Indications for a critical point in the phase diagram for hot and dense nuclear matterTwo-pion interferometry measurements are studied for a broad range of collision centralities in Au+Au (Roots = 7.7 - 200 GeV) and Pb+Pb (Roots = 2.76 TeV) collisions. They indicate non-monotonic…Roy A. Lacey·Dec 30, 2015SaveLearn
New State of Nuclear Matter: Nearly Perfect Fluid of Quarks and Gluons in Heavy Ion Collisions at RHIC EnergiesThis article reviews several important results from RHIC experiments and discusses their implications. They were obtained in a unique environment for studying QCD matter at temperatures and densities…Rachid Nouicer·Dec 30, 2015SaveLearn
Multipion Bose-Einstein correlations in pp, p-Pb, and Pb-Pb collisions at the LHCThree- and four-pion Bose-Einstein correlations are presented in pp, p-Pb, and Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC. We compare our measured four-pion correlations to the expectation derived from two- and…ALICE Collaboration·Dec 30, 2015SaveLearn
Beam-Energy and Centrality Dependence of Directed Flow of Identified ParticlesThese proceedings present directed flow (v1) measurements in Au+Au collisions from STAR's Beam Energy Scan (BES) program at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider, for p, p, Λ,…Prashanth Shanmuganathan·Dec 30, 2015SaveLearn
Measurements of jet quenching with semi-inclusive charged jet distributions in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeVWe report measurements of jet quenching in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV, based on the semi-inclusive distribution of reconstructed charged particle jets recoiling from a high pT…P. M. Jacobs, A. Schmah·Dec 29, 2015SaveLearn
Direct-photon+hadron correlations to study parton energy loss with the STAR experimentWe report new results of γdir+hadron and π0+hadron azimuthal correlations as a measure of the away-side jet-like correlated yields in central Au+Au and p+p collisions at sNN =…Nihar Ranjan Sahoo·Dec 29, 2015SaveLearn
J/ψ and Υ measurements via the di-muon channel in Au + Au collisions at sNN = 200 GeV with the STAR experimentMeasurements of quarkonium production in heavy-ion collisions have played an essential role in understanding the properties of the Quark Gluon Plasma created in such collisions. In early 2014, the…Rongrong Ma·Dec 29, 2015SaveLearn
PHENIX Measurements of Single Electrons from Charm and Bottom Decays at Midrapidity in Au+Au CollisionsHeavy quarks are an ideal probe of the quark gluon plasma created in heavy ion collisions. They are produced in the initial hard scattering and therefore experience the full evolution of the medium.…D. McGlinchey·Dec 28, 2015SaveLearn
Longitudinal Asymmetry and its Measurable Effects in Pb-Pb Collisions at 2.76 TeVCollisions of identical nuclei at finite impact parameter have an unequal number of participating nucleons from each nucleus due to fluctuations. The event-by-event fluctuations have been estimated…Rashmi Raniwala·Dec 27, 2015SaveLearn
Jet shapes in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at ALICEThe aim of this work is to explore possible medium modifications to the substructure of inclusive charged jets in Pb-Pb relative to proton-proton collisions by measuring a set of jet shapes. The set…Leticia Cunqueiro·Dec 24, 2015SaveLearn
Muon capture on light isotopes in Double ChoozUsing the Double Chooz detector, designed to measure the neutrino mixing angle θ13, the products of μ- capture on 12C, 13C, 14N and 16O have been measured. Over a period…Double Chooz collaboration, Y. Abe, T. Abrahão et al.·Dec 23, 2015SaveLearn
Charmonium production in Pb-Pb collisions with ALICE at the LHCWe report on published charmonium measurements performed by ALICE, at the LHC, in Pb-Pb collisions at a center of mass energy per nucleon-nucleon collision s NN = 2.76 TeV, at both mid…H. Pereira Da Costa·Dec 23, 2015SaveLearn
Nuclear structure of 140Te with N = 88: Structural symmetry and asymmetry in Te isotopes with respect to the double-shell closure Z = 50 and N = 82We study for the first time the internal structure of 140Te through the beta-delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy of 140Sb. The very neutron-rich 140Sb, Z = 51 and N = 89, ions were produced by the…C. -B. Moon, P. Lee, C. S. Lee et al.·Dec 23, 2015SaveLearn
