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N. S. Bandara

University of Massachusetts Amherst · US
Area of research
Nuclear and High Energy Physics · Aerospace Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include High-Energy Particle Collisions Research, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering.
h-index
22
citations
1,785
works
71
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Nonprompt direct-photon production in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>Au</mml:mtext><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mtext>Au</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:math> collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math> GeV
Physical review. C 2024cited by 14position: middledoi
Charm- and bottom-quark production in Au+Au collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math> GeV
Physical review. C 2024cited by 3position: middledoi
Measurement of Direct-Photon Cross Section and Double-Helicity Asymmetry at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>510</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>GeV</mml:mi></mml:math> in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:
Physical Review Letters 2023cited by 8position: middledoi
Improving constraints on gluon spin-momentum correlations in transversely polarized protons via midrapidity open-heavy-flavor electrons in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msup><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">↑</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math> collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:m
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2023cited by 4position: middledoi
Kinematic dependence of azimuthal anisotropies in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Au</mml:mi><mml:mo>,</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>d</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Au</mml:mi><mml:mo>,</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi>He</mml:mi><mml:mprescript
Physical review. C 2022cited by 22position: middledoi
Measurement of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mi>S</mml:mi><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math> nuclear modification at backward and forward rapidity in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>,</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><
Physical review. C 2022cited by 21position: middledoi
Systematic study of nuclear effects in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Al</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mo>,</mml:mo><mml:mo> </mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Au</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mo>,</mml:mo><mml:mo> </mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mi>d</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Au</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>, and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><
Physical review. C 2022cited by 20position: middledoi
<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>ϕ</mml:mi></mml:math> meson production in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Al</mml:mi><mml:mo>,</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Au</mml:mi><mml:mo>,</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow>
Physical review. C 2022cited by 10position: middledoi
Probing Gluon Spin-Momentum Correlations in Transversely Polarized Protons through Midrapidity Isolated Direct Photons in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msup><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">↑</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math> Collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </m
Physical Review Letters 2021cited by 14position: middledoi
Transverse momentum dependent forward neutron single spin asymmetries in transversely polarized <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math> collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>GeV</mml:mi></mml:math>
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2021cited by 5position: middledoi
Measurement of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>J</mml:mi><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>at forward and backward rapidity in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>,<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Al</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>,<mml:math xmlns:mml
Physical review. C 2020cited by 25position: middledoi
Nuclear-modification factor of charged hadrons at forward and backward rapidity in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>Al</mml:mi></mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mo
Physical review. C 2020cited by 24position: middledoi
Measurements of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:math> pairs from open heavy flavor and Drell-Yan in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math> collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn><mml:mtex
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2019cited by 46position: middledoi
Multiparticle azimuthal correlations for extracting event-by-event elliptic and triangular flow in Au + Au collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math> GeV
Physical review. C 2019cited by 15position: middledoi
Measurement of charm and bottom production from semileptonic hadron decays in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math> collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:mrow><mml:mi>s</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>GeV</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2019cited by 8position: middledoi
Nonperturbative-transverse-momentum broadening in dihadron angular correlations in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mrow/><mml:mrow><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn><mml:mspace width="0.16em"/><mml:mi>GeV</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> proton-nucleus collisions
Physical review. C 2019cited by 8position: middledoi
Creation of quark–gluon plasma droplets with three distinct geometries
Nature Physics 2018cited by 310position: middledoi
Measurements of Multiparticle Correlations in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>d</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Au</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> Collisions at 200, 62.4, 39, and 19.6 GeV and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Au</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> Collisions at 200 GeV and Implications for Collective Behavior
Physical Review Letters 2018cited by 72position: middledoi
Pseudorapidity Dependence of Particle Production and Elliptic Flow in Asymmetric Nuclear Collisions of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Al</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Au</mml:mi></mml:math>, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>
Physical Review Letters 2018cited by 52position: middledoi
Measurements of mass-dependent azimuthal anisotropy in central <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math> + Au, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>d</mml:mi></mml:math> + Au, and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi>He</mml:mi><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:math> + Au collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathM
Physical review. C 2018cited by 33position: middledoi
Cross section and longitudinal single-spin asymmetry <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msub><mml:mi>A</mml:mi><mml:mi>L</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math> for forward <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msup><mml:mi>W</mml:mi><mml:mo>±</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi><mml:mo>±</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:math> production in polarized <mml:math xmlns
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2018cited by 21position: middledoi
Nuclear Dependence of the Transverse-Single-Spin Asymmetry for Forward Neutron Production in Polarized <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>A</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> Collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200
Physical Review Letters 2018cited by 12position: middledoi
Measurement of long-range angular correlations and azimuthal anisotropies in high-multiplicity <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Au</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">NN</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math> GeV
Physical review. C 2017cited by 63position: middledoi
Measurement of the relative yields of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mi>S</mml:mi><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math> to <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mi>S</mml:mi><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math> mesons produced at forward and backward rapidity in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Mat
Physical review. C 2017cited by 39position: middledoi
<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>B</mml:mi></mml:math>-meson production at forward and backward rapidity in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> and Cu + Au collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml
Physical review. C 2017cited by 12position: middledoi
Azimuthally anisotropic emission of low-momentum direct photons in Au + Au collisions at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math> GeV
Physical review. C 2016cited by 108position: middledoi
Transverse energy production and charged-particle multiplicity at midrapidity in various systems from<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>7.7</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math>to 200 GeV
Physical review. C 2016cited by 104position: middledoi
Dielectron production in Au + Au collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math>GeV
Physical review. C 2016cited by 65position: middledoi
Inclusive cross section and double-helicity asymmetry for<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msup><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msup></mml:math>production at midrapidity in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:math>collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:mrow><mml:mi>s</mml:m
Physical review. D/Physical review. D. 2016cited by 56position: middledoi
Single electron yields from semileptonic charm and bottom hadron decays in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>Au</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mi>Au</mml:mi></mml:math>collisions at<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>200</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math>GeV
Physical review. C 2016cited by 47position: middledoi

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