Ahmed M. Hamed. Curriculum Vitae. Personal Information. Residency: USA Permanent Resident. Community Service

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1 Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Mississippi Oxford, MS Affiliated Researcher Department of Physics and Astronomy Texas A&M University College Station, TX phone: phone: Ahmed M. Hamed Curriculum Vitae Personal Information Residency: USA Permanent Resident Community Service Referee for Journal of Physics G (Nuclear and Particle Physics) Awards Daniel R. Gustafson Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching, Wayne State Uni. Academic Positions 1. University of Mississippi 2012-present : Visiting Assistant Professor Wayne State University : Research and Teaching Assistant, and Part-Time Faculty (Summer 2005) 2. Texas A&M University : Postdoc Research Associate ( , ), and Visiting Assistant Professor ( ) 4. Garyounis University : Full-Time Faculty (Lecturer)... Education Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics, Wayne State University, 2006 Dissertation Subject: Experimental High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics Dissertation Topic: Elliptic Flow Measurements of Inclusive Photons and Neutral Pion Reconstruction

2 Education (continued) Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Physics, Suez-Canal University (Egypt), 1997 Thesis Subject: Polymer Physics Thesis Title: Optical Absorption and Electrical Conduction Studies on Pure and Doped Polymeric Films Teaching Experience, Evaluation, and Taught Courses Experience of 10+ years in teaching various courses of physics and mathematics to science and non-science majors (engineering, mathematics, natural science, medical, humanities, and business), at different levels (undergraduate and graduate), and at different institutions (University of Mississippi, Texas A&M University, Wayne State University, and Garyounis University) Evaluated as: superior teacher by 37% of the students, excellent teacher by 38%, good teacher by 20%, marginal teacher by 4%, and poor teacher by 1% according to the Teacher Evaluation Metrics at the University of Mississippi Received very good comments from my students according to the Instructor and Course Appraisal System at Texas A&M University (No metrics adapted) Evaluated as: excellent teacher by 46% of the students, very good teacher by 25%, good teacher by 16%, and fair teacher by 10% according to the Teacher Evaluation Metrics at Wayne State University Honored with the Daniel R. Gustafson Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching from Physics Department, Wayne State University, in 2003 The following summarizes the taught courses at different institutions, levels, and majors: University of Mississippi: 1. Physics for Science and Engineering I, Calculus-based (undergraduate, engineers) 2. Physics for Science and Engineering II, Calculus-based (undergraduate, engineers) Texas A&M University: 1. Algebra-based introductory Electrodynamics (undergraduate, premedical students) Wayne State University: 1. Conceptual Physics (undergraduate, humanities major) 2. Recitation sections of Algebra-based General Physics I & II (undergraduate, premedical) 3. Recitation sections of Calculus-based General Physics I & II (undergraduate, engineers) 4. General Physics Laboratory Sections (undergraduate, premedical, engineers) 5. Advanced Classical Mechanics (graduate, physicists) 6. Electromagnetic Theory (graduate, physicists)

3 Teaching Experience, Evaluation, and Taught Courses (continued) Garyounis University: 1. Classical Mechanics (undergraduate, physicists) 2. Waves and Optics (undergraduate, physicists) 3. Electronic Circuits (undergraduate, engineers) 4. Electricity and Magnetism (undergraduate, physicists) 5. Introductory Modern Physics (undergraduate, physicists) 6. Quantum Chemistry (undergraduate, chemists) 7. Calculus and Differential Equations I (undergraduate, physicists) 8. Mathematical Physics (undergraduate, physicist) 9. Engineering Electromagnetic (undergraduate, engineers) 10. Numerical Analysis (undergraduate, Business) 11. Thermal Physics (undergraduate, physicists) Research Experience, Accomplishments, and Activities 1. High Energy Physics: Nuclear and Particle Physics Experience of 10+ years in experimental high-energy nuclear and particle physics research 24 invited and 9 contributed talks at international conferences and workshops 40+ internal talks at the STAR Collaboration meetings 7 single-author articles of which few are published in a peer reviewed journals One of my single-author paper is among the top cited articles during 2009 in nuclear experiment 100+ published papers (STAR collaboration) with total number of citations Referee for Journal of Physics G (nuclear and particle physics) since 2009 Play a leading role in direct photon measurements at the STAR experiment Development of a new and superior computational algorithms for π 0 measurements The following outlines my research accomplishments and activities at different institutions: University of Mississippi: 1. Carrying out the direct γ correlation measurements with charged hadrons and reaction plane at the STAR experiment in order to quantify the parton energy loss in heavy-ion collisions 2. Supervising one Ph.D. student at Fayoum University and two M.Sc. students at Cairo University 3. Representing and leading the effort of the Egyptian group to join the STAR Collaboration 4. Representing the jet correlations Physics Working Group (PWG) at the last STAR Collaboration meeting

