# Recent results from the strong interactions program of NA61/SHINE

## TL;DR

The NA61/SHINE experiment investigates hadron production across various collision systems and energies to explore the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter, aiming to identify the onset of deconfinement and the critical point.

## Contribution

This paper presents recent experimental results from p+p, Be+Be, and Ar+Sc collisions, advancing the understanding of the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter.

## Key findings

- Particle spectra comparison with previous NA49 results.
- Progress in mapping the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter.
- Evidence towards identifying the onset of deconfinement.

## Abstract

The NA61/SHINE experiment studies hadron production in hadron+hadron, hadron+nucleus and nucleus+nucleus collisions. The strong interactions program has two main purposes: study the properties of the onset of deconfinement and search for the signatures of the critical point of strongly interacting matter. This aim is pursued by performing a two-dimensional scan of the phase diagram by varying the energy/momentum (13A-158A GeV/c) and the system size (p+p, Be+Be, Ar+Sc, Xe+La) of the collisions. This publication reviews recent results from p+p, Be+Be and Ar+Sc interactions. Measured particle spectra are discussed and compared to NA49 results from Pb+Pb collisions. The results illustrate the progress towards scanning the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter.