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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 158, 2017
The XXIII International Workshop “High Energy Physics and Quantum Field Theory” (QFTHEP 2017)
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| Article Number | 01004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 14 | |
| Section | Plenary | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715801004 | |
| Published online | 24 October 2017 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715801004
Highlights from STAR heavy ion program
1 National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe avenue 31, 115409 Moscow, Russian Federation
* e-mail: VAOkorokov@mephi.ru; Okorokov@bnl.gov
Published online: 24 October 2017
Recent experimental results obtained in STAR experiment at the Relativistic heavy-ion collider (RHIC) with ion beams will be discussed. Investigations of different nuclear collisions in some recent years focus on two main tasks, namely, detail study of quark-gluon matter properties and exploration of the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) phase diagram. Results at top RHIC energy show clearly the collective behavior of heavy quarks in nucleus-nucleus interactions. Jet and heavy hadron measurements lead to new constraints for energy loss models for various flavors. Heavy-ion collisions are unique tool for the study of topological properties of theory as well as the magneto-hydrodynamics of strongly interacting matter. Experimental results obtained for discrete QCD symmetries at finite temperatures confirm indirectly the topologically non-trivial structure of QCD vacuum. Finite global vorticity observed in non-central Au+Au collisions can be considered as important signature for presence of various chiral effects in sQGP. Most results obtained during stage I of the RHIC beam energy scan (BES) program show smooth behavior vs initial energy. However certain results suggest the transition in the domain of dominance of hadronic degrees of freedom at center-of-mass energies between 10-20 GeV. The stage II of the BES at RHIC will occur in 2019-2020 and will explore with precision measurements in the domain of the QCD phase diagram with high baryon densities. Future developments and more precise studies of features of QCD phase diagram in the framework of stage II of RHIC BES will be briefly discussed.
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