4 Research Experience, Accomplishments, and Activities (continued) Texas A&M University: 1. Responsible for direct γ measurements in STAR collaboration from on-line trigger to publication stage 2. Development of a new method using the Shower Maximum Detector to perform γ/π 0 discrimination 3. Carried out a full systematic study of direct γ and π 0 triggered correlation measurements using a novel technique which depends on a transverse shower-shape analysis 4. Conducted the Upsilon (Υ) particle cross-section measurements in p+p collisions at snn = 200 GeV 5. Carrying out the azimuthal anisotropy (v 2 ) of direct γ and π 0 at high transverse momentum 6. Carrying out the direct γ/π 0 -jet (full reconstructions) correlation measurements 7. Conducting the long-range pseudorapidity correlations (ridge) of direct γ and π 0 8. Conducting the Υ-hadron correlations in p+p collisions and d+au collisions 9. Exploring physics capabilities with the Muon Telescope Detector (STAR experiment) Wayne State University: 1. Conducted the elliptic flow measurements of inclusive γ in Au + Au collisions 2. Development of a new clustering algorithm for the π 0 reconstructions in Au + Au collisions using the STAR Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter 2. Solid State Physics 2 years of research experience in polymer physics 2 publications in polymer physics journals of my M.Sc. thesis data The following compiles my research accomplishments at different institutions: Suez-Canal University: 1. Studied the effect of γ-irradiation on the mechanical, electrical, and optical properties, and the Mössbauer parameters for pure and Ferrous Sulfate doped Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) films Garyounis University: 1. Studied the optical absorption and electrical conduction of pure and Cadmium Sulphide and Erythrosion blended photosensitive Polystyrene films Invited and Contributed talks, Seminars, and Colloquia September, 2013 March, 2013 February, 2013 February, 2013 Invited: The 9th International Workshop on High-P T Physics at LHC, France. Title: Direct photon measurements status at the STAR experiment Colloquium: University of Mississippi, Mississippi, USA. Title: RHIC and EIC, The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and The Electron Ion Collider Seminar: Zewail City, Egypt. Title: Relativistic heavy-ion collisions and Relics from the early Universe Invited: The ECTP international Conf. in LHC Era, Egypt. Title: Azimuthal Anisotropy of high-p T direct γ and π 0

5 Invited and Contributed talks, Seminars, and Colloquia (continued) February, 2013 February, 2013 June, 2012 June, 2012 May, 2012 May, 2012 March, 2012 December, 2011 December, 2011 December, 2011 December, 2011 August, 2011 July, 2011 April, 2011 February, 2011 June, 2010 June, 2010 April, 2010 February, 2010 Invited: The ECTP international Conf. in LHC Era, Egypt. Title: Particle Detectors in High Energy Physics Invited: The ECTP international Conf. in LHC Era, Egypt. Title: Phase Transitions in the Early Universe Colloquium: University of Mississippi, Mississippi, USA. Title: Status report on STAR experiment Invited: Heavy Flavor Production in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. Title: Exploring physics capabilities in the STAR experiment with the Muon Telescope Detector and the Heavy Flavor Tracker Contributed: The 11th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2012), San Antonio, Texas, USA. Title: High-pt Hadrons and direct photons results at RHIC Invited: STAR Fluctuations and PID workshop, Rice University, Houston, USA. Title: Detections of Neutral pions and Direct photons using the Shower Maximum Detector in the STAR experiment Colloquium: Rice University, Houston, USA. Title: Relativistic heavy-ion collisions and Relics from the early Universe Seminar: Cairo University, Egypt. Title: The Early universe Seminar: American University in Cairo, Egypt. Title: Our Universe: The knowledge of Ignorance Invited: The ECTP international Conf. in LHC Era, Egypt. Title: High-pT phenomena at RHIC Seminar: Ain-Shams University, Egypt. Title: Quarks, Gluons, and the Big Bang Colloquium: Ain-Shams University, Egypt. Title: Exploring the Quantum Universe Invited: Workshop on QCD/Heavy-ion collisions, China. Title: γ-hadron correlations at RHIC Invited: The 6th International Workshop (LHC 2011), Netherlands. Title: High-pT particle productions and correlations in Au+Au Collisions Invited: The Lake Louise Winter Institute 2011, Canada. Title: γ-jet correlation and parton energy loss in QCD medium Contributed: Hot Quarks 2010 Workshop, France. Title: Azimuthal Anisotropy of Direct γ and π 0 at High-p T Invited: 2010 RHIC/AGS Annual Users Meeting, New York, USA. Title: Direct γ Measurements at STAR Invited: Workshop on Critical Exam. of RHIC Paradigms, Austin, USA. Title: Experimental Review of High-p T Phenomena at RHIC Invited: The Lake Louise Winter Institute 2010, Canada. Title: Upsilon Production at STAR in p+p collisions at s = 200 GeV

