Publications and Presentations

A list of all the papers from STAR Collaboration, including figures, data tables and links to PDF files in the ArXiV and Journal websites, can be found in the STAR Publication Database. The CERN Document Server. is the database for many papers of experiments at CERN, including a searchable database of all the CMS papers. The papers related to the field of heavy ions from CMS can be found in the Heavy-Ion public results twiki from CMS.

Selected publications

Measurement of nuclear modification factors of Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(2S), and Upsilon(3S) mesons in PbPb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV. Physics Letters B, 790: 270 (2019). Contributions from C.S. Flores and S. Tuli.
Suppression of excited Upsilon states relative to the ground state in PbPb collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 5.02 TeV. PRL, 120: 142301 (2018). Results in PhD thesis of C.S. Flores, contributions from S. Tuli.
Observation of top quark production in proton-nucleus collisions. CMS Collaboration. Physical Review Letters, 119: 242001 (2017). Contributions from S. Tuli, O. Kukral.
Measurement of B+/- Meson Nuclear Modification Factor in PbPb Collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=5.02 TeV. CMS Collaboration. PRL 119, 152301 (2017). MCBS, Analysis Review Committee.
Measurement of inclusive jet cross-sections in pp and PbPb collisions at sqrt(s[NN])=2.76 TeV. CMS Collaboration. PRC 96 015202 (2017). MCBS, Analysis Review Committee.
Relative Modification of Prompt Psi(2S) and J/psi yields from pp to PbPb collisions at sqrt(sNN)=5.02 TeV. CMS Collaboration. PRL 118 162301 (2017). Contributions from O. Kukral, in collaboration with E.Chapon, Ecole Polytechnique.
Suppression of Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(2S), and Upsilon(3S) quarkonium states in PbPb collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 2.76 TeV. CMS Collaboration. Phys.Lett.B 770 357 (2017). Contributions from C.S. Flores in collaboration with N. Filipovic, Ecole Polytechnique.
Upsilon production in U + U collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 193 GeV measured with the STAR experiment. Phys. Rev. C94 (2016) 064904
Study of B Meson Production in p + Pb Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV Using Exclusive Hadronic Decays. Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 032301 (2016). MCBS, Analysis Review Committee.
Study of Z production in PbPb and pp collisions at sqrt(s[NN]) = 2.76 TeV in the dimuon and dielectron decay channels JHEP 03 (2015) 22. Results in PhD thesis of M. Gardner.
Suppression of Upsilon Production in d+Au and Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV. Results in PhD thesis of A. Kesich.
Multiplicity and transverse momentum dependence of two- and four-particle correlations in pPb and PbPb collisions With work by R. Conway.
Observation of sequential Upsilon suppression in PbPb collisions. Results in PhD thesis of G. Breto Rangel.
Azimuthal anisotropy of charged particles at high transverse momenta in PbPb collisions at sqrt(s[NN]) = 2.76 TeV. With work by R. Conway.
Suppression of non-prompt J/psi, prompt J/psi, and Y(1S) in PbPb collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 2.76 TeV. MCBS, Analysis Review Committee.

The paper was selected for highlighting in Fermilab Today: Result of the Week. (March 2012)

Observation and studies of jet quenching in PbPb collisions at sqrt(s) = 2.76 TeV. Work by S. Salur.
Indications of suppression of excited Upsilon states in PbPb collisions at sqrt(s) = 2.76 TeV. Work by J. Robles and G. Breto Rangel.
- The PRL paper was selected for a Synopsis in the APS 'Physics' Journal.
Study of Z boson production in PbPb collisions at sqrt(s) = 2.76 TeV. Results in PhD thesis of J. Robles.
- The paper was selected for highlighting in Fermilab Today: Result of the Week. (April, 2011)
Upsilon cross section in p+p collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV. Results in PhD thesis of R. Reed.
J/psi production at high transverse momentum in p+p and Cu+Cu collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 200 GeV. MCBS, STAR God Parent Committee.
Measurement of D* Mesons in Jets from p+p Collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV. MCBS, STAR God Parent Committee.
Charmed hadron production at low transverse momentum in Au+Au collisions at RHIC.
Transverse momentum and centrality dependence of high-pT non-photonic electron suppression in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 200 GeV.
Open charm yields in d+Au collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 200 GeV.

