Abstract
One of the main directions of the scientific research at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna is the relativistic nuclear and spin physics. The new JINR flagship program in this direction is now realized within the project NICA (Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility). The main goal of the NICA scientific program is an experimental study of hot and dense strongly interacting matter in heavy ion collisions at nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energies of 4-11 GeV and at average luminosity of 1027 cm−2 s −1 for Au (79+) in the collider mode. In parallel, fixed target experiments at the upgraded JINR superconducting synchrotron Nuclotron are carried out with the extracted beams of various nuclei species up to gold with the momenta up to 13 GeV/c for protons. The program also foresees a study of spin physics with extracted and colliding beams of polarized deuterons and protons at the center-of-mass energies up to 26 GeV for proton collisions. The proposed program allows to search for possible signs of the mixed phase and critical endpoint, and to shed more light on the problem of nucleon spin structure. The survey of the main directions of the JINR scientific research program and general design and construction status of the NICA complex are presented.
Highlights
IntroductionThe research policy is presently realized within the seven-year plan for the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) development in 2010-2016 [2]
The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) [1] is an international intergovernmental scientific research organisation established in 1956 by eleven founding States and registered with the United Nations in 1957
A bright example is the long-standing collaboration between JINR and Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN), which contributes to a range of theoretical and experimental work in high-energy physics, including experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - JINR made a considerable contribution to the design and construction of elements for the LHC machine and its major detectors ATLAS, CMS, ALICE
Summary
The research policy is presently realized within the seven-year plan for the JINR development in 2010-2016 [2] It envisages concentration of resources for upgrading the accelerator and reactor base of the Institute and integration of its basic facilities into the common system of the European scientific infrastructure. The Joint Institute is a large multidisciplinary international scientific centre, where fundamental nuclear physics research is integrated with the work-out and application of new science-intensive technology and the development of university education in the related fields of science. It provides good conditions for training of specialists of the highest qualification and education of talented young people. Among the JINR innovative projects, it is worth to mention the famous nuclear track membranes, the detectors of radiation materials and illicit substances (e.g. explosives or narcotics) or the accelerators for hadron therapy (born in Dubna more than 40 years ago) including the dedicated conformal three-dimensional technology of cancer treatment
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