NICA heavy-ion collider at JINR (Dubna). Status of accelerator complex and first physics at NICA.
G. V. Trubnikov, Andrey Butenko, V.M. Golovatyuk, A. Guskov, M. Kapishin, V. Kekelidze, R. Lednický, И. Н. Мешков, A. S. Sorin
Abstract
Abstract The NICA facility is under active realization at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, Dubna). Its main goal includes experimental studies of hot and dense baryon rich matter forming in heavy ion collisions to search for possible manifestations of phase transitions and critical phenomena, as well as investigation of nucleon spin structure with polarized proton and deuteron beams. The NICA general design, construction status, and prospects for physics program are presented.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsNuclear physicsHeavy ionNucleonColliderProtonDeuteriumRealization (probability)Particle physicsIonMathematicsQuantum mechanicsStatisticsHigh-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions