Dr. Neha Kiritkumar Shah

Research Areas:Experimental High Energy Physics

Heavy-ion Collisions: Understanding strong interactions using two-particle correlation functions, Understanding QCD phase diagram with strangeness production, Hypernuclei and antimatter production

Exotics: Dibaryons, pentaquarks  and Hadron spectroscopy 

Other Interests :Reading, Sketching, Photography

Ph.D. Students:

Sameer Aslam

Professional Experience:

• Visiting Professor: Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Gujarat, India (October, 2017 – May, 2018)
• CAS-PIFI Post-doctoral Fellow: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, China (March, 2015 – September, 2017) (Prof. Yu Gang Ma’s group)
• Post-doctoral Fellow: University of California Los Angeles, USA (September, 2010 – July, 2014) (Prof. Huan Z. Huang’s group)

Awards & Honours:

• Post-doctoral fellowship under Chinese Academy of Science Presidents International Fellowship Initiative, March 2015 – September 2017
• Prof. S. K. Shah Gold Medal, The Maharaja Sayajirao University, 2005

Publications:

• The Proton-Ω correlation function in Au+Au collisions at Ös_NN = 200 GeV. (in preparation)
• Strange hadron production in Au+Au collisions at  Ös_NN = 7.7, 11.5, 19.6, 27, and 39 GeV. (in preparation)
• Beam Energy Dependence of Jet-Quenching Signatures in Au+Au Collisions at STAR, Accepted Phys. Rev. Lett., arXiv:1707.01988
• Measurement of hypertriton lifetime in Au+Au collision at RHIC, Phys. Rev. C 97 (2018) 054909.
• Production of multistrange hadrons, light nuclei and hypertriton in central Au+Au collisions at Ös_NN = 11.5 and 200 GeV, N. Shah, Y. G. Ma, J. H. Chen and S. Zhang, Phys. Lett. B 754 (2016) 6.
• Measurement of interaction between antiprotons, Nature 527 (2015) 345.
• The ΛΛ Correlation Function in Au+Au collisions at Ös_NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 (2015) 022301 (It is selected as a Phys. Rev. Lett. Editors' Suggestion)
• Investigation of the dd ® ³He n p⁰ reaction with WASA-at-COSY, Phys. Rev. C 88 (2013) 014004.
• Exclusive Measurement of the h® p⁺p^- gamma Decay, Phys. Lett. B 707 (2012) 243.
• Experimental Investigation of p⁰p⁰ production in Proton-Proton Collisions at Tp=1400 MeV, Phys. Lett. B 706 (2012) 256.
• Measurement of the 3p⁰ Dalitz Plot Distribution with the WASA Detector at COSY, Phys. Lett. B 677 (2009) 24.

Presentations:Conference Proceedings:

• Study of Hyperon Interaction from Heavy-Ion Collisions using STAR detector at RHIC, submitted to JPS Conf. Proc. 17 (2017) 031002.
• Study of ΛΛ correlations and search for the H-dibaryon with the STAR detector at RHIC, Nucl. Phys. A, 914 (2013) 410.
• Femtoscopy of identified particles at STAR, Nucl. Phys. A 904 (2013) 443.
• Study of ΛΛ correlations and search for the H-dibaryon with the STAR detector at RHIC, Acta Phy. Pol. B Proc. Supp.  5 (2012) 593.
• Experimental study of ppη dynamics with WASA-at-COSY, AIP Conf. Proc. 1374 (2011) 402.
• Physics with the new WASA-at-COSY facility, Himani Bhatt, Kavita Chandwani, Basanta Kumar Nandi, Neha Kiritkumar Shah, Susan Schandmand and Raghava Varma, Indian J. Phys. 84 (12) (2010) 1745.

Invited talks:

• “Search for NW bound state with the STAR detector at RHIC” 13^th International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics (HYP2018), VA, USA, June 24-29, 2018. (plenary talk)
• “Overview of Strangeness Production and Baryon-Baryon Interactions from Heavy-Ion Collisions” at the workshop on Exotic hadrons from high-energy collisions, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan, March 23 -26, 2016.
• “Baryon correlation measurement from Heavy-Ion Collisions” at 6^th Asian Triangle Heavy-Ion Conference (ATHIC2016), New Delhi, February 15-19, 2016. (plenary talk)
• “Study of Hyperon Interaction from Heavy-Ion Collisions using STAR detector at RHIC” at 12^th International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics (HYP2015), Sendai, Japan, September 7-12, 2015. (plenary talk)
• “Measurement of ΛΛ correlation function from STAR experiment” at 11^th Workshop on QCD Phase Transition and Relativistic Heavy-ion Physics, Harbin China during August 17-19, 2015.(plenary talk)
• “Search for H-dibaryon with STAR experiment” Nuclear physics seminar, Ohio State University, USA, June 6, 2013.
• “Study of ΛΛ correlations with the STAR detector at RHIC” at Hyperon-Hyperon Interactions and search for Exotic Di-Hyperons in Nuclear Collisions, RIKEN BNL Research Center Workshop, February 29 – March 2, 2012.
• “Experimental study of ppη dynamics with WASA-at-COSY” at the fourth workshop of the American Physical Society Topical group on Hadron Physics at Anaheim, California during April 27-29, 2011.

