skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Projects of Nuclotron modernization and Nuclotron-based ion collider facility (NICA) at JINR

Abstract

One of the basic facilities at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna is the 6 A GeV Nuclotron, which has replaced the old weak focusing 10-GeV proton accelerator Synchrophasotron. The first relativistic nuclear beams with the energy of 4.2 A GeV were obtained at the Synchrophasotron in 1971. Since that time, relativistic nuclear physics has been one of the main directions of the JINR research program. In the coming years, the new JINR flagship program assumes the experimental study of hot and dense strongly interacting QCD matter at the new JINR facility. This goal is proposed to be reached by (i) development of the existing Nuclotron accelerator facility as a basis for generation of intense beams over atomic mass range from protons to uranium and light polarized ions, (ii) design and construction of the Nuclotron-based heavy Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) with the maximum nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass collision energy of {radical}s{sub NN} = 9 GeV and averaged luminosity 10{sup 27} cm{sup -2} s{sup -1}, and (iii) design and construction of the Multipurpose Particle Detector (MPD) at intersecting beams. Realization of the project will lead to unique conditions for research activity of the world community. The NICA energy region ismore » of major interest because the highest nuclear (baryonic) density under laboratory conditions can be reached there. Generation of intense polarized light nuclear beams aimed at investigation of polarization phenomena at the Nuclotron is foreseen.« less

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russian Federation)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21404712
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Atomic Nuclei
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 71; Journal Issue: 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063778808090044; Copyright (c) 2008 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Journal ID: ISSN 1063-7788
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ACCELERATOR FACILITIES; ACCELERATORS; CENTER-OF-MASS SYSTEM; COLLIDING BEAMS; COLLISIONS; GEV RANGE; HEAVY IONS; JINR; LUMINOSITY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE DISCRIMINATION; POLARIZED BEAMS; PROTONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; URANIUM; ACTINIDES; BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BARYONS; BEAMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; IONS; METALS; NUCLEONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

Citation Formats

Lednicky, R. Projects of Nuclotron modernization and Nuclotron-based ion collider facility (NICA) at JINR. United States: N. p., 2008. Web. doi:10.1134/S1063778808090044.
Lednicky, R. Projects of Nuclotron modernization and Nuclotron-based ion collider facility (NICA) at JINR. United States. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778808090044
Lednicky, R. 2008. "Projects of Nuclotron modernization and Nuclotron-based ion collider facility (NICA) at JINR". United States. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778808090044.
@article{osti_21404712,
title = {Projects of Nuclotron modernization and Nuclotron-based ion collider facility (NICA) at JINR},
author = {Lednicky, R},
abstractNote = {One of the basic facilities at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna is the 6 A GeV Nuclotron, which has replaced the old weak focusing 10-GeV proton accelerator Synchrophasotron. The first relativistic nuclear beams with the energy of 4.2 A GeV were obtained at the Synchrophasotron in 1971. Since that time, relativistic nuclear physics has been one of the main directions of the JINR research program. In the coming years, the new JINR flagship program assumes the experimental study of hot and dense strongly interacting QCD matter at the new JINR facility. This goal is proposed to be reached by (i) development of the existing Nuclotron accelerator facility as a basis for generation of intense beams over atomic mass range from protons to uranium and light polarized ions, (ii) design and construction of the Nuclotron-based heavy Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) with the maximum nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass collision energy of {radical}s{sub NN} = 9 GeV and averaged luminosity 10{sup 27} cm{sup -2} s{sup -1}, and (iii) design and construction of the Multipurpose Particle Detector (MPD) at intersecting beams. Realization of the project will lead to unique conditions for research activity of the world community. The NICA energy region is of major interest because the highest nuclear (baryonic) density under laboratory conditions can be reached there. Generation of intense polarized light nuclear beams aimed at investigation of polarization phenomena at the Nuclotron is foreseen.},
doi = {10.1134/S1063778808090044},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21404712}, journal = {Physics of Atomic Nuclei},
issn = {1063-7788},
number = 9,
volume = 71,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2008},
month = {Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2008}
}