STAR heavy-ion highlights

Abstract

Parton energy loss, quarkonium sequential melting and particle production from electromagnetic interactions are tools to study Quark Gluon Plasma properties. The STAR detector, with large acceptance at mid-rapidity, excellent particle identification and wide transverse momentum coverage, is able to study these probes in details. Di-electron spectra form Beam Energy Scan, measurements of reconstructed jets in Au+Au collisions and quarkonium measurements in p+p and heavy ion collisions are reported in this paper.