Overview of recent results from the STAR experiment
arXiv:1512.09329 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2016.02.023
Abstract
The Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC (STAR) experiment utilizes its excellent mid-rapidity tracking and particle identification capabilities to study the emergent properties of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). The STAR heavy-ion program at vanishingly small baryon density is aimed to address questions about the quantitative properties of the strongly-interacting Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) matter created in high energy collisions (, , chirality, transport parameters, heavy quark diffusion coefficients ...). At finite baryon density, the questions concern the phases of nuclear matter (the QCD phase diagram) and the nature of the phase transition, namely: what is the onset collision energy for the formation of QGP? What is the nature of phase transition in heavy-ion collisions? Are there two phase transition regions? If yes, where is the critical point situated? At Quark Matter 2015, the STAR collaboration has presented a wealth of new experimental results which address these questions. In these proceedings I highlight a few of those results.
Quark Matter 2015, Kobe, Japan
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