QCD at high temperature and density: selected highlights

Abstract

I review some of the recent progress in QCD at high temperature and density, with a focus on the nature of the high-temperature transition; cold and dense matter; and hadron properties and transport coefficients at high temperature.

Comments: 12 pages, 8 figures. Plenary presentation at A virtual tribute to Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum, 2-6 August 2021