Overview of recent results from the STAR experiment

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent STAR experiment results on electromagnetic and hard probes in nuclear collisions, providing insights into QCD phenomena and medium modifications in heavy-ion collisions.

Contribution

It presents new measurements of vector mesons, jets, heavy quarks, and electromagnetic probes, advancing understanding of QCD in high-energy nuclear collisions.

Findings

Vector meson production in high electromagnetic fields

Modification of jets and heavy quarks in collisions

Electromagnetic probes of the created medium

Abstract

We highlight the STAR experiment's recent measurements on electromagnetic and hard probes of nuclear collisions, which inform the field's understanding of these physical phenomena and by extension QCD. Results on vector meson production from the high electromagnetic fields in glancing heavy-ion collisions are presented. Observables related to jets, high-momentum hadrons, heavy quarks and quarkonia in vacuum and their modification in head-on heavy-ion collisions are also presented. Studies using electromagnetic probes of the medium created in these collisions are presented as well. Finally, we conclude and give an outlook for STAR data-taking and measurements in the coming years.