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Suppression of $J/\psi$ production in heavy-ion collisions due to color screening of quark and antiquark potential in the deconfined medium has been proposed as a signature of the QGP formation. Other mechanisms, such as the cold nuclear matter effects and charm quark recombination, can contribute to the observed modification of $J/\psi$ production in heavy-ion collisions. Recently, a significant excess of $J/\psi$ yield at very low $p_{T}$ ($<$ 0.3 GeV/c) was observed by the ALICE collaboration in peripheral Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$= 2.76 TeV at forward-rapidity, which can not be explained by the above-mentioned effects. It has been hypothesized that such $J/\psi$'s are produced from the coherent photoproduction in Pb+Pb collisions at impact parameters smaller than twice the nuclear radius, which would be very challenging for the existing models developed to describe coherent photoproduction in ultra-peripheral collisions. Measurements of $J/\psi$ production at very low $p_{T}$ in different collision energies, collision systems, and centralities can shed new light on the origin of the excess.\
In this presentation we report the STAR measurements of $J/\psi$ production at very low $p_{T}$ in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV and U+U collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 193 GeV at mid-rapidity. Centrality dependence of $J/\psi$ production cross section and nuclear modification factors at very low $p_{T}$ will be presented. Physics perspectives with Zr+Zr and Ru+Ru collisions scheduled for RHIC 2018 run will be discussed.
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