6 Invited and Contributed talks, Seminars, and Colloquia (continued) January, 2010 March, 2009 February, 2009 August, 2008 July, 2008 June, 2008 February, 2008 May, 2007 April, 2006 October, 2005 Contributed: The Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Jamaica. Title: In-Medium Fragmentation Functions via Direct γ Measurements Contributed: The 21st International Conf. (QM 09), Tennessee, USA. Title: Direct γ - Charged Hadron Azimuthal Correlations at STAR Invited: The 4th International Workshop (LHC 2009), Czech Republic. Title: Direct γ-charged Hadron Measurements at STAR Contributed: Hot Quarks 2008 Workshop, Colorado, USA. Title: One More Ingredient for Energy Loss Quantification Contributed: The 34th International Conf. on HEP, Pennsylvania, USA. Title: Direct γ-charged Hadron Azimuthal Correlation Measurements Invited: The 3rd International Conference on Hard Probes, Spain. Title: Direct γ-charged Hadron Azimuthal Correlations Contributed: The 20th International Conference (QM 08), India. Title: γ-jet Measurements at STAR Contributed: School of Collective Dynamics, LBNL, California, USA. Title: Probing the Medium With Photons Seminar: Nuclear Physics Seminar, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. Title: Toward Elliptic Flow of Direct γ Contributed: Midwest Critical Mass Meeting, Ohio, USA. Title: Elliptic Flow of Inclusive γ 1. Nuclear Physics Selected Publications A full list of my articles at inspires: One book (Inclusive Photons and Neutral Pions in Heavy-Ion Collisions) ISBN Out of 100+ total publications with the STAR collaboration the following are few selected: 1. H. Agakishiev et al. Phys. Rev. C 83 (2011) A. M. Hamed, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 270 (2011) B. I. Abelev et al., Phys. Rev. D 82 (2010) B. I. Abelev et al., Phys. Rev. C 82 (2010) A. M. Hamed, Nucl. Phys. A 830 (2009) 451c-454c. 6. B. I. Abelev et al., Phys. Rev. C 80 (2009) A. M. Hamed, Eur. Phys. J. C 61 (2009) A. M. Hamed, J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 35 (2008) This paper is one of the top cited articles in nuclear experiment during J. Adams et al. Nucl. Phys. A 757 (2005) J. Adams et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) Solid State Physics The following 2 publications are of my M.Sc. thesis: 1. F. Sharaf et al., Polymer Degradation and Stability 66 (1999) F. Sharaf et al., Egyptian Journal of Solids 20 (1997) 2.

