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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1997 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his landmark contribution to experimental studies of twoboson correlation in relativistic heavyion collisions

Overview

W. A. Zajc is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their academic career includes recognition by major scientific societies, reflecting an active role in the physics community.

Among the awards received, W. A. Zajc was honored with the Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics awarded by the American Physical Society in 2014. Earlier, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011. Additionally, they were elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1997, with a citation specifying their contribution to experimental studies involving two-boson correlation in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.

This recognition highlights their involvement in nuclear physics, particularly in experimental approaches to high-energy particle collision phenomena. The focus on two-boson correlations situates their work within the broader field of relativistic heavy-ion physics, which explores the properties of nuclear matter under extreme conditions.

While data on specific publications, co-authors, or detailed research topics beyond these contributions is not provided, the awards and primary affiliation place W. A. Zajc as an active contributor to the nuclear physics research community at Columbia University.

Best Publications

  • Formation of dense partonic matter in relativistic nucleus–nucleus collisions at RHIC: Experimental evaluation by the PHENIX Collaboration

    K. Adcox;S. S. Adler;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;C. Aidala

  • Suppression of hadrons with large transverse momentum in central Au + Au collisions at √sNN = 130 GeV

    K. Adcox;S. S. Adler;N. N. Ajitanand;Y. Akiba

  • PHENIX detector overview

    K. Adcox;S.S. Adler;M. Aizama;N.N. Ajitanand

  • Identified charged particle spectra and yields in Au + Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV

    S. S. Adler;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Elliptic flow of identified hadrons in [formula presented] collisions at [formula presented]

    S. S. Adler;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Suppressed π0 Production at Large Transverse Momentum in Central Au + Au Collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV

    S. S. Adler;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Energy loss and flow of heavy quarks in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200GeV

    A. Adare;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • J/psi production versus centrality, transverse momentum, and rapidity in Au+Au collisions at root S-NN=200 GeV

    A. Adare;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N.N. Ajitanand

  • Scaling properties of azimuthal anisotropy in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at sNN=200GeV

    A. Adare;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Suppressedπ0Production at Large Transverse Momentum in CentralAu+AuCollisions atsNN=200GeV

    S. S. Adler;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • J/ψProduction versus Centrality, Transverse Momentum, andRapidity inAu+AuCollisions atsNN=200GeV

    A. Adare;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Enhanced Production of Direct Photons in Au plus Au Collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV and Implications for the Initial Temperature

    A. Adare;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Absence of suppression in particle production at large transverse momentum in √sNN = 200 GeV d + Au collisions

    S. S. Adler;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Detailed measurement of the e+e- pair continuum in p+p and Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV and implications for direct photon production

    A. Adare;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Suppression Pattern of Neutral Pions at High Transverse Momentum in Au plus Au Collisions at root S-NN=200 GeV and Constraints on Medium Transport Coefficients

    A. Adare;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N.N. Ajitanand

  • Nuclear modification of electron spectra and implications for heavy quark energy loss in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200GeV

    S. S. Adler;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Measurements of higher order flow harmonics in Au+Au collisions at √sNN=200GeV

    A. Adare;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Heavy-quark production in p + p and energy loss and flow of heavy quarks in Au + Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV

    A. Adare;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Centrality dependence of π+/-, K+/-, p, and p̄ production from √sNN = 130 GeV Au + Au collisions at RHIC

    K. Adcox;S. S. Adler;N. N. Ajitanand;Y. Akiba

  • The PHENIX Collaboration

    A. Adare;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

Frequent Co-Authors

M. J. Tannenbaum
M. J. Tannenbaum Brookhaven National Laboratory
R. Seto
R. Seto University of California, Riverside
D. P. Morrison
D. P. Morrison Brookhaven National Laboratory
Ryugo S. Hayano
Ryugo S. Hayano University of Tokyo
E. O'Brien
E. O'Brien Brookhaven National Laboratory
P. L. McGaughey
P. L. McGaughey Los Alamos National Laboratory
S. Nagamiya
S. Nagamiya Japan Atomic Energy Agency
C. A. Aidala
C. A. Aidala University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
C. L. Woody
C. L. Woody Brookhaven National Laboratory
T. C. Awes
T. C. Awes Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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