+Au collisions at STAR (2009)
Liu, Haidong, Collaboration, For The STAR
We present the analysis of $\Upsilon\to e^{+}e^{-}$ production in d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV from the STAR experiment. Using higher level dedicated $\Upsilon$ triggers, STAR has...
J/psi production in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 200 GeV at STAR (2009)
Kikola, Daniel, Collaboration, For The STAR
J/psi production is considered to be a sensitive probe of the properties of quark gluon plasma created in nucleus+nucleus collisions at RHIC. In this article, the recent analysis of mid-rapidity (|y|...
J/$\psi$ Production in p+p and d+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{S_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV at STAR (2009)
Perkins, Chris, Collaboration, For The STAR
We present analysis of J/$\psi$ production over the range $-1.0 < \eta < 4.2$ in p+p and d+Au collisions using di-electron data taken during the 2008 run with the STAR experiment at Brookhaven...
Observation of hypertritons in Au+Au collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV (2009)
Chen, J. H., Collaboration, For The STAR
We report preliminary results of hypertriton observation in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC. We have identified 157 +- 30 candidates in the current sample containing ~10^8 Au+Au events at \sqrt{s_{NN}}...
Kapitan, Jan, Collaboration, For The STAR
Full jet reconstruction in heavy-ion collisions is a promising tool for quantitative study of properties of the dense medium produced at RHIC. Measurements of d+Au collisions are important to...
rho0 Production in Cu+Cu Collisions at 200 and 62.4 GeV in STAR (2009)
Fachini, P., Collaboration, For The STAR
The results on rho(770)0 production in Cu+Cu collisions at 200 and 62.4 GeV in STAR are presented. The rho0 is measured via its hadronic decay channel and used as a sensitive tool to examine the...
Heavy Flavor Tracker (HFT) : A new inner tracking device at STAR (2009)
Bouchet, Jonathan, Collaboration, For The STAR
The HFT, a new inner tracking detector for STAR, aims to measure the charmed hadron nuclear modification factor as well as their elliptic flow to the low $p_\mathrm{T}$ region ($\sim$0.5 GeV/c) by...
Strangeness production in d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV in STAR (2009)
Zhu, Xianglei, Collaboration, For The STAR
We report on the measurements of strange hadron ($K^0_S$, $\Lambda$, $\Xi$) production in the most central (0-20%) d+Au collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV in STAR. Significant strangeness...
Event anisotropy $v_{2}$ at STAR (2009)
Shi, Shusu, Collaboration, For The STAR
Collective flow reflects the dynamical evolution in high-energy heavy ion collisions. In particular, the elliptic flow reflects early collision dynamics.We present a systematic analysis of elliptic...
Photoproduction at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider with STAR (2009)
Gorbunov, Yury, Collaboration, For The STAR
The strong electromagnetic fields of short duration associated with relativistic heavy ions make a heavy-ion collider a unique tool to study two-photon and photonuclear collisions. In this talk, we...
Bulk Properties in Au+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 9.2 GeV in STAR Experiment at RHIC (2009)
Kumar, Lokesh, Collaboration, For The STAR
One of the primary goals of high-energy heavy-ion collisions is to establish the QCD phase diagram and search for possible phase boundaries. The planned RHIC energy scan program will explore this...
Kocoloski, Adam, Collaboration, For The STAR
The STAR experiment at RHIC measures the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry $A_{LL}$ for a variety of final states in collisions of longitudinally polarized protons to constrain the polarized gluon...