Status of NICA project
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russian Federation)
The project of Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility NICA/MPD (+MultiPurpose Detector) under development at JINR (Dubna) is presented. The general goals of the project are providing of colliding beams for experimental studies of both hot and dense strongly interacting baryonicmatter and search for the mixed phase and critical endpoint and spin physics in collisions of polarized protons (deuterons). The first program requires providing of heavy-ion collisions in the energy range of {radical}s{sub NN} = 4 - 11 GeV at average luminosity of L = 1 Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 27} cm{sup -2} s{sup -1} for {sup 197}Au{sup 79+}. The polarized beams mode is proposed to be used in energy range of {radical}s = 12 - 27 GeV (protons) at luminosity of L {>=} 1 Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 30} cm{sup -2} s{sup -1}. The report contains description of the facility scheme and characteristics in heavy-ion operation mode, status and plans of the project development.
- OSTI ID:
- 22043732
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 75, Issue 5; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2012 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7788
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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