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Submissions from 2022
Kinematic dependence of azimuthal anisotropies in p + Au , d + Au , and 3 He + Au at √ s N N = 200 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Kinematic dependence of azimuthal anisotropies in p + Au , d + Au , and 3 He + Au at √ s N N = 200 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Transverse single spin asymmetries of forward neutrons in p + p , p + Al , and p + Au collisions at √ s N N = 200 GeV as a function of transverse and longitudinal momenta, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Submissions from 2021
Transverse single-spin asymmetries of midrapidity π 0 and η mesons in polarized p + p collisions at √ s = 200 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Methods for a blind analysis of isobar data collected by the STAR collaboration, James Drachenberg
Submissions from 2020
Measurement of inclusive J / ψ polarization in p + p collisions at √ s = 200 GeV by the STAR experiment, Mike Daugherity, James Drachenberg, and Donald Isenhower
Measurement of groomed jet substructure observables in p+p collisions at √s=200 GeV with STAR, Mike Daugherity and Donald Isenhower
Measurement of inclusive charged-particle jet production in Au + Au collisions at √ s N N = 200 GeV, Mike Daugherity and Donald Isenhower
J/ψ and ψ(2S) production at forward rapidity in p+p collisions at √s=510 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Measurement of jet-medium interactions via direct photon-hadron correlations in Au+Au and d+Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Measurement of J/ψ at forward and backward rapidity in p+p, p+Al, p+Au, and 3He+Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Nuclear-modification factor of charged hadrons at forward and backward rapidity in p + Al and p + Au collisions at √sNN=200GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Polarization and cross section of midrapidity J/ψ production in p+p collisions at √s=510 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Production of b¯b at forward rapidity in p+p collisions at √s=510 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Production of π0 and η mesons in U+U collisions at √sNN=192 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Submissions from 2019
Beam Energy and Centrality Dependence of Direct-Photon Emission from Ultrarelativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Measurement of charm and bottom production from semileptonic hadron decays in p + p collisions at √ s = 200 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Measurements of μμ pairs from open heavy flavor and Drell-Yan in p + p collisions at ffiffi s p = 200 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Multi-particle azimuthal correlations for extracting event-by-event elliptic and triangular flow in Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Nonperturbative-transverse-momentum broadening in dihadron angular correlations in √sNN = 200 GeV proton-nucleus collisions, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Nuclear Dependence of the Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetry in the Production of Charged Hadrons at Forward Rapidity in Polarized p+p, p+Al, and p+Au Collisions at √sNN=200 GeV, Mike Daugherity, Donald Isenhower, and Rusty Towell
Measurement of two-particle correlations with respect to second- and third-order event planes in Au + Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV, Donald Isenhower and Rusty Towell
Submissions from 2018
Improved measurement of the longitudinal spin transfer to Λ and bar(Λ) hyperons in polarized proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV, James Drachenberg
Longitudinal double-spin asymmetries for dijet production at intermediate pseudorapidity in polarized pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV, James Drachenberg
Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetries for π0s in the Forward Direction for 510 GeV Polarized pp Collisions, James Drachenberg
Lévy-stable two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations in √sNN=200 GeV Au+Au collisions, Donald Isenhower, Rusty Towell, and Mike Daugherity
Measurements of Multiparticle Correlations in d + Au Collisions at 200, 62.4, 39, and 19.6 GeV and p + Au Collisions at 200 GeV and Implications for Collective Behavior, Donald Isenhower, Rusty Towell, and Mike Daugherity
Nuclear Dependence of the Transverse-Single-Spin Asymmetry for Forward Neutron Production in Polarized p + A Collisions at √ s N N = 200 GeV, Donald Isenhower, Rusty Towell, and Mike Daugherity
Measurement of the normalized 238U(n,f)/235U(n,f) cross section ratio from threshold to 30 MeV with the NIFFTE fission Time Projection Chamber, Donald Isenhower, Rusty Towell, and Dwayne Towell
Assembling a Successful Industry-Sponsored Senior Capstone Program – Lessons Learned From a Startup Effort at a Liberal Arts University, Raymond Smith
Design and Beam Test Results for the sPHENIX Electromagnetic and Hadronic Calorimeter Prototypes, Rusty Towell
Submissions from 2017
Measurements of azimuthal anisotropy and charged-particle multiplicity in d + Au collisions at √ s NN = 200 , 62.4, 39, and 19.6 GeV, Donald Isenhower, Rusty Towell, and Mike Daugherity
Measurements of B→J/ψ at forward rapidity in p+p collisions at √s=510 GeV, Rusty Towell