MCBS Ph.D. Thesis:

Charged Hadron Spectra in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 130 GeV. Yale University, 2001. (nucl-ex/0111004)

First Z⁰ candidate in PbPb collisions in the CMS detector.

Conference Presentations from Group Members

2019

Overview of Bottomonia Results in AA Collisions. MCBS. Workshop on Bottomonia as Tools, Aussois, France. Jan 2019. Slides.

2018

Probing QCD deconfinement with sequential quarkonium suppression of three Υ(nS) states with the CMS detector. Santona Tuli, for the CMS Collaboration. Quark matter 2018, Venice, Italy. May 2018. Slides.
Overview of Recent Heavy Ion Highlights from the CMS experiment. MCBS, for the CMS Collaboration. CIPANP 2018, Palm Springs, CA. May 2018. Slides.

2017

Bottomonia results from the LHC Run 1 and Run 2 with CMS. Chad Flores, for the CMS Collaboration. Quark matter 2017, Chicago, IL. February 2017. Slides.

2016

Heavy flavor flow and transport in the QGP at RHIC with STAR. MCBS, for the STAR collaboration. Moriond QCD, La Thuile, IT. March 2016. Slides.
Upsilon production in pA and AA collisions from SPS to the LHC. MCBS. New Observables in Quarkonium Production, Trento, IT. February-March 2016. Slides.
The quest for beauty in heavy ion collisions. MCBS. Colloquium, Uni Frankfurt. February 10, 2016.

2015

Heavy quarkonium in Quark Matter. MCBS. Lectures at the joint Subatech-Uni Frankfurt Helmholtz Research School on Quark Matter Studies, "Theory and Experiments with Heavy Quarks". 25-31 October, 2015. Agenda.
Upsilon Results from STAR. M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, for the STAR Collaboration. 31st Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics. Keystone, CO. January 2015. Slides.

2014

A Panorama of Bottomonium Results (with focus on
STAR and CMS), University of Washington, Institute of Nuclear Theory,
Workshop on Heavy Flavor and Electromagnetic Probes in Heavy-Ion
Collisions. September 2014. Slides.
The Physics of the LHC. Short course, Osher Lifelong-Learning Institute. October-November, 2014.
Weak Boson Results from CMS: Probing the Initial State
in Nuclear Collisions Using Electroweak Measurements, Initial
Stages in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions. Napa, CA. December, 2014. Slides.

2013

The Quest for Beauty in Heavy Ion Collisions. M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez. Colloquium at UC Riverside. May 2013. Slides.
Quarkonium Results in PbPb Collisions at CMS. M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, for the CMS Collaboration. 29th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics. Squaw Valley, CA. February 2013. Slides. Proceedings.
Very High-pT Triggered Dihadron Correlations in PbPb Collisions at 2.76 TeV with CMS. Rylan Conway, for the CMS Collaboration. 29th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics. Squaw Valley, CA. February 2013. Slides. Proceedings.
Upsilon Production and Suppression in Heavy Ion Collisions at STAR. Anthony Kesich, for the STAR Collaboration. 29th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics. Squaw Valley, CA. February 2013. Slides. Proceedings.

