Speaker
Description
The NA61/SHINE experimental physics program focuses on searching for the critical point and studying the properties of the onset of deconfinement in the strongly interacting matter. A two-dimensional scan is performed by varying the beam momentum (from 13\textit{A} to 150/158\textit{A} GeV/\textit{c}) and the system size (from $p$+$p$ to Pb+Pb) of the collided nuclei. This contribution will present the most recent results from the strong interactions (SI) NA61/SHINE program and will include future data taking and analysis plans.
The presented new results will include: hadron spectra, $K/\pi$ multiplicity ratios as a function of energy, and multiplicity and net-charge fluctuations measured by higher-order moments in $p$+$p$, Be+Be, and Ar+Sc collisions. The singly and multi-strange hadron production in $p$+$p$ reactions will be also discussed. This contribution will also include proton and charged hadron intermittency in Ar+Sc and Pb+Pb reactions, HBT measurements, and collective electromagnetic effects in Ar+Sc collisions. The NA61/SHINE results will be compared with worldwide experiments and predictions of various theoretical models, like EPOS, PHSD, UrQMD, etc. Finally, the motivation for future research and NA61/SHINE upgrade status will be discussed.