7 Memberships present: Member of the American Physics Society (APS) present: Member of the STAR Collaboration (55 institutions from 12 countries, with a total of 563 collaborators) Synergistic Activities 1. Physics Analysis and Coordination (STAR Collaboration) Development of a new method using the electromagnetic shower profile to separate direct γ from π 0 (contact person) Development of a new clustering algorithm for the π 0 reconstructions in Au+Au collisions and p + p collisions (contact person) Carried out a full systematic study of direct γ and π 0 triggered correlation measurements using a novel technique which depends on a transverse shower-shape analysis (contact person) Conducted the elliptic flow measurements of inclusive γ in Au + Au collisions (contact person) Carrying out the direct γ/π 0 -jet (full reconstructions) correlation measurements (contact person) Period coordinator, Certified shift leader and detector operator for STAR during datataking Serving in the God Parent Committee for many of the STAR papers Served in the Quarkonia Task Force for the Quark Matter 2006 conference Conducted the Upsilon (Υ) particle cross-section measurements in p+p collisions at s NN = 200 GeV Carrying out the azimuthal anisotropy (v 2 ) of direct γ and π 0 at high transverse momentum (contact person) Conducting the long-range pseudorapidity correlations (ridge) of direct γ and π 0 Conducting the Υ-hadron correlations in p+p collisions and d+au collisions Exploring physics capabilities with the Muon Telescope Detector (STAR experiment) 2. Level-2 Trigger Development (STAR Collaboration) Development of on-line software trigger for direct gamma in nuclear physics collisions Commissioning of on-line Level-2 gamma trigger Monitoring the on-line trigger for Level-2 gamma trigger Monitoring of on-line database (pedestals, hot channels) of the calorimeter based-triggers 3. Hardware, Software, and Simulation (STAR Collaboration) Calibration of the Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter and Shower Maximum Detectors General quality assurance of the Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter and Shower Maximum Detectors Map-checker of the Barrel Shower Maximum and Barrel Preshower detectors Simulation operator for direct γ and π 0 (Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter, Shower maximum Detectors) Simulation operator for J/ψ, and B-meson (Muon Telescope Detector) 4. Mentoring Students (Texas A&M University) Co-guidance of 3 Ph.D. students in the STAR-Texas A&M University group Co-guidance of two students in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at the TAMU Cyclotron Institute in the summer of 2009 and 2010

8 Grants Proposal for NSF Summer : Rated as very good and recommended to be funded if possible. Declined due to the limited time of my current position at the University of Mississippi. (Panel Summary and Reviews are available upon request) Travel grant from NSF, to participate in The Lake Louise Winter Institute 2010, Canada Travel grant from NSF, to participate in The 34th International Conf. on HEP, Pennsylvania, 2008, USA Travel grant from NSF, to participate in The 3rd International Conference on Hard Probes, 2008, Spain References Prof. Saskia Mioduszewski, Texas A&M University, tel:(979) , saskia@comp.tamu.edu Prof. Thomas Cormier, Wayne State University, tel:(313) , cormier@physics.wayne.edu Prof. Sergei Voloshin, Wayne State University, tel: (313) , voloshin@wayne.edu Prof. Carl Gagliardi, Texas A&M University, tel:(979) , cggroup@comp.tamu.edu Prof. Nu Xu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, tel:(510) , nxu@lbl.gov Prof. Ralf Rapp, Texas A&M University, tel:(979) , rapp@comp.tamu.edu Prof. Rainer Fries, Texas A&M University, tel:(979) , rjfries@comp.tamu.edu Prof. Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University, tel:(979) , tribble@comp.tamu.edu Prof. Charles Gale, McGill University, tel:(514) , gale@physics.mcgill.ca Prof. Scott Payson, Wayne State University, tel:(313) , payson@wayne.edu Prof. Lucien Cremaldi, University of Mississippi, tel:(662) , cremaldi@phy.olemiss.edu

9 Ahmed M. Hamed Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS , phone: , fax: , Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX , phone: , Full List of Publications 1 Experimental High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics 1.1 Conference Proceedings 1. A. M. Hamed, Azimuthal anisotropy (v 2 ) of high-p T π 0 and direct γ in Au+Au collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 270 (2011) A. M. Hamed, Upsilon Productions at STAR, ArXiv: A. M. Hamed, Exploration of jet energy loss via direct γ-charged particle azimuthal correlation measurements, Nuclear Physics A 830 (2009) A. M. Hamed, Direct photon-charged hadron coincidence measurements in STAR, PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENCE PoS (High-pT physics 09) A. M. Hamed, Modified Fragmentation Function in Heavy Ion Collisions at RHIC via Direct photon-jet Measurements, Eur. Phys. J. C 61 (2009) A. M. Hamed, Azimuthal correlations between charged hadrons and direct photons at high-p t in p + p and Au + Au collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, ArXiv: A. M. Hamed, Direct photon-charged hadron azimuthal correlations, J. Phys. G 35 (2008) Publications L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Measurement of Charge Multiplicity Asymmetry Correlations in High Energy Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions at 200 GeV, arxiv: L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Jet-Hadron Correlations in s NN = 200 GeV Au+Au and p+p Collisions, arxiv: L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Fluctuations of charge separation perpendicular to the event plane and local parity violation in s NN = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC, arxiv: L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Freeze-out Dynamics via Charged Kaon Femtoscopy in s NN = 200 GeV Central Au+Au Collisions, arxiv:

