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A study of nuclear effects using forward-rapidity hadron production and di-hadron angular correlations in sqrt(sNN) = 200 GeV d+Au and p+p collisions with the PHENIX detector at RHIC

Meredith, Beau A.

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Title
A study of nuclear effects using forward-rapidity hadron production and di-hadron angular correlations in sqrt(sNN) = 200 GeV d+Au and p+p collisions with the PHENIX detector at RHIC
Author(s)
Meredith, Beau A.
Issue Date
2012-02-06T20:07:13Z
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Grosse Perdekamp, Matthias
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Peng, Jen-Chieh
Committee Member(s)
  • Grosse Perdekamp, Matthias
  • Stack, John D.
  • Giannetta, Russell W.
Department of Study
Physics
Discipline
Physics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • PHENIX
  • Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)
  • Muon Piston Calorimeter
  • Di-Hadron Angular Correlations
  • Nuclear Modification Factors
  • Gluon Saturation
  • Color Glass Condensate
  • Nuclear Shadowing
  • Parton Distribution Functions
  • Forward Rapidity
Graduation Semester
2011-12
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Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2011 by Beau Anthony Meredith. All rights reserved.

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