2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/185789STAR is a large acceptance spectrometer capable of precision measurements of a wide variety of strange particles. We discuss the STAR detector, its configuration during the first two years of RHIC operation, and its initial performance for Au+Au collisions. The expected performance for strangeness physics and initial data on strange particle reconstruction in Au+Au collisions are presented.Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter, Berkeley, California, July 20-25, 2000Nuclear Experimenttext