10 5. L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], System Size Dependence of Transverse Momentum Correlations at RHIC, Phys. Rev. C 87 (2013) L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Elliptic flow of identified hadrons in Au+Au collisions at s NN = GeV, Phys. Rev. C 88 (2013) L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Third Harmonic Flow of Charged Particles in Au+Au Collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, arxiv: L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Observation of an energy-dependent difference in elliptic flow between particles and antiparticles in relativistic heavy ion collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 (2013) L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Measurement of J/ψ Azimuthal Anisotropy in Au+Au Collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, arxiv: L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Studies of di-jets in Au+Au collisions using angular correlations with respect to back-to-back leading hadrons, Phys. Rev. C 87 (2013) L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Single Spin Asymmetry A N in Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 719 (2013) L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], J/ψ production at high transverse momenta in p+p and Au+Au collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 722 (2013) L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Inclusive charged hadron elliptic flow in Au + Au collisions at s NN = GeV, Phys. Rev. C 86 (2012) L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetry and Cross-Section for π 0 and η Mesons at Large Feynman-x in Polarized p+p Collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 86 (2012) L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Longitudinal and transverse spin asymmetries for inclusive jet production at mid-rapidity in polarized p+p collisions at sqrts=200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 86 (2012) L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Measurements of D 0 and D Production in p + p Collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 86 (2012) L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Di-electron spectrum at midrapidity in p + p collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys.Rev. C 86 (2012) L. Adamczyk et al. [STAR Collaboration], Directed Flow of Identified Particles in Au + Au Collisions at = 200 GeV at RHIC, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 (2012) G. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Measurement of the W eν and Z/γ e + e Production Cross Sections at Mid-rapidity in Proton-Proton Collisions at s = 500 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 85 (2012) G. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Energy and system-size dependence of two- and four-particle v 2 measurements in heavy-ion collisions at 62.4 and 200 GeV and their implications on flow fluctuations and nonflow, Phys. Rev. C 86 (2012) G. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], System size and energy dependence of near-side di-hadron correlation, Phys. Rev. C 85 (2012)

11 22. G. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Identified hadron compositions in p+p and Au+Au collisions at high transverse momenta at s NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 (2012) G. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Directed and elliptic flow of charged particles in Cu+Cu collisions at s NN = 22.4 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 85 (2012) G. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Anomalous centrality evolution of twoparticle angular correlations from Au-Au collisions at s NN = 62 and 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 86 (2012) G. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], ρ 0 Photoproduction in AuAu Collisions at s NN =62.4 GeV with STAR, Phys. Rev. C 85 (2012) G. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Strangeness Enhancement in Cu+Cu and Au+Au s NN = 200 GeV Collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 (2012) H. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Evolution of the differential transverse momentum correlation function with centrality in Au+Au collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 704 (2011) H. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Observation of the antimatter helium-4 nucleus, Nature 473 (2011) H. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Experimental studies of dijet survival and surface emission bias in Au+Au collisions via angular correlations with respect to back-to-back leading hadrons, Phys. Rev. C 83 (2011) H. Agakishiev et al. [STAR Collaboration], High p T non-photonic electron production in p+p collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 83 (2011) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Measurements of Dihadron Correlations Relative to the Event Plane in Au+Au Collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, ArXiv: M. M. Aggarwal et al. [STAR Collaboration], Strange and Multi-strange Particle Production in Au+Au Collisions at s NN = 62.4 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 83 (2011) M. M. Aggarwal et al. [STAR Collaboration], Measurement of the parity-violating longitudinal single-spin asymmetry for W ± boson production in polarized protonproton collisions at s = 500 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 (2011) M. M. Aggarwal et al. [STAR Collaboration], Scaling properties at freeze-out in relativistic heavy ion collisions, Phys. Rev. C 83 (2011) M. M. Aggarwal et al. [STAR Collaboration], An Experimental Exploration of the QCD Phase Diagram: The Search for the Critical Point and the Onset of Deconfinement, ArXiv: M. M. Aggarwal et al. [STAR Collaboration], K 0 production in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at s NN = 62.4 GeV and 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 84 (2011) M. M. Aggarwal et al. [STAR Collaboration], Pion femtoscopy in p+p collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 83 (2011)

