ar X iv : n uc l - ex / 0 21 00 14 v 2 2 0 N ov 2 00 2 1 Anisotropic flow

ar X iv : n uc l - ex / 0 21 00 14 v 1 9 O ct 2 00 2 1 Anisotropic flow

Recent experimental results on directed and elliptic flow, theoretical developments, and new techniques for anisotropic flow analysis are reviewed.

ar X iv : n uc l - th / 0 21 10 85 v 1 2 7 N ov 2 00 2 1 Medium effects to the N ( 1535 ) resonance and η mesic nuclei

ar X iv : n uc l - ex / 0 21 10 14 v 1 1 5 N ov 2 00 2 The Forward Time Projection Chamber ( FTPC ) in STAR

Two cylindrical forward TPC detectors are described which were constructed to extend the phase space coverage of the STAR experiment to the region 2.5 < |η| < 4.0. For optimal use of the available space and in order to cope with the high track density of central Au+Au collisions at RHIC, a novel design was developed using radial drift in a low diffusion gas. From prototype measurements a 2-trac...

ar X iv : n uc l - ex / 0 61 00 44 v 2 2 N ov 2 00 6 Fluctuation studies in STAR

Study of event by event fluctuations of thermodynamic quantities offer us more insight about the hot and dense matter created in the relativistic heavy ion collisions. In this review the recent results on these studies carried out by the STAR collaboration are presented. c Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licence.

ar X iv : n uc l - ex / 0 41 10 48 v 1 2 4 N ov 2 00 4 Compton Scattering by the Nucleon ⋆

The status of Compton scattering by the nucleon at energies of the first and second resonance is summarized. In addition to a general test of dispersion theories and a precise determination of polarizabilities, the validities of four fundamental sum rules are explored. Recommended averages of experimental values for the electromagnetic polarizabilities and spin-polarizabilities of the nucleon a...