SECTION II:  HEAVY ION REACTIONS

Factors influencing residue cross section in 48Ca-induced reactions
D. A. Mayorov, T. A. Werke, M. C. Alfonso, M. E. Bennett, and C. M. Folden III

Characterization of a gas stopper for heavy element chemistry studies
M. C. Alfonso, D. A. Mayorov, T. A. Werke, and C. M. Folden III

Fabrication of lanthanide targets for nuclear reaction studies
D. A. Mayorov, T. A. Werke, M. E. Bennett, and C. M. Folden III

Excitation functions of 45Sc-induced reactions: towards future superheavy element synthesis
T. A. Werke, D. A. Mayorov, M. C. Alfonso, M. E. Bennett, and C. M. Folden III

Ionization chamber development for super heavy elements search
S. K. Wuenschel, E. J. Kim, M. Barbui, J. B. Natowitz, H. Zheng, N. Blando, and K. Hagel

Probing custerization in 40Ca 40Ca reaction at 35 MeV/A
K. Schmidt, K. Hagel, M. Barbui, S. Wuenschel, G. Giuliani, H. Zheng, E. Kim, N. Blando, A. Bonasera and J. B. Natowitz

Investigating the experimental capabilities of the quadrupole thermometer
S. Wuenschel, J. B. Natowitz, M. Barbui, N. Blando, A. Bonasera, G. Guilani, K. Hagel, E. J. Kim, K. Schmidt, and H. Zheng

Exploring the alpha cluster structure of nuclei using the thick target inverse kinematics technique for multiple alpha decays
M. Barbui, K. Hagel, V.Z. Goldberg, J.B. Natowitz, H. Zheng, G. Giuliani, G.Rapisarda, S. Wuenschel and X.Q. Lin

Alternative reaction paths to heavy elements
K. Hagel, M. Barbui, S. Wuenschel, K. Schmidt, G. Giuliani , H. Zheng, N. Blando, Z. Majka, A.Wieloch, Z. Sosin, S. Kowalski and J. B. Natowitz

Using break-up mechanisms in heavy ion collisions at low energies to constrain the asymmetry energy at Low Nuclear Density
Paul J. Cammarata, Lauren A. Heilborn, Justin Mabiala, Larry W. May, Alan B. McIntosh, Andrew Raphelt, Andrew Zarrella, and Sherry J. Yennello

Experimental and simulation results for isoscailng of a reconstructed quasi-projectile
A. Raphelt, P. J. Cammarata, L. Heilborn, J. Mabiala, L. May, A. B. McIntosh, A. Zarrella, and S. J. Yennello

Using light charged particles to probe the asymmetry dependence of the caloric curve
A. B. McIntosh, A. Bonasera, Z. Kohley, P. J. Cammarata, K. Hagel, L. Heilborn, J. Mabiala, L. W. May, P. Marini, A. Raphelt, G. A. Souliotis, S. Wuenschel, A. Zarrella, and S. J. Yennello

Experimental correlation function using FAUST upgrade
L. Heilborn, P. J. Cammarata, J. Mabiala, A.B. McIntosh, L.W. May, A. Raphelt, A. Zarrella, and S. J. Yennello

Determination of QP mass with measured neutrons
Andrew Zarrella, Paola Marini, Alan McIntosh, Paul Cammarata, Lauren Heilborn, Justin Mabiala, Larry W. May, Andrew Raphelt, Sherry Yennello

Critical scaling of excited nuclear systems from quantum fluctuations
J. Mabiala, A. Bonasera, H. Zheng, A. B. McIntosh, P. Cammarata, K. Hagel, L. Heilborn, Z. Kohley, L. W. May, A. Raphelt, G.A. Souliotis, A. Zarrella, and S.J. Yennello

Toward understanding relativistic heavy-ion collisions with the STAR detector at RHIC
M. Cervantes, S. Mioduszewski, and the STAR Collaboration