12 M. M. Aggarwal et al. [STAR Collaboration], Measurement of the Bottom contribution to non-photonic electron production in p+p collisions at sqrts=200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Charged and strange hadron elliptic flow in Cu+Cu collisions at s NN = 62.4 and 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 81 (2010) M. M. Aggarwal et al. [STAR Collaboration], Balance Functions from Au+Au, d+au, and p+p Collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 82 (2010) M. M. Aggarwal et al. [STAR Collaboration], Higher Moments of Net-proton Multiplicity Distributions at RHIC, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 (2010) M. M. Aggarwal et al. [STAR Collaboration], Azimuthal di-hadron correlations in d+au and Au+Au collisions at s NN = 200 GeV from STAR, Phys. Rev. C 82 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Longitudinal scaling property of the charge balance function in Au + Au collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 690 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Upsilon cross section in p+p collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 82 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Three-particle coincidence of the long range pseudorapidity correlation in high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Inclusive π 0, η, and direct photon production in p+p and d+au collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, Rev. C 81 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Studying Parton Energy Loss in Heavy-Ion Collisions via Direct-Photon and Charged-Particle Azimuthal Correlations, Phys. Rev. C 82 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Yields and elliptic flow of d(d) and 3 He( 3 He) in Au+Au collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, ArXiv: B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Observation of π + π π + π photoproduction in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions at s NN = 200 GeV at the STAR detector, Phys. Rev. C 81 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Identified high-p T spectra in Cu+Cu collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 81 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry and cross section for inclusive neutral pion production at midrapidity in polarized proton collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 80 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Observation of an Antimatter Hypernucleus, Science 328 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Longitudinal Spin Transfer to Λ and Λ Hyperons in Polarized Proton-Proton Collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 80 (2009)

13 54. B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Identified particle production, azimuthal anisotropy, and interferometry measurements in Au+Au collisions at s NN = 9.2 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 81 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Azimuthal Charged-Particle Correlations and Possible Local Strong Parity Violation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Observation of charge-dependent azimuthal correlations and possible local strong parity violation in heavy ion collisions, Phys. Rev. C 81 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Long range rapidity correlations and jet production in high energy nuclear collisions, Phys. Rev. C 80 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Neutral Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 80 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Center of mass energy and system-size dependence of photon production at forward rapidity at RHIC, Nucl. Phys. A 832 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Growth of Long Range Forward-Backward Multiplicity Correlations with Centrality in Au+Au Collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Perspectives of a Midrapidity Dimuon Program at RHIC: A Novel and Compact Muon Telescope Detector, J. Phys. G 36 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], System size dependence of associated yields in hadron-triggered jets, Phys. Lett. B 683 (2010) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], J/psi production at high transverse momentum in p+p and Cu+Cu collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 80 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Pion Interferometry in Au+Au and Cu+Cu Collisions at RHIC, Phys. Rev. C 80 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], K/pi Fluctuations at Relativistic Energies, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Measurement of D* Mesons in Jets from p+p Collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 79 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Observation of Two-source Interference in the Photoproduction Reaction AuAu AuAuρ 0, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Energy and system size dependence of φ meson production in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions, Phys. Lett. B 673 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Measurements of φ meson production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at RHIC, Phys. Rev. C 79 (2009)

14 70. B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Systematic Measurements of Identified Particle Spectra in pp, d+au and Au+Au Collisions from STAR, Phys. Rev. C 79 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Beam-Energy and System-Size Dependence of Dynamical Net Charge, Phys. Rev. C 79 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], System-size independence of directed flow at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Indications of Conical Emission of Charged Hadrons at RHIC, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Centrality dependence of charged hadron and strange hadron elliptic flow from s NN = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions, Phys. Rev. C 77 (2008) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Forward Neutral Pion Transverse Single Spin Asymmetries in p+p Collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Spin alignment measurements of the K* and phi vector meson at RHIC, Phys. Rev. C 77 (2008) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Hadronic resonance production in d+au collisions at 200 GeV at RHIC, Phys. Rev. C 78 (2008) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], ρ 0 Photoproduction in Ultra-Peripheral Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions with STAR, Phys. Rev. C 77 (2008) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry for inclusive jet production in p + p collisions at s=200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Forward Lambda Production and Nuclear Stopping Power in d+au Collisions at s NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 76 (2007) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Measurement of Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries for Di-Jet Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Enhanced strange baryon production in Au+Au collisions compared to p+p at s NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 77 (2008) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Global polarization measurement in Au+Au collisions, Phys. Rev. C 76 (2007) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Energy dependence of pi, p and pbar transverse momentum spectra for Au+Au collisions at s NN = 62.4 and 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 655 (2007) B. Abelev et al. [STAR Collaboration], Partonic flow and phi-meson production in Au+Au collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007)

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