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Geurts, F.

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DOE OSTI2018

Harmonic decomposition of three-particle azimuthal correlations at energies available at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

Here, we present measurements of three-particle correlations for various harmonics in Au+Au collisions at energies ranging from √ s NN=7.7 to 200 GeV using the STAR detector. The quantity < cos(mΦ 1 +nΦ 2 –(m+n)Φ 3 ) >, with Φ being the azimuthal angles of the particles is evaluated as a function of √ s NN, collision centrality, transverse momentum, p T , pseudorapidity difference, Δη, and harmonics (m and n). These data provide detailed information on global event properties such as the three-dimensional structure of the initial overlap region, the expansion dynamics of the matter produced in the collisions, and the transport properties of the medium. A strong dependence on Δη is observed for most harmonic combinations, which is consistent with breaking of longitudinal boost invariance. An interesting energy dependence is observed when one of the harmonics m,n, or m+n is equal to two, for which the correlators are dominated by the two-particle correlations relative to the second-harmonic event plane. These measurements can be used to constrain models of heavy-ion collisions over a wide range of temperature and baryon chemical potential.

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DOE OSTI2018

Measurement of the H Λ 3 lifetime in Au+Au collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider [Measurement of the H Λ 3 lifetime in Au+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider]

Here, an improved measurement of the 3 Λ H lifetime is presented. In this paper, the mesonic decay modes 3 Λ H → 3 He + π – and 3 Λ H → d + p + π – are used to reconstruct the 3 Λ H from Au+Au collision data collected by the STAR collaboration at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). A minimum χ2 estimation is used to determine the lifetime of τ = 142 +24 –21 (stat.) ± 29 (syst.) ps. This lifetime is about 50% shorter than the lifetime τ = 263 ± 2 ps of a free Λ, indicating strong hyperon-nucleon interaction in the hypernucleus system. The branching ratios of the mesonic decay channels are also determined to satisfy B.R. ( 3 He+π – )/( B.R. ( 3 He+π – ) + B.R. (d+p+π – ) ) = 0.32 ± 0.05 (stat.) ± 0.08 (syst.). Our ratio result favors the assignment J( 3 Λ H) = 1/2 over J( 3 Λ H) = 3/2. These measurements will help to constrain models of hyperon-baryon interactions.

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DOE OSTI2018

Systematic Studies of Jet-medium Interactions in STAR

In these proceedings, we report recent jet results from STAR in heavy-ion collisions. The first measurement of centrality dependence of di-jet momentum imbalance AJ at RHIC is presented. An apparent evolution of the AJ distributions from central to peripheral collisions is observed. A new di-hadron correlation measurement with a method to subtract all orders of flow background using data themselves is also presented to study how the lost energy of jets is redistributed to particles with low-to-modest transverse momentum.

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DOE OSTI2017

Coherent diffractive photoproduction of ρ 0 mesons on gold nuclei at 200 GeV/nucleon-pair at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

Here, the STAR Collaboration reports on the photoproduction of π + π - pairs in goldgold collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 200 GeV/nucleon-pair. These pion pairs are produced when a nearly-real photon emitted by one ion scatters from the other ion. We fit the π + π - invariant mass spectrum with a combination of 0 and ! resonances and a direct π + π - continuum. This is the first observation of the ! in ultra-peripheral collisions, and the first measurement of ρ - ω interference at energies where photoproduction is dominated by Pomeron exchange.

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DOE OSTI2017

Bulk properties of the medium produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions from the beam energy scan program

We present measurements of bulk properties of the matter produced in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s}$$_ {NN}$= 7.7, 11.5, 19.6, 27, and 39 GeV using identified hadrons (π ± , K ± , p, and $\bar{p}$) from the STAR experiment in the Beam Energy Scan (BES) Program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Midrapidity (| y | < 0.1) results for multiplicity densities dN / dy, average transverse momenta $\langle$pT$\rangle$, and particle ratios are presented. The chemical and kinetic freeze-out dynamics at these energies are discussed and presented as a function of collision centrality and energy. These results constitute the systematic measurements of bulk properties of matter formed in heavy-ion collisions over a broad range of energy (or baryon chemical potential) at RHIC.

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