Multi-strange baryon production in p-Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeVThe multi-strange baryon yields in Pb--Pb collisions have been shown to exhibit an enhancement relative to pp reactions. In this work, Ξ and Ω production rates have been measured with the ALICE…ALICE Collaboration·Dec 22, 2015SaveLearn
Strange meson production in Al+Al collisions at 1.9A GeVThe production of K+, K- and φ(1020) mesons is studied in Al+Al collisions at a beam energy of 1.9A GeV which is close or below the production threshold in NN reactions. Inverse slopes,…P. Gasik, K. Piasecki, N. Herrmann et al.·Dec 22, 2015SaveLearn
Mass measurements of neutron-rich Rb and Sr isotopesWe report on the mass measurements of several neutron-rich Rb and Sr isotopes in the A ≈ 100 region with the TITAN Penning-trap mass spectrometer. Using highly charged…R. Klawitter, A. Bader, M. Brodeur et al.·Dec 22, 2015SaveLearn
Statistical model analysis of hadron yields in proton-nucleus and heavy-ion collisions at SIS 18 energiesThe HADES data from p+Nb collisions at center of mass energy of sNN= 3.2 GeV are analyzed by employing a statistical model. Accounting for the identified hadrons π0, η, Λ,…G. Agakishiev, O. Arnold, A. Balanda et al.·Dec 22, 2015SaveLearn
Cosmogenic Backgrounds to 0νββ in EXO-200As neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments become more sensitive and intrinsic radioactivity in detector materials is reduced, previously minor contributions to the background must be understood…200 Collaboration, J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty et al.·Dec 21, 2015SaveLearn
Total kinetic energy release in the fast neutron-induced fission of 235UWe have measured the total kinetic energy (TKE) release for the 235U(n,f) reaction for En=2-100 MeV using the 2E method with an array of Si PIN diode detectors. The neutron energies were…R. Yanez, W. Loveland, J. King et al.·Dec 21, 2015SaveLearn
Precise measurement of alphaK and alphaT for the 150.8-keV E3 transition in 111Cd: Test of internal-conversion theoryWe have measured the K-shell and total internal conversion coefficients, alphaK and alphaT, for the 150.8-keV E3 transition in 111Cd to be 1.449(18) and 2.217(26) respectively. The alphaK result…N. Nica, J. C. Hardy, V. E. Iacob et al.·Dec 21, 2015SaveLearn
STAR's latest results on quarkonium productionIn this proceedings, we report the latest results of J/psi and Upsilon production from the STAR experiment at RHIC, in different colliding systems and colliding energies. J/psi nuclear modification…Barbara Trzeciak·Dec 21, 2015SaveLearn
The latest STAR results on quarkonium productionWe report the latest results of J/psi, psi(2S) and Upsilon production in the dielectron decay channel at mid-rapidity, from the STAR experiment. We present J/psi cross section measurements in p+p…Barbara Trzeciak·Dec 21, 2015SaveLearn
Shedding New Light on Kaon-Nucleon/Nuclei Interaction and Its Astrophysical Implications with the AMADEUS Experiment at DAFNEThe AMADEUS experiment deals with the investigation of the low-energy kaon-nuclei hadronic interaction at the DAΦNE collider at LNF-INFN, which is fundamental to respond longstanding questions in the…A. Scordo, M. Bazzi, G. Bellotti et al.·Dec 21, 2015SaveLearn
Study of the 238U(d,p) surrogate reaction via the simultaneous measurement of gamma-decay and fission probabilitiesWe investigated the 238U(d,p) reaction as a surrogate for the n + 238U reaction. For this purpose we measured for the first time the gamma-decay and fission probabilities of 239U* simultaneously and…Q. Ducasse, B. Jurado, M. Aïche et al.·Dec 20, 2015SaveLearn
γ-soft 146Ba and the role of non-axial shapes at N ~ 90Low-spin states in the neutron-rich, N = 90 nuclide 146Ba were populated following β-decay of 146Cs, with the goal of clarifying the development of deformation in Ba isotopes through…A. J. Mitchell, C. J. Lister, E. A. McCutchan et al.·Dec 20, 2015SaveLearn