D. M. Anderson⁵³, A. Aparin²⁸, E. C. Aschenauer⁶, M. U. Ashraf¹¹, F. G. Atetalla²⁹, A. Attri⁴⁰, G. S. Averichev²⁸, V. Bairathi²², K. Barish¹⁰, A. Behera⁵¹, R. Bellwied²⁰, A. Bhasin²⁷, J. Bielcik¹⁴, J. Bielcikova³⁸, L. C. Bland⁶, I. G. Bordyuzhin³, J. D. Brandenburg^48,6,*, A. V. Brandin³⁵, J. Butterworth⁴⁴, H. Caines⁶², M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez⁸, D. Cebra⁸, I. Chakaberia^29,6, P. Chaloupka¹⁴, B. K. Chan⁹, F-H. Chang³⁷, Z. Chang⁶, N. Chankova-Bunzarova²⁸, A. Chatterjee¹¹, D. Chen¹⁰, J. H. Chen¹⁸, X. Chen⁴⁷, Z. Chen⁴⁸, J. Cheng⁵⁵, M. Cherney¹³, M. Chevalier¹⁰, S. Choudhury¹⁸, W. Christie⁶, H. J. Crawford⁷, M. Csanád¹⁶, M. Daugherity¹, T. G. Dedovich²⁸, I. M. Deppner¹⁹, A. A. Derevschikov⁴², L. Didenko⁶, X. Dong³¹, J. L. Drachenberg¹, J. C. Dunlop⁶, T. Edmonds⁴³, N. Elsey⁶¹, J. Engelage⁷, G. Eppley⁴⁴, R. Esha⁵¹, S. Esumi⁵⁶, O. Evdokimov¹², A. Ewigleben³², O. Eyser⁶, R. Fatemi³⁰, S. Fazio⁶, P. Federic³⁸, J. Fedorisin²⁸, C. J. Feng³⁷, Y. Feng⁴³, P. Filip²⁸, E. Finch⁵⁰, Y. Fisyak⁶, A. Francisco⁶², L. Fulek², C. A. Gagliardi⁵³, T. Galatyuk¹⁵, F. Geurts⁴⁴, A. Gibson⁵⁸, K. Gopal²³, D. Grosnick⁵⁸, A. I. Hamad²⁹, A. Hamed⁵, J. W. Harris⁶², S. He¹¹, W. He¹⁸, X. He²⁶, S. Heppelmann⁸, S. Heppelmann⁴¹, N. Herrmann¹⁹, E. Hoffman²⁰, L. Holub¹⁴, Y. Hong³¹, S. Horvat⁶², Y. Hu¹⁸, H. Z. Huang⁹, S. L. Huang⁵¹, T. Huang³⁷, X. Huang⁵⁵, T. J. Humanic³⁹, P. Huo⁵¹, G. Igo⁹, D. Isenhower¹, W. W. Jacobs²⁵, C. Jena²³, A. Jentsch⁶, Y. JI⁴⁷, J. Jia^6,51, K. Jiang⁴⁷, S. Jowzaee⁶¹, X. Ju⁴⁷, E. G. Judd⁷, S. Kabana²⁹, M. L. Kabir¹⁰, S. Kagamaster³², D. Kalinkin²⁵, K. Kang⁵⁵, D. Kapukchyan¹⁰, K. Kauder⁶, H. W. Ke⁶, D. Keane²⁹, A. Kechechyan²⁸, M. Kelsey³¹, Y. V. Khyzhniak³⁵, D. P. Kikoła⁶⁰, C. Kim¹⁰, B. Kimelman⁸, D. Kincses¹⁶, T. A. Kinghorn⁸, I. Kisel¹⁷, A. Kiselev⁶, A. Kisiel⁶⁰, S. R. Klein³¹, M. Kocan¹⁴, L. Kochenda³⁵, L. K. Kosarzewski¹⁴, L. Kramarik¹⁴, P. Kravtsov³⁵, K. Krueger⁴, N. Kulathunga Mudiyanselage²⁰, L. Kumar⁴⁰, R. Kunnawalkam Elayavalli⁶¹, J. H. Kwasizur²⁵, R. Lacey⁵¹, S. Lan¹¹, J. M. Landgraf⁶, J. Lauret⁶, A. Lebedev⁶, R. Lednicky²⁸, J. H. Lee⁶, Y. H. Leung³¹, C. Li⁴⁷, W. Li⁴⁴, W. Li⁴⁹, X. Li⁴⁷, Y. Li⁵⁵, Y. Liang²⁹, R. Licenik³⁸, T. Lin⁵³, Y. Lin¹¹, M. A. Lisa³⁹, F. Liu¹¹, H. Liu²⁵, P. Liu⁵¹, P. Liu⁴⁹, T. Liu⁶², X. Liu³⁹, Y. Liu⁵³, Z. Liu⁴⁷, T. Ljubicic⁶, W. J. Llope⁶¹, R. S. Longacre⁶, N. S. Lukow⁵², S. Luo¹², X. Luo¹¹, G. L. Ma⁴⁹, L. Ma¹⁸, R. Ma⁶, Y. G. Ma⁴⁹, N. Magdy¹², R. Majka⁶², D. Mallick³⁶, S. Margetis²⁹, C. Markert⁵⁴, H. S. Matis³¹, J. A. Mazer⁴⁵, N. G. Minaev⁴², S. Mioduszewski⁵³, B. Mohanty³⁶, I. Mooney⁶¹, Z. Moravcova¹⁴, D. A. Morozov⁴², M. Nagy¹⁶, J. D. Nam⁵², Md. Nasim²², K. Nayak¹¹, D. Neff⁹, J. M. Nelson⁷, D. B. Nemes⁶², M. Nie⁴⁸, G. Nigmatkulov³⁵, T. Niida⁵⁶, L. V. Nogach⁴², T. Nonaka¹¹, G. Odyniec³¹, A. Ogawa⁶, S. Oh⁶², V. A. Okorokov³⁵, B. S. Page⁶, R. Pak⁶, A. Pandav³⁶, Y. Panebratsev²⁸, B. Pawlik^2,63, D. Pawlowska⁶⁰, H. Pei¹¹, C. Perkins⁷, L. Pinsky²⁰, R. L. Pintér¹⁶, J. Pluta⁶⁰, J. Porter³¹, M. Posik⁵², N. K. Pruthi⁴⁰, M. Przybycien², J. Putschke⁶¹, H. Qiu²⁶, A. Quintero⁵², S. K. Radhakrishnan²⁹, S. Ramachandran³⁰, R. L. Ray⁵⁴, R. Reed³², H. G. Ritter³¹, J. B. Roberts⁴⁴, O. V. Rogachevskiy²⁸, J. L. Romero⁸, L. Ruan⁶, J. Rusnak³⁸, N. R. Sahoo⁴⁸, H. Sako⁵⁶, S. Salur⁴⁵, J. Sandweiss⁶², S. Sato⁵⁶, W. B. Schmidke⁶, N. Schmitz³³, B. R. Schweid⁵¹, F. Seck¹⁵, J. Seger¹³, M. Sergeeva⁹, R. Seto¹⁰, P. Seyboth³³, N. Shah²⁴, E. Shahaliev²⁸, P. V. Shanmuganathan⁶, M. Shao⁴⁷, F. Shen⁴⁸, W. Q. Shen⁴⁹, S. S. Shi¹¹, Q. Y. Shou⁴⁹, E. P. Sichtermann³¹, R. Sikora², M. Simko³⁸, J. Singh⁴⁰, S. Singha²⁶, N. Smirnov⁶², W. Solyst²⁵, P. Sorensen⁶, H. M. Spinka⁴, B. Srivastava⁴³, T. D. S. Stanislaus⁵⁸, M. Stefaniak⁶⁰, D. J. Stewart⁶², M. Strikhanov³⁵, B. Stringfellow⁴³, A. A. P. Suaide⁴⁶, M. Sumbera³⁸, B. Summa⁴¹, X. M. Sun¹¹, Y. Sun⁴⁷, Y. Sun²¹, B. Surrow⁵², D. N. Svirida³, P. Szymanski⁶⁰, A. H. Tang⁶, Z. Tang⁴⁷, A. Taranenko³⁵, T. Tarnowsky³⁴, J. H. Thomas³¹, A. R. Timmins²⁰, D. Tlusty¹³, M. Tokarev²⁸, C. A. Tomkiel³², S. Trentalange⁹, R. E. Tribble⁵³, P. Tribedy⁶, S. K. Tripathy¹⁶, O. D. Tsai⁹, Z. Tu⁶, T. Ullrich⁶, D. G. Underwood⁴, I. Upsal^48,6, G. Van Buren⁶, J. Vanek³⁸, A. N. Vasiliev⁴², I. Vassiliev¹⁷, F. Videbæk⁶, S. Vokal²⁸, S. A. Voloshin⁶¹, F. Wang⁴³, G. Wang⁹, J. S. Wang²¹, P. Wang⁴⁷, Y. Wang¹¹, Y. Wang⁵⁵, Z. Wang⁴⁸, J. C. Webb⁶, P. C. Weidenkaff¹⁹, L. Wen⁹, G. D. Westfall³⁴, H. Wieman³¹, S. W. Wissink²⁵, R. Witt⁵⁷, Y. Wu¹⁰, Z. G. Xiao⁵⁵, G. Xie³¹, W. Xie⁴³, H. Xu²¹, N. Xu³¹, Q. H. Xu⁴⁸, Y. F. Xu⁴⁹, Y. Xu⁴⁸, Z. Xu⁶, Z. Xu⁹, C. Yang⁴⁸, Q. Yang⁴⁸, S. Yang⁶, Y. Yang³⁷, Z. Yang¹¹, Z. Ye⁴⁴, Z. Ye¹², L. Yi⁴⁸, K. Yip⁶, H. Zbroszczyk⁶⁰, W. Zha⁴⁷, D. Zhang¹¹, S. Zhang⁴⁷, S. Zhang⁴⁹, X. P. Zhang⁵⁵, Y. Zhang⁴⁷, Y. Zhang¹¹, Z. J. Zhang³⁷, Z. Zhang⁶, J. Zhao⁴³, C. Zhong⁴⁹, C. Zhou⁴⁹, X. Zhu⁵⁵, Z. Zhu⁴⁸, M. Zurek³¹, and M. Zyzak¹⁷ (STAR Collaboration)

• ¹Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699
• ²AGH University of Science and Technology, FPACS, Cracow 30-059, Poland
• ³Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics NRC “Kurchatov Institute,” Moscow 117218, Russia
• ⁴Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
• ⁵American University of Cairo, New Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt
• ⁶Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
• ⁷University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
• ⁸University of California, Davis, California 95616
• ⁹University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
• ¹⁰University of California, Riverside, California 92521
• ¹¹Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079
• ¹²University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
• ¹³Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68178
• ¹⁴Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Prague 115 19, Czech Republic
• ¹⁵Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
• ¹⁶ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
• ¹⁷Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies FIAS, Frankfurt 60438, Germany
