X. L. Wang

Analysis of the pi^+pi^-pi^+pi^- and pi^+pi^0pi^-pi^0 Final States in Quasi-Real Two-Photon Collisions at LEP (2008)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

The reactions gamma gamma -> pi^+pi^-pi^+pi^- and gamma gamma -> pi^+pi^0pi^-pi^0 are studied with the L3 detector at LEP in a data sample collected at centre-of-mass energies from 161GeV to 209GeV...

Unconventional superconductivity of NdFeAsO0.82F0.18 indicated by the low temperature dependence of the lower critical field Hc1 (2008)

Wang, X. L., Dou, S. X., Ren, Zhi-An, Yi, Wei, Li, Zheng-Cai, Zhao, Zhong-Xian, ...

We measured the initial M-H curves for a sample of the newly discovered superconductor NdFeAsO0.82Fe0.18, which had a critical temperature, Tc, of 51 K, and was fabricated at the high pressure of 6...

Giant positive magnetoresistance in Fe doped In2O3 and InREO3 (RE=Eu,Nd) composites (2008)

Peleckis, G., Wang, X. L., Dou, S. X., Munroe, P., Ding, J., Lee, B.

Synthesis and characterization of Fe and rare earth (RE) (RE=Eu,Nd) codoped bulk In2O3 oxide are reported. Composites consisting of Fe-doped In2O3 and InREO3 phases were formed, as determined by...

Spin alignment measurements of the K*(0)(892) and phi(1020) vector mesons in heavy ion collisions at root S-NN=200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present the first spin alignment measurements for the K*(0)(892) and phi(1020) vector mesons produced at midrapidity with transverse momenta up to 5 GeV/c at root s(NN) = 200 GeV at RHIC. The...

Centrality dependence of charged hadron and strange hadron elliptic flow from root s(NN)=200 GeVAu+Au collisions (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present STAR results on the elliptic flow upsilon(2) Of charged hadrons, strange and multistrange particles from,root s(NN) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider...

Enhanced strange baryon production in Au+Au collisions compared to p+p at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We report on the observed differences in production rates of strange and multistrange baryons in Au+Au collisions at s(NN)=200 GeV compared to p+p interactions at the same energy. The strange baryon...

rho(0) photoproduction in ultraperipheral relativistic heavy ion collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

Photoproduction reactions occur when the electromagnetic field of a relativistic heavy ion interacts with another heavy ion. The STAR Collaboration presents a measurement of rho(0) and direct...

Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry for inclusive jet production in (p)over-right-arrow + (p)over-right-arrow collisions at root s=200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We report a new STAR measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry A(LL) for inclusive jet production at midrapidity in polarized p+p collisions at a center-of-mass energy of root s = 200...

Giant positive magnetoresistance in Fe doped In2O3 and InREO3 (RE=Eu,Nd) composites (2008)

Peleckis, G., Wang, X. L., Dou, S. X., Munroe, P., Ding, J., Lee, B.

Synthesis and characterization of Fe and rare earth (RE) (RE=Eu,Nd) codoped bulk In2O3 oxide are reported. Composites consisting of Fe-doped In2O3 and InREO3 phases were formed, as determined by...

Study of resonance formation in the mass region 1400 - 1500 MeV through the reaction $\gamma\gamma \to K^{0}_{S} K^{\pm} \pi^{\mp}$ (2007)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

The K^0_SK^+-\pi-+ final state in two-photon collisions is studied with the L3 detector at LEP at e+e- centre-of-mass energies from 183 to 209 GeV with an integrated luminosity of 664.6 pb-1. The...

The Solar Flare of the 14th of July 2000 (L3+C detector results) (2007)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Several experiments have reported observations on possible correlations between the flux of high energy muons and intense solar flares. If confirmed, these observations would have significant...

Large positive magnetoresistance effect below Curie temperature in In1.90 − xMn0.1SnxO3 (2007)

Wang, X. L., Peleckis, G., Dou, S. X., Liu, R. S., Zhu, J. G.

We report on the magnetoresistance (MR) and magnetic properties of In1.90−xMn0.1SnxO3 (0≤x ≤0.06) oxide. All samples were found to be ferromagnetic below TC=46 K. Sn doping changed...

Study of inclusive strange-baryon production and search for pentaquarks in two-photon collisions at LEP (2007)

Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benitez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., ...

