Selected Publications:
Physics Analysis:
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 Lambda_c 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. B844, 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. B797, 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. B771, 13 (2017)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Direct Virtual Photon Production in Au+Au Collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B770, 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. B750, 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. B722, 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. C107, 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. D102, 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. D100, 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. C99, 034908 (2019)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), Measurements of Dielectron Production in Au+Au Collision at 200 GeV from the STAR Experiment, Phys. Rev. C92, 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. C86, 024906 (2012)
STAR Collaboration (Principal Author), K* Production in Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at 62.4 and 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C84, 034909 (2011)
Phenomenology:
Z. Liu, Z. Tang*, X. Wu and W. Zha*, Quantifying photoproduction correction to J/psi measurements in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C109, 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. C48, 044001 (2024)
Z. Li, W. Zha*, and Z. Tang*, Rescattering effect on the measurement of K* spin alignment in heavy-ion collisions, Phys. Rev. C106, 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. D103, 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. B789, 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. C99, 061901 (2019)
W. Zha, L. Ruan, Z. Tang*, Z. Xu and S. Yang, Coherent lepton pair production in hadronic heavy ion collisions, Phys. Lett. B781, 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. C97, 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. C93. 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. C91, 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. G37, 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. C79, 051901 (2009) [200 citations from Inspires database]
Detector:
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