• ¹⁸Fudan University, Shanghai 200433
• ¹⁹University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
• ²⁰University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
• ²¹Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000
• ²²Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Berhampur 760010, India
• ²³Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati 517507, India
• ²⁴Indian Institute Technology, Patna, Bihar 801106, India
• ²⁵Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
• ²⁶Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000
• ²⁷University of Jammu, Jammu 180001, India
• ²⁸Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141 980, Russia
• ²⁹Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
• ³⁰University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055
• ³¹Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
• ³²Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
• ³³Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich 80805, Germany
• ³⁴Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
• ³⁵National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
• ³⁶National Institute of Science Education and Research, HBNI, Jatni 752050, India
• ³⁷National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101
• ³⁸Nuclear Physics Institute of the CAS, Rez 250 68, Czech Republic
• ³⁹Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
• ⁴⁰Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
• ⁴¹Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
• ⁴²NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
• ⁴³Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
• ⁴⁴Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251
• ⁴⁵Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
• ⁴⁶Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05314-970, Brazil
• ⁴⁷University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026
• ⁴⁸Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237
• ⁴⁹Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
• ⁵⁰Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut 06515
• ⁵¹State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
• ⁵²Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
• ⁵³Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
• ⁵⁴University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
• ⁵⁵Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
• ⁵⁶University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
• ⁵⁷United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 21402
• ⁵⁸Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
• ⁵⁹Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata 700064, India
• ⁶⁰Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw 00-661, Poland
• ⁶¹Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201
• ⁶²Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
• ⁶³Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Cracow 31-342, Poland

• ^*Corresponding author. star-publication@bnl.gov