Measurements of inclusive production of the Lambda, Xi(-) and Xi*(1530) baryons in two-photon collisions with the L3 detector at LEP are presented. The inclusive differential cross sections for...

Study of resonance formation in the mass region 1400-1500 MeV through the reaction gamma gamma -> K-S(0) K-+/-pi(-/+) (2007)

Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benitez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., Allaby, J., ...

The (KSK +/-)-K-0 pi(-/+) final state in two-photon collisions is studied with the L3 detector at LEP at e(+)e(-) centre- of- mass energies from 183 to 209 GeV with an integrated luminosity of 664.6...

Two-particle correlations on transverse momentum and momentum dissipation in Au-Au collisions at root sNN=130 GeV (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

Measurements of two-particle correlations on transverse momentum p(t) for Au-Au collisions at root s(NN) = 130 GeV are presented. Significant large-momentum-scale correlations are observed for...

The energy dependence of p(t) angular correlations inferred from mean-p(t) fluctuation scale dependence in heavy ion collisions at the SPS and RHIC (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

We present the first study of the energy dependence of pt angular correlations inferred from event-wisemean transversemomentum < p(t)> fluctuations in heavy ion collisions. We compare our...

Rapidity and species dependence of particle production at large transverse momentum for d+Au collisions at root S-NN=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., ...

We determine rapidity asymmetry in the production of charged pions, protons, and antiprotons for large transverse momentum (p(T)) for d+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV. The rapidity asymmetry is...

Strange particle production in p+p collisions at root s=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., ...

We present strange particle spectra and yields measured at midrapidity in root s = 200 GeV proton-proton (p + p) collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). We find that the...

Mass, quark-number, and root s(NN) dependence of the second and fourth flow harmonics in ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present STAR measurements of the azimuthal anisotropy parameter v(2) for pions, kaons, protons, Lambda,(Lambda) over bar,Xi+ (Xi) over bar, and Omega+ (Omega) over bar, along with v(4) for pions,...

Forward Lambda production and nuclear stopping power in d+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We report the measurement of Lambda and (Lambda) over bar yields and inverse slope parameters in d+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV at forward and backward rapidities (y=+/- 2.75), using data from...

Strangelet search in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We have searched for strangelets in a triggered sample of 61 million central (top 4%) Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV near beam rapidities at the STAR solenoidal tracker detector at the BNL...

Global polarization measurement in Au plus Au collisions (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

The system created in noncentral relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions possesses large orbital angular momentum. Because of spin-orbit coupling, particles produced in such a system could become...

Delta phi Delta eta correlations in central Au plus Au collisions at root S-NN = 200 GeV (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

We report charged particle pair correlation analyses in the space of Delta phi (azimuth) and Delta eta (pseudorapidity), for central Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV in the STAR detector. The...

Measurement of transverse single-spin asymmetries for dijet production in proton-proton collisions at root s=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We report the first measurement of the opening angle distribution between pairs of jets produced in high-energy collisions of transversely polarized protons. The measurement probes (Sivers)...

Partonic flow and phi-meson production in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present first measurements of the phi-meson elliptic flow (v(2)(p(T))) and high-statistics p(T) distributions for different centralities from root s(NN) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC. In...

Transverse momentum and centrality dependence of High-p(T) nonphotonic electron suppression in Au plus Au collisions at root(NN)-N-S=200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

The STAR collaboration at the BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) reports measurements of the inclusive yield of nonphotonic electrons, which arise dominantly from semileptonic decays of heavy...

Scaling properties of hyperon production in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2007)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Anderson, M., ...

We present the scaling properties of Lambda, Xi, and Omega in midrapidity Au+Au collisions at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at root s(NN)=200 GeV. The yield of...

Energy dependence of pi(+/-), p and (p)over-bar transverse momentum spectra for Au+Au collisions at root SNN=62.4 and 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We study the energy dependense of the transverse momentum (PT) spectra for charged pions, protons and anti-protons for An + An collisions at root(NN)-N-s = 62.4 and 200 GeV. Data are presented at...

Large positive magnetoresistance effect below Curie temperature in In1.90 − xMn0.1SnxO3 (2007)

Wang, X. L., Peleckis, G., Dou, S. X., Liu, R. S., Zhu, J. G.