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Research Areas:Experimental High Energy Physics

Heavy-ion Collisions: Understanding strong interactions using two-particle correlation functions, Understanding QCD phase diagram with strangeness production, Hypernuclei and antimatter production

Exotics: Dibaryons, pentaquarks  and Hadron spectroscopy 

Other Interests :Reading, Sketching, Photography

Ph.D. Students:

Sameer Aslam

Professional Experience:

• Visiting Professor: Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Gujarat, India (October, 2017 – May, 2018)
• CAS-PIFI Post-doctoral Fellow: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, China (March, 2015 – September, 2017) (Prof. Yu Gang Ma’s group)
• Post-doctoral Fellow: University of California Los Angeles, USA (September, 2010 – July, 2014) (Prof. Huan Z. Huang’s group)

Awards & Honours:

• Post-doctoral fellowship under Chinese Academy of Science Presidents International Fellowship Initiative, March 2015 – September 2017
• Prof. S. K. Shah Gold Medal, The Maharaja Sayajirao University, 2005

Publications:

• The Proton-Ω correlation function in Au+Au collisions at Ös_NN = 200 GeV. (in preparation)
• Strange hadron production in Au+Au collisions at  Ös_NN = 7.7, 11.5, 19.6, 27, and 39 GeV. (in preparation)
• Beam Energy Dependence of Jet-Quenching Signatures in Au+Au Collisions at STAR, Accepted Phys. Rev. Lett., arXiv:1707.01988
• Measurement of hypertriton lifetime in Au+Au collision at RHIC, Phys. Rev. C 97 (2018) 054909.
• Production of multistrange hadrons, light nuclei and hypertriton in central Au+Au collisions at Ös_NN = 11.5 and 200 GeV, N. Shah, Y. G. Ma, J. H. Chen and S. Zhang, Phys. Lett. B 754 (2016) 6.
• Measurement of interaction between antiprotons, Nature 527 (2015) 345.
• The ΛΛ Correlation Function in Au+Au collisions at Ös_NN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 (2015) 022301 (It is selected as a Phys. Rev. Lett. Editors' Suggestion)
• Investigation of the dd ® ³He n p⁰ reaction with WASA-at-COSY, Phys. Rev. C 88 (2013) 014004.
• Exclusive Measurement of the h® p⁺p^- gamma Decay, Phys. Lett. B 707 (2012) 243.
• Experimental Investigation of p⁰p⁰ production in Proton-Proton Collisions at Tp=1400 MeV, Phys. Lett. B 706 (2012) 256.
• Measurement of the 3p⁰ Dalitz Plot Distribution with the WASA Detector at COSY, Phys. Lett. B 677 (2009) 24.

Presentations:Conference Proceedings:

• Study of Hyperon Interaction from Heavy-Ion Collisions using STAR detector at RHIC, submitted to JPS Conf. Proc. 17 (2017) 031002.
• Study of ΛΛ correlations and search for the H-dibaryon with the STAR detector at RHIC, Nucl. Phys. A, 914 (2013) 410.
• Femtoscopy of identified particles at STAR, Nucl. Phys. A 904 (2013) 443.
• Study of ΛΛ correlations and search for the H-dibaryon with the STAR detector at RHIC, Acta Phy. Pol. B Proc. Supp.  5 (2012) 593.
• Experimental study of ppη dynamics with WASA-at-COSY, AIP Conf. Proc. 1374 (2011) 402.
• Physics with the new WASA-at-COSY facility, Himani Bhatt, Kavita Chandwani, Basanta Kumar Nandi, Neha Kiritkumar Shah, Susan Schandmand and Raghava Varma, Indian J. Phys. 84 (12) (2010) 1745.

Invited talks:

• “Search for NW bound state with the STAR detector at RHIC” 13^th International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics (HYP2018), VA, USA, June 24-29, 2018. (plenary talk)
• “Overview of Strangeness Production and Baryon-Baryon Interactions from Heavy-Ion Collisions” at the workshop on Exotic hadrons from high-energy collisions, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan, March 23 -26, 2016.
• “Baryon correlation measurement from Heavy-Ion Collisions” at 6^th Asian Triangle Heavy-Ion Conference (ATHIC2016), New Delhi, February 15-19, 2016. (plenary talk)
• “Study of Hyperon Interaction from Heavy-Ion Collisions using STAR detector at RHIC” at 12^th International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics (HYP2015), Sendai, Japan, September 7-12, 2015. (plenary talk)
• “Measurement of ΛΛ correlation function from STAR experiment” at 11^th Workshop on QCD Phase Transition and Relativistic Heavy-ion Physics, Harbin China during August 17-19, 2015.(plenary talk)
• “Search for H-dibaryon with STAR experiment” Nuclear physics seminar, Ohio State University, USA, June 6, 2013.
• “Study of ΛΛ correlations with the STAR detector at RHIC” at Hyperon-Hyperon Interactions and search for Exotic Di-Hyperons in Nuclear Collisions, RIKEN BNL Research Center Workshop, February 29 – March 2, 2012.
• “Experimental study of ppη dynamics with WASA-at-COSY” at the fourth workshop of the American Physical Society Topical group on Hadron Physics at Anaheim, California during April 27-29, 2011.