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    Measurements of ϕ\phi meson production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at RHIC

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    We present results for the measurement of ϕ\phi meson production via its charged kaon decay channel ϕK+K\phi \to K^+K^- in Au+Au collisions at sNN=62.4\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}=62.4, 130, and 200 GeV, and in p+pp+p and dd+Au collisions at sNN=200\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}=200 GeV from the STAR experiment at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The midrapidity (y<0.5|y|<0.5) ϕ\phi meson transverse momentum (pTp_{T}) spectra in central Au+Au collisions are found to be well described by a single exponential distribution. On the other hand, the pTp_{T} spectra from p+pp+p, dd+Au and peripheral Au+Au collisions show power-law tails at intermediate and high pTp_{T} and are described better by Levy distributions. The constant ϕ/K\phi/K^- yield ratio vs beam species, collision centrality and colliding energy is in contradiction with expectations from models having kaon coalescence as the dominant mechanism for ϕ\phi production at RHIC. The Ω/ϕ\Omega/\phi yield ratio as a function of pTp_{T} is consistent with a model based on the recombination of thermal ss quarks up to pT4p_{T}\sim 4 GeV/cc, but disagrees at higher transverse momenta. The measured nuclear modification factor, RdAuR_{dAu}, for the ϕ\phi meson increases above unity at intermediate pTp_{T}, similar to that for pions and protons, while RAAR_{AA} is suppressed due to the energy loss effect in central Au+Au collisions. Number of constituent quark scaling of both RcpR_{cp} and v2v_{2} for the ϕ\phi meson with respect to other hadrons in Au+Au collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}=200 GeV at intermediate pTp_{T} is observed. These observations support quark coalescence as being the dominant mechanism of hadronization in the intermediate pTp_{T} region at RHIC.Comment: 22 pages, 21 figures, 4 table

    Growth of Long Range Forward-Backward Multiplicity Correlations with Centrality in Au+Au Collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV

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    Forward-backward multiplicity correlation strengths have been measured with the STAR detector for Au+Au and p+p\textit{p+p} collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV. Strong short and long range correlations (LRC) are seen in central Au+Au collisions. The magnitude of these correlations decrease with decreasing centrality until only short range correlations are observed in peripheral Au+Au collisions. Both the Dual Parton Model (DPM) and the Color Glass Condensate (CGC) predict the existence of the long range correlations. In the DPM the fluctuation in the number of elementary (parton) inelastic collisions produces the LRC. In the CGC longitudinal color flux tubes generate the LRC. The data is in qualitative agreement with the predictions from the DPM and indicates the presence of multiple parton interactions.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures The abstract has been slightly modifie

    Demonstration of the temporal matter-wave Talbot effect for trapped matter waves

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    We demonstrate the temporal Talbot effect for trapped matter waves using ultracold atoms in an optical lattice. We investigate the phase evolution of an array of essentially non-interacting matter waves and observe matter-wave collapse and revival in the form of a Talbot interference pattern. By using long expansion times, we image momentum space with sub-recoil resolution, allowing us to observe fractional Talbot fringes up to 10th order.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figure

    Enhanced strange baryon production in Au+Au collisions compared to p+p at sqrts = 200 GeV

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    We report on the observed differences in production rates of strange and multi-strange baryons in Au+Au collisions at sqrts = 200 GeV compared to pp interactions at the same energy. The strange baryon yields in Au+Au collisions, then scaled down by the number of participating nucleons, are enhanced relative to those measured in pp reactions. The enhancement observed increases with the strangeness content of the baryon, and increases for all strange baryons with collision centrality. The enhancement is qualitatively similar to that observed at lower collision energy sqrts =17.3 GeV. The previous observations are for the bulk production, while at intermediate pT, 1 < pT< 4 GeV/c, the strange baryons even exceed binary scaling from pp yields.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures. Printed in PR

    Observation of charge-dependent azimuthal correlations and possible local strong parity violation in heavy ion collisions

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    Parity-odd domains, corresponding to non-trivial topological solutions of the QCD vacuum, might be created during relativistic heavy-ion collisions. These domains are predicted to lead to charge separation of quarks along the orbital momentum of the system created in non-central collisions. To study this effect, we investigate a three particle mixed harmonics azimuthal correlator which is a \P-even observable, but directly sensitive to the charge separation effect. We report measurements of this observable using the STAR detector in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 and 62~GeV. The results are presented as a function of collision centrality, particle separation in rapidity, and particle transverse momentum. A signal consistent with several of the theoretical expectations is detected in all four data sets. We compare our results to the predictions of existing event generators, and discuss in detail possible contributions from other effects that are not related to parity violation.Comment: 17 pages, 14 figures, as accepted for publication in Physical Review C