We report on the magnetoresistance (MR) and magnetic properties of In1.90−xMn0.1SnxO3 (0≤x ≤0.06) oxide. All samples were found to be ferromagnetic below TC=46 K. Sn doping changed...

Identification of anthropogenic influences on water quality of rivers in Taihu watershed (2007)

Wang, X.L., Lu, Y.L., Han, Jingyi, He, G.Z., Wang, T.Y.

Surface water bodies are progressively subjected to stress as a result of anthropogenic activities. This study assessed and examined the impact of human activities on spatial variation in the water...

Exploration of relationships between phytoplankton biomass and related environmental variables using multivariate statistic analysis in a eutrophic shallow lake: A 5-year study (2007)

Wang, X.L., Lu, Y.L., He, G.Z., Han, Jingyi, Wang, T.Y.

Understanding the process of the changing phytoplankton patterns can be particularly useful in water quality improvement and management decisions. However, it is generally not easy to illustrate the...

A search for flaring Very-High-Energy cosmic-ray sources with the L3+C muon spectrometer (2006)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

The L3+C muon detector at the Cern electron-position collider, LEP, is used for the detection of very-high-energy cosmic \gamma-ray sources through the observation of muons of energies above 20, 30,...

Study of inclusive strange-baryon production and search for pentaquarks in two-photon collisions at LEP (2006)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

Measurements of inclusive production of the Lambda, Xi- and Xi*(1530) baryons in two-photon collisions with the L3 detector at LEP are presented. The inclusive differential cross sections for Lambda...

Measurement of hadron and lepton-pair production in $e^{+}e^{-}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 192 - 208 GeV$ at LEP (2006)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

Hadron production and lepton-pair production in e+e- collisions are studied with data collected with the L3 detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies sqrt{s}=192-208GeV. Using a total integrated...

Search for Neutral MSSM Higgs Bosons at LEP (2006)

Schael, S, Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for the neutral Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The data of the four...

Proton-Lambda correlations in central Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2006)

Adams, J., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., ...

We report on p-Lambda, p-(Lambda) over bar, (p) over bar-Lambda, and (p) over bar-(Lambda) over bar correlation functions constructed in central Au-Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV by the STAR...

Measurement of the mass and the width of the W boson at LEP (2005)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

The mass and the total decay width of the W boson are measured with the L3 detector at the LEP e+e- collider using W-boson pairs produced in 0.7/fb of data collected at centre-of-mass energies...

Incident energy dependence of pt correlations at relativistic energies (2005)

Adams, J, Aggarwal, M M, Ahammed, Z, Amonett, J, Anderson, B D, Arkhipkin, D, ...

We present results for two-particle transverse momentum correlations, , as a function of event centrality for Au+Au collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 20, 62, 130, and 200 GeV at the Relativistic Heavy Ion...

Measurement of Branching Fractions of $\tau$ Hadronic Decays (2005)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

Using data collected with the L3 detector at LEP at the Z peak, the branching fractions of the $\tau$ lepton into the hadronic final states, $h^- n\pi^0 \nu(n=0,1,2, >= 3)$ and $h^-h^+h^- n\pi^0 \nu$...

Thermally assisted flux flow and individual vortex pinning in Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 single crystals grown by the traveling solvent floating zone technique (2005)

Wang, X. L., Li, A. H., Yu, S., Ooi, S., Hirata, K., Lin, C. T., ...

Hydrolysis reaction analysis of L-alpha-distearoylphosphatidyleholine monolayer catalyzed by phospholipase A(2) with polarization-modulated infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (2005)

Wang, X. L., Zheng, S. P., He, Q., Brezesinski, G., Möhwald, H., Li, J. B.

Measurement of Exclusive $\rho^{0}\rho^{0}$ Production in Mid-Virtuality Two-Photon Interactions at LEP (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

Exclusive rho^0 rho^0 production in two-photon collisions between a quasi-real and a mid-virtuality photon is studied with data collected at LEP at centre-of-mass energies 183GeV < sqrt{s} < 209GeV...

Inclusive Jet Production in Two-Photon Collisions at LEP (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

Inclusive jet production, e+e- -> e+e- \ee$ jet X, is studied using 560/pb of data collected at LEP with the L3 detector at centre-of-mass energies between 189 and 209 GeV. The inclusive differential...

