Selected Publications
STAR Experiment:
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Observation of an Antimatter Hypernucleus, Science 328, 58 (2010)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Measurement of sequential Upsilon suppression in Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV with the STAR experiment, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 112301 (2023)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), First measurement of Λc baryon production in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 172301 (2020)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Observation of excess J/ψ yield at very low transverse momenta in Au Au collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 200 GeV and U U collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 193 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 132302 (2019)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Low pT e+e- Pair Production in Au+Au Collisions at 200 GeV and U+U Collisions at 193 GeV at STAR, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 132301 (2018)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Dielectron Mass Spectrum from Au+Au Collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 022301 (2014)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Measurement of J/ψ Azimuthal Anisotropy in Au+Au Collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 052301 (2013)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Identified Hadron Compositions in p+p and Au+Au Collisions at High Transverse Momemtum at 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 072302 (2012)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Elliptic Flow of Heavy-Flavor Decay Electrons in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt{sNN} = 27 and 54.4 GeV at RHIC, Phys. Lett. B 844, 138071 (2023)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Measurement of inclusive J/ψ suppression in Au Au collisions at 200 GeV through the dimuon channel at STAR, Phys. Lett. B 797, 134917 (2019)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Energy Dependence of J/ψ production in Au+Au Collisionst at 39, 62.4 and 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 771, 13 (2017)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Direct Virtual Photon Production in Au+Au Collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 770, 451 (2017)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Energy Dependence of Acceptance-Corrected Dielectron Exess Mass Spectrum at Mid-Rapidity in Au+Au Collisions at 19.6 and 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 750, 64 (2015)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), J/ψ production at High Transverse Momentum in p+p and Au+Au Collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 722, 55 (2013)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Measurements of dielectron production in Au+Au collisions at 27, 39 and 62.4 GeV from the STAR experiment, Phys. Rev. C 107, L061901 (2023)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), J/ψ production at High Transverse Momemtum in p+p and Cu+Cu Collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C(R) 80, 041902 (2009)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Spin Alignment Measurements of the K* and Phi Vector Meson at RHIC, Phys. Rev. C(R) 77, 061902 (2008)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Measurements of inclusive J/ψ polarization in p+p collisions at 200 by the STAR detector, Phys. Rev. D 102, 092009 (2020)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Measurements of the transverse-momentum-dependent cross sections of J/ψ production at mid-rapidity in proton proton collisions at 510 and 500 GeV with the STAR detector, Phys. Rev. D 100, 052009 (2019)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Centrality and transverse momentum dependence of D0-meson production at mid-rapidity in Au + Au collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 99, 034908 (2019)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Measurements of Dielectron Production in Au+Au Collision at 200 GeV from the STAR Experiment, Phys. Rev. C 92, 024912 (2015)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Dielectron Azimuthal Anisotropy at Mid-Rapidity in Au+Au Collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C90, 064904 (2014)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Dielectron Spectrum at Mid-Rapidity in p+p Collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 86, 024906 (2012)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), K* Production in Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at 62.4 and 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 84, 034909 (2011)
ALICE Experiment:
ALICE Collaboration, Coherent J/ψ photoproduction at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=5.02 TeV, Phys. Lett. B 871, 139952 (2025)
ALICE Collaboration, Measurement of beauty production via non-prompt charm hadrons in p-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV, JHEP 2024, 148 (2024)
ALICE Collaboration, Prompt and non-prompt J/Ψ production at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV, JHEP 2024, 066 (2024)
ALICE Collaboration, Measurement of inclusive J/Ψ production at midrapidity and forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV, Phys. Lett. B 849, 044001 (2024)