2012

Upsilon Results from STAR. M. Calderón de la Barca Sanchez, for the STAR Collaboration. 5th International Workshop on Heavy Quark Production in Heavy Ion Collisions. Utrecht, The Netherlands. November, 2012. Slides.
Hot Quarks 2012: Workshop for Young Scientists on the Physics of Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions. Proceedings.
Upsilon Production in Heavy Ions with STAR and CMS. M. Calderón de la Barca Sanchez. "Heavy Ion Tea" Seminar, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. September 2012. Slides.
Overview of Experimental Heavy Flavor Results from Quark Matter. M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez. Workhop on Jet Modification in the RHIC and LHC Era. Wayne State University. August, 2012. Slides.
Detailed measurements of bottomonium suppression in PbPb collisions at 2.76 TeV with CMS. Guillermo Breto Rangel, for the CMS Collaboration. Quark Matter 2012. Washington, DC. August 2012. Slides. Proceedings.
R_CP and R_AA Measurements of Identified and Unidentified Charged Particles at High p_T in Au+Au Collisions at 7.7, 11.5, 19.6, 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV in STAR. Evan Sangaline, for the STAR Collaboration. Quark Matter 2012. Washington, DC. August 2012. Slides. Proceedings.
Short- and long-range very-high-pT triggered dihadron correlations in PbPb collisions at 2.76 TeV with CMS. R. Conway, for the CMS Collaboration. Quark Matter 2012. Washington, DC. August 2012. Slides. Proceedings.
Results from Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions. M. Calderón de la Barca Sanchez. The LHC, Particle Physics and the Cosmos. University of Auckland, New Zealand. July 2012. Slides.
Heavy Flavor and Heavy Quarkonia in Heavy Ions with CMS. M. Calderón de la Barca Sanchez, for the CMS Collaboration. Workshop on Heavy Flavor Production in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions. University of Illinois, Chicago. June 2012. Slides.
Measurement of Fourier components of two-particle correlations in PbPb collisions at sqrt(s)=2.76TeV with CMS. Rylan Conway, for the CMS Collaboration. Hard Probes 2012, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. May 2012. Slides and Proceedings.
Measurements of Upsilon production and Nuclear modification factor at STAR. A. Kesich, for the STAR Collaboration. Hard Probes 2012, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. May 2012. Slides. Proceedings.
Quarkonia and open heavy flavor production at STAR. M. Calderón de la Barca Sanchez, for the STAR Collaboration. Hard Probes 2012, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. May 2012. Slides.
Quarkonia production in 2.76 TeV PbPb collisions in CMS. G. Breto Rangel, for the CMS Collaboration. 28th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics. Puerto Rico, April 2012. Slides. Proceedings.
Measurements of Upsilon production and Nuclear modification factor at STAR. A. Kesich, for the STAR Collaboration. 28th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics. Puerto Rico, April 2012. Slides. Proceedings.
Flow phenomena in PbPb Collisions at CMS. R. Conway, for the CMS Collaboration. Rencontres de Moriond: QCD and High Energy Interactions. La Thuile, France. March 2012. Slides.

2011

The bottom line on heavy ion collisions. M. Calderón de la Barca Sanchez. Colloquium at Physics Department, Sacramento State. 20/Oct/2011. Slides.
Dimuon results in PbPb and pp collisions in CMS. M. Calderón de la Barca Sanchez, for the CMS Collaboration. PANIC 2011, Cambridge, MA. July, 2011. Conference entry and slides. Proceedings.
Recent Results from STAR. M. Calderón de la Barca Sanchez, for the STAR Collaboration. eXtreMexico, XQCD 2011, San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. July, 2011.
Weak boson production measured in PbPb and pp by CMS. J. Robles, for the CMS Collaboration. Quark Matter 2011, Annecy, France. May 2011. Conference entry and slides. Proceedings (in CERN Document Server). Proceedings.
First measurement of Upsilon suppression. R. Reed, for the STAR Collaboration. Poster, and Flash Talk at Quark Matter 2011, Annecy, France. May 2011. Conference entry and slides. Proceedings.
Dimuons in pp and PbPb collisions with the CMS experiment. J. Robles, for the CMS Collaboration. Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Feb 2011. Winter Park, Colorado. Slides from conference site.