Measurement of the Cross Section of W-boson pair production at LEP (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

The cross section of W-boson pair-production is measured with the L3 detector at LEP. In a data sample corresponding to a total luminosity of 629.4/pb, collected at centre-of-mass energies ranging...

Search for Branons at LEP (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

We search, in the context of extra-dimension scenarios, for the possible existence of brane fluctuations, called branons. Events with a single photon or a single Z-boson and missing energy and...

Measurement of Exclusive $\rho^+ \rho^-$ Production in High-$Q^2$ Two-Photon Collisions at LEP (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

Exclusive rho^+ rho^- production in two-photon collisions involving a single highly-virtual photon is studied with data collected at LEP at centre-of-mass energies 89 GeV < \sqrt{s} < 209 GeV with a...

Study of the $e^+ e^- \to Z \gamma$ Process at LEP and Limits on Triple Neutral-Gauge-Boson Couplings (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

The process e^+e^- --> Z gamma, where the Z boson decays into hadrons or neutrinos, is studied with data collected with the L3 detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies from 189 GeV up to 209 GeV....

Studies of Hadronic Event Structure in $e^+ e^-$ Annihilation from 30 GeV to 209 GeV with the L3 Detector (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

In this Report, QCD results obtained from a study of hadronic event structure in high energy e^+e^- interactions with the L3 detector are presented. The operation of the LEP collider at many...

Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Spectrum from 20 to 3000 GeV (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Van Den Ancker, M E, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

The absolute muon flux between 20 GeV and 300 GeV is measured with the L3 magnetic muon spectrometer for zenith angles ranging from 0 degree to 58 degrees. Due to the large exposure of about 150 m2...

Search for Anomalous Couplings in the Higgs Sector at LEP (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

Anomalous couplings of the Higgs boson are searched for through the processes e^+ e^- -> H gamma, e^+ e^- -> e^+ e^- H and e^+ e^- -> HZ. The mass range 70 GeV < m_H < 190 GeV is explored using 602...

Inclusive Lambda Production in Two-Photon Collisions at LEP (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

The reactions e^+e^- -> e^+e^- Lambda X and e^+e^- -> e^+e^- Lambda X are studied using data collected at LEP with the L3 detector at centre-of-mass energies between 189 and 209 GeV. Inclusive...

Muon-Pair and Tau-Pair Production in Two-Photon Collisions at LEP (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

The QED processes e^+ e^- -> e^+ e^- \mu^+ \mu^- and e^+ e^- -> e^+ e^- \tau^+ \tau^- are studied with the L3 detector at LEP using an untagged data sample collected at centre-of-mass energies 161...

Measurement of Triple-Gauge-Boson Couplings of the W Boson at LEP (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

The CP-conserving triple-gauge-boson couplings, g1Z, kappa_gamma, lambda_gamma, g5Z, kappa_Z and lambda_Z are measured using hadronic and semi-leptonic W-pair events selected in 629 pb-1 of data...

Measurement of the Z-boson using $e^+ e^- \to Z \gamma$ events at centre-of-mass energies above the Z pole (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

Events from the e+e- -> Zgamma process with hard initial state radiation collected with the L3 detector at centre-of-mass energies between 183 GeV and 209 GeV are used to measure the mass of the Z...

Single- and Multi-Photon Events with Missing Energy in $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at LEP (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

Single- and multi-photon events with missing energy are selected in 619/pb of data collected by the L3 detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies between 189GeV and 209GeV. The cross sections of the...

Flavour Independent Search for Neutral Higgs Bosons at LEP (2004)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, Allaby, James V, ...

A flavour independent search for the CP-even and CP-odd neutral Higgs bosons h and A is performed in 624/pb of data collected with the L3 detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies between 189 and...

Photon and neutral pion production in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_{NN}) = 130 GeV (2004)

Adams, J, Adler, C, Aggarwal, M M, Ahammed, Z, Amonett, J, Anderson, B D, ...

We report the first inclusive photon measurements about mid-rapidity (|y| photon photon decay to the inclusive photon spectrum decreases by 20% +/- 5% between pt = 1.65 GeV/c and pt = 2.4 GeV/c in...

Structural changes of phospholipid monolayers caused by coupling of human serum albumin: A GIXD study at the air/water interface (2004)

Wang, X. L., He, Q.,