Phenomenology and methods:
Y. Wang, R. Ma, K. Shen, Z. Tang* and W. Zha, Reducing Systematic Bias in Machine Learning Applications to Signal Extraction in High-Energy Nuclear Physics, accepted by Nucl. Sci. & Tech. xxx, xxxxxx (2026)
Z. Liu, Z. Li, W. Zha, Z. Tang*, Energy dependence of rescattering effect on vector mesons spin alignment at RHIC, Phys. Lett. B 873, 140161 (2026)
Y. Wang, X. Li, Z. Li, Z. Tang*, X. Wu and W. Zha*, Rescattering effects on spin-interference for ρ0 photoproduction in heavy-ion collisions, Phys. Rev. C 112, 034910 (2025)
Z. Liu, Z. Tang*, X. Wu and W. Zha*, Quantifying photoproduction correction to J/ψ measurements in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 109, 034909 (2024)
W. Lv, Y. Li, Z. Li, R. Ma, Z. Tang*, P. Tribedy, C. Tsang, Z. Xu and W. Zha, Correlations of baryon and charge stopping in heavy ion collisions, Chin. Phys. C 48, 044001 (2024)
Z. Li, W. Zha*, and Z. Tang*, Rescattering effect on the measurement of K* spin alignment in heavy-ion collisions, Phys. Rev. C 106, 064908 (2022)
W. Zha*, Z. Tang*, Discovery of higher-order quantum electrodynamics effect for the vacuum pair production, JHEP 08, 083 (2021)
W Zha, J. Brandenburg*, L. Ruan, and Z. Tang*, Exploring the double-slit interference with linearly polarized photons, Phys. Rev. D 103, 033007 (2021)
W. Zha*, L. Ruan, Z. Tang*, Z. Xu and S. Yang, Coherent photo-produced J/ψ and dielectron yields in isobaric collisions, Phys. Lett. B 789, 238 (2019)
W. Zha*, L. Ruan, Z. Tang*, Z. Xu and S. Yang, Double-slit experiment at Fermi scale: Coherent photoproduction in heavy-ion collisions, Phys. Rev. C 99, 061901 (2019)
W. Zha, L. Ruan, Z. Tang*, Z. Xu and S. Yang, Coherent lepton pair production in hadronic heavy ion collisions, Phys. Lett. B 781, 182 (2018)
W. Zha, S. R. Klein, R. Ma, L. Ruan, T. Todoroki, Z. Tang*, Z. Xu, C. Yang, Q. Yang and S. Yang, Coherent J/ψ Photoproduction in Hadronic Heavy-ion Collisions, Phys. Rev. C 97, 044910 (2018)
W. Zha, B. Huang, R. Ma, L. Ruan, Z. Tang*, Z. Xu, C. Yang, Q. Yang and S. Yang, Systematic study of the experimental measurements on J/ψ cross sections and kinematic distributions in p+p collisions at different energies, Phys. Rev. C 93. 024919 (2016)
Kun Jiang, Yinying Zhu, Weitao Liu, Hongfang Chen, Cheng Li, Lijuan Ruan, Zebo Tang*, and Zhangbu Xu, Onset of radial flow in p+p collisions, Phys. Rev. C 91, 024910 (2015)
Z. Tang, L. Yi, L. Ruan, M. Shao, C. Li, H. Chen, B. Mohanty and Z. Xu, The Statistical Origin of Constituent-Quark Scaling in QGP Hadronization, Chin. Phys. Lett. 30, 031201 (2013)
M. Shao, L. Yi, Z. Tang*, H. Chen, C. Li and Z. Xu, Examine the species and beam-energy dependence of particle spectra using Tsallis Statistics, J. Phys. G 37, 085104 (2010)
Z. Tang, Y. Xu, L. Ruan, G. van Buren, F. Wang and Z. Xu*, Spectra and radial flow at RHIC with Tsallis statistics in a Blast-Wave description, Phys. Rev. C 79, 051901 (2009) [200+ citations]
Detector:
K. Jiang, Z. Cao, C. Li, X. Li, X. Li, Y. Li, Z. Li, Z. Li, Z. Liang, P. Lu, K. Shen, K. Wang, Y. Wang, X. Wu, Z. Zeng, C. Liu* and Z. Tang*, Calibration and characterisation of 2286 3-inch photomultiplier tubes for the water Cherenkov detector array of the LHAASO experiment, NIMA 1086, 171361 (2026)
K. Jiang, Z. Cao, X. Li, Y. Li, Z. Li, Z. Li, Z. Liang, P. Lu, K. Shen, K. Wang, Y. Wang, X. Wu, C. Li, Z. Tang*, Test of photomultiplier tubes for the Muon Detectors of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory, NIMA 1080, 170793 (2025)
Y. Wang, K. Jiang*, K. Shen, C. Li, Z. Tang*, Wangmei Zha, High-precision calibration of gain and characterization of single-photoelectron response in photomultiplier tubes, NIMA 1073, 170269 (2025)
Y. Li, K. Jiang*, X. Zhao, X. Li, C. Li, Z. Tang*, High dynamic range base design and characterization of an 8-inch photomultiplier tube CR365-02-2 for the LHAASO-MD experiment, NIMA 1025, 166190 (2022)
K. Jiang, Z. Tang*, X. Li*, Z. Cao, C. Li, Y. Li, Z. Li, Z. Li, Z. Liang, P. Lu, K. Shen, K. Wang, Y. Wang and X. Wu, Qualification tests of 997 8-inch photomultiplier tubes for the water Cherenkov detector array of the LHAASO experiment, NIMA 995, 165108 (2021)
K. Jiang, Z. Tang*, X. Li and C. Li, Study of the water Cherenkov detector with high dynamic range for LHAASO, JINST 15, C08021 (2020)
Y. Ji, Z. Tang*, C. Li, X. Li and M, Shao, A novel fast response and radiation-resistant scintillator detector for beam loss monitor, JINST 12, C07042 (2017)
X. Zhao, Z. Tang*, C. Li, X. Li, W. Zha, H. Chen, Y. Zhang, M. Shao, Y. Sun and Y. Zhou, Characterization of HZC XP1805 photomultiplier tube for LHAASO-WCDA with a high dynamic range base, JINST 11, P10012 (2016)
X. Zhao, Z. Tang*, C. Li, H. Chen, Y. Zhang, X. Li, M. Shao, Y. Sun, W. Zha and Y. Zhou, Afterpulse measurement for 8-inch candidate PMTs for LHAASO, JINST 11, T05002 (2016)
Proceedings, Reviews:
Z. Tang*, Quarkonium production: An experimental overview, Nucl. Phys. A 1005, 121942 (2021). Contribution to Quark Matter 2019
Z. Tang, W. Zha and Y. Zhang*, An experimental review of open heavy flavor and quarkonium production at RHIC, Nucl. Sci. Tech. 31, 81 (2020)
W. Zha, Z. Tang*, Experimental review of quarkonium production in heavy-ion collisions, Nucl. Part. Phys. Proc. 289-290, 83 (2017). Contribution to Hard Probes 2016