2010

Upsilon production in p+p, d+Au and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV at STAR. R. Reed, for the STAR Collaboration. Hard Probes 2010. October 2010. Eilat, Israel.
Jet Results and Jet Reconstruction Techniques in p+p and their Prospects in Pb+Pb Collisions in CMS. S. Salur, for the CMS Collaboration. Workshop on "Jets in pp and heavy-ion collisions". Prague, Czech Republic. August, 2010. Slides.
Upsilon production in p+p, d+Au and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV at STAR. R. Reed, for the STAR Collaboration. Hot Quarks 2010, La-Londe-les-Laures, France. June 2010.
Jet Reconstruction at RHIC. S. Salur, for the STAR Collaboration. XLV Rencontres de Moriond. La Thuile, France, March 2010. Slides.
Reconstructed Jets at RHIC. S. Salur (Invited Talk). 26th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics. January 2010. Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
Quarkonia in STAR: Results and Future Plans. M. Calderón de la Barca Sanchez, for the STAR Collaboration. 26th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics. January 2010. Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

2009 and earlier

Upsilon production in p+p, d+Au and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV at STAR. R. Reed, for the STAR Collaboration. Strangeness in Quark Matter 2009, Buzios, Brazil.
Upsilon production in d+Au collisions at STAR. H. Liu, for the STAR Collaboration. Quark Matter 2009, Knoxville TN.
Upsilon production in STAR. D. Das, for the STAR Collaboration. Hot Quarks 2008, Estes Park, CO.
Upsilon production in p+p and Au+Au in STAR. D. Das, for the STAR Collaboration. Quark Matter 2008, Jaipur, India.
Upsilon cross section in p+p collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV. M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, for the STAR Collaboration. 23d Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Big Sky, MT, 2007.
STAR results on high transverse momentum, heavy flavour and electromagnetic probes. M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, for the STAR Collaboration. Quark Matter 2006, Shanghai, China.
Upsilon cross section in p+p collisions at STAR. P. Djawotho, for the STAR Collaboration. Quark Matter 2006, Shanghai, China.
Heavy Flavor Production in STAR. M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, for the STAR Collaboration. DIS 2006, Tsukuba, Japan.
Progress on quarkonium studies in STAR. M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, for the STAR Collaboration. 22nd Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, La Jolla, CA 2006.

UCD NPG CMS students and crew of the film "Secrets of the Universe" during filming at Charly's Pub near CERN. Left to Right: Michel Chauvin (Line Producer), Laura Stucki (Local Producer), MCBS, Santona Tuli, Ota Kukral, Graham Waegel, Tristan Breeuwer (Camera), Stephen Low (Director).

Santona Tuli and Jared Jay in the CERN CMS Center filming "Secrets of the Universe" during the 2018 LHC Heavy Ion run.

At CERN, during the 2018 PbPb run. Ota Kukral, Graham Waegel, Jared Jay, MCBS, and Santona Tuli.

At UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference 2013. From left to right, Nuclear Group members are: Chadwick Rainbolt (presenter), Todd Kinghorn, Vincent Carpenter, and Gabriel Bonilla (presenter). Also presenting their research in the Physics Department are Xiaolan Sun, Meredith Powell, and Sean Barberie.

At Quark Matter 2012, with present members and alumni, in Washington, DC. (Top) Sevil Salur, Jorge Robles, Rylan Conway, Anthony Kesich, Manuel Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, Guillermo Breto Rangel, (bottom) Rosi Reed, Evan Sangaline, and Daniel Cebra.

At Hard Probes 2012, Sardinia, Italy. Anthony Kesich (left) and Rylan Conway (right) presented results from STAR and CMS.

At the CMS Center during the 2011 PbPb run, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. Standing: Manuel Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, Yetkin Yilmaz (MIT). Seated, L to R: Guillermo Breto Rangel, Rylan Conway, Michael Gardner and Jorge Robles.

At Quark Matter 2011, Annecy, France. Rosi Reed (middle right) and Jorge Robles (right) presented results from STAR and CMS.