acknowledgements

Author: kocolosk

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+I am deeply indebted to all those who helped me develop the measurements
+presented here. To Bernd Surrow, for his passion and his unwavering support
+throughout my graduate career. To Mike Miller, Renee Fatemi, and Frank Simon,
+who taught me how to think like a physicist and helped me find my place in STAR.
+To Jan Balewski and Joe Seele, for advising me on the finer points of the
+analysis in its closing stages, and to all of my fellow MIT RHIC Spin graduate
+students, past and present, for their collaboration and occasional
+commiseration. Thank you. The greater STAR Collaboration also deserves my
+thanks, especially those members contributing to the spin physics program. I
+won't forget Carl Gagliardi and Ernst Sichtermann's careful attention to the
+detail of this analysis, nor J\'er\^ome Lauret's energetic leadership of the
+Software and Computing systems on which I spent so many hours.
+
+I want to express my gratitude to Alan Hoffman and Mike Miller for taking a
+chance on starting a company with me, and for making sure that I stuck around to
+finish this thesis despite all of the other demands on our time.
+
+I owe a tremendous debt to my parents, who encouraged my inquisitiveness and
+provided the kind of loving home one takes for granted when one doesn't know any
+better. Thanks to them, to my brothers and sisters, to the Sulens family, my
+friends back home and here in Boston, and many others.
+
+Finally, to my wife Hillary, who has been a constant source of support and
+encouragement even as she concluded her own doctoral studies and raised our
+little baby girl. My greatest joy is knowing what it means to her to see this
+day come to pass.