THEME02-0-1065-2007/2009

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02-0-1065-2007/2009

Priority:

Status:

Approved for completion
in 2009

Development of the JINR Basic Facility for Generation of Intense Heavy Ion and Polarized Nuclear Beams Aimed at Searching for the Mixed Phase of Nuclear Matter and Investigation of Polarization Phenomena at the Collision Energies up to = 9 GeV

Leaders:

A.N. Sissakian
A.S. Sorin
A.D. Kovalenko

Scientific Programme:
Investigation of the mixed phase formation problem in strongly interacting nuclear matter at extremely high nuclear densities and polarization phenomena in few-body nucleon systems. Development of theoretical models of the processes and theoretical support of the experiments. Development of the Nuclotron as the basis for study of relativistic nuclear collisions over atomic mass range A = 1 - 238. Preparation of the project of the nuclear collider and multipurpose particle detector at heavy ion colliding beams (NICA/MPD) and staged realization. Experiments at the Nuclotron nuclear and polarized deuteron beams.

Expected main results in 2009:

Final specification of necessary parameters of the accelerator complex and Multipurpose detector (MPD) for investigation of the mixed phase and other topical problems of the physics of relativistic hadrons, heavy ions and polarized particle interactions.
Works on the Nuclotron-M project. Experiments at the Nuclotron beams on the accelerator development within the running time of 400 hours.
Continuation of the NICA facility realization including: design and optimization of the new linear pre-accelerator (q/A 0,14); preparation for the booster ring construction; R&D on the collider magnetic and beam cooling systems Design, construction and tests of the new model and prototype superconducting magnets with the maximum field up to 4 T for the NICA and the FAIR.
Further development of the software environment MPD-ROOT. Simulation of the heavy ion collisions at various conditions. Developed and optimization of the reconstruction programs for events of various topologies. Detector optimization for the high efficiency reconstruction of events including a region of high pseudorapidity. Design and construction of detector prototype elements for IT, PTC, STRAW, TOF and ECAL in the framework of R&D activity. Development of the project managment system.
Continuation of experiments at the Nuclotron beams on the first priority tasks of physics and methodical experiments within the total running time of 800 hours.
Simulation of the polarized proton and deuteron collisions. Finalization of the Monte-Carlo generator development for Drell-Yan and J/ process productions in collisions of the polarized light nucleons. Final specification of the SPD characteristics for effective realization of the spin physics program at NICA, Letter of Intent preparation.
Development of computer infrastructure for NICA complex.

List of Activities

Activity or Experiment

Leader

Status

Nuclotron-M: development of
the accelerator ring systems,
injector system, beam
lines and bent crystal optics;
technology of SC magnets;
polarization technologies

A.D. Kovalenko
V.I. Volkov
G.V. Trubnikov

Realization

Theoretical investigations,
development of the models for
description of the properties
of excited nuclear media under
high temperatures and compres-
sion, dynamics of nuclear
interactions at extreme dense
baryon matter. Possible signals of
phase transitions and critical point

A.N. Sissakian
A.S. Sorin
V.D. Toneev

Realization

R&D work, preparation of the
NICA project and the accelerator
facility elements. Preparatory
works for construction

A.D. Kovalenko
I.N. Meshkov
G.V. Trubnikov

R&D
Technical Proposal

Reaction simulation, R&D works,
Technical Design Report prepa-
ration and construction of the
elements for Multipurpose Detector
(MPD) to investigate colliding
relativistic heavy ions

V.D. Kekelidze
V.A. Nikitin

R&D
Technical Proposal

Obtaining of the experimental
data at the Nuclotron nuclear
and polarized deuteron beams,
important for the MPD design
and construction

A.I. Malakhov

Realization

Preparation of the physical
program and SPD detector project
for studying of the spin effects at
NICA complex

A.N. Sissakian
A.P. Nagaytsev
O.Yu. Shevtchenko
I.A. Savin
A.D. Kovalenko

Technical Proposal

Creation of the computer
infrastructure of the NICA
complex. Finalization of the
F-Cluster project

Yu.K. Potrebenikov

Realization

Collaboration
Country or international organization	City	Institute or Laboratory
Bulgaria	Sofia	INRNE BAS
		ISSP BAS
		TU-Sofia
	Plovdiv	PU
Czech Republic	Liberec	TUL
	Prague	CU
Finland	Turku	UT
Germany	Darmstadt	GSI
	Frankfurt/Main	Univ.
	Erlangen	Univ.
	Julich	FZJ
Japan	Nagoya	Nagoya Univ