    Studying Parton Energy Loss in Heavy-Ion Collisions via Direct-Photon and Charged-Particle Azimuthal Correlations

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    Charged-particle spectra associated with direct photon (γdir\gamma_{dir} ) and π0\pi^0 are measured in pp+pp and Au+Au collisions at center-of-mass energy sNN=200\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}=200 GeV with the STAR detector at RHIC. A hower-shape analysis is used to partially discriminate between γdir\gamma_{dir} and π0\pi^0. Assuming no associated charged particles in the γdir\gamma_{dir} direction (near side) and small contribution from fragmentation photons (γfrag\gamma_{frag}), the associated charged-particle yields opposite to γdir\gamma_{dir} (away side) are extracted. At mid-rapidity (η<0.9|\eta|<0.9) in central Au+Au collisions, charged-particle yields associated with γdir\gamma_{dir} and π0\pi^0 at high transverse momentum (8<pTtrig<168< p_{T}^{trig}<16 GeV/cc) are suppressed by a factor of 3-5 compared with pp + pp collisions. The observed suppression of the associated charged particles, in the kinematic range η<1|\eta|<1 and 3<pTassoc<163< p_{T}^{assoc} < 16 GeV/cc, is similar for γdir\gamma_{dir} and π0\pi^0, and independent of the γdir\gamma_{dir} energy within uncertainties. These measurements indicate that the parton energy loss, in the covered kinematic range, is insensitive to the parton path length.Comment: submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett, 6 pages, 4 figure

    Hadronic resonance production in dd+Au collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} = 200 GeV at RHIC

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    We present the first measurements of the ρ(770)0\rho(770)^0, KK^*(892), Δ\Delta(1232)++^{++}, Σ\Sigma(1385), and Λ\Lambda(1520) resonances in dd+Au collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} = 200 GeV, reconstructed via their hadronic decay channels using the STAR detector at RHIC. The masses and widths of these resonances are studied as a function of transverse momentum (pTp_T). We observe that the resonance spectra follow a generalized scaling law with the transverse mass (mTm_T). The ofresonancesinminimumbiascollisionsiscomparedtothe of resonances in minimum bias collisions is compared to the of π\pi, KK, and pˉ\bar{p}. The ρ0/π\rho^0/\pi^-, K/KK^*/K^-, Δ++/p\Delta^{++}/p, Σ(1385)/Λ\Sigma(1385)/\Lambda, and Λ(1520)/Λ\Lambda(1520)/\Lambda ratios in dd+Au collisions are compared to the measurements in minimum bias p+pp+p interactions, where we observe that both measurements are comparable. The nuclear modification factors (RdAuR_{dAu}) of the ρ0\rho^0, KK^*, and Σ\Sigma^* scale with the number of binary collisions (NbinN_{bin}) for pT>p_T > 1.2 GeV/cc.Comment: STAR Collaboration. Submitted to PR

    Strangeness Enhancement in Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV

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    We report new STAR measurements of mid-rapidity yields for the Λ\Lambda, Λˉ\bar{\Lambda}, KS0K^{0}_{S}, Ξ\Xi^{-}, Ξˉ+\bar{\Xi}^{+}, Ω\Omega^{-}, Ωˉ+\bar{\Omega}^{+} particles in Cu+Cu collisions at \sNN{200}, and mid-rapidity yields for the Λ\Lambda, Λˉ\bar{\Lambda}, KS0K^{0}_{S} particles in Au+Au at \sNN{200}. We show that at a given number of participating nucleons, the production of strange hadrons is higher in Cu+Cu collisions than in Au+Au collisions at the same center-of-mass energy. We find that aspects of the enhancement factors for all particles can be described by a parameterization based on the fraction of participants that undergo multiple collisions

    K/pi Fluctuations at Relativistic Energies

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    We report results for K/πK/\pi fluctuations from Au+Au collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 19.6, 62.4, 130, and 200 GeV using the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Our results for K/πK/\pi fluctuations in central collisions show little dependence on the incident energies studied and are on the same order as results observed by NA49 at the Super Proton Synchrotron in central Pb+Pb collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 12.3 and 17.3 GeV. We also report results for the collision centrality dependence of K/πK/\pi fluctuations as well as results for K+/π+K^{+}/\pi^{+}, K/πK^{-}/\pi^{-}, K+/πK^{+}/\pi^{-}, and K/π+K^{-}/\pi^{+} fluctuations. We observe that the K/πK/\pi fluctuations scale with the multiplicity density, dN/dηdN/d\eta, rather than the number of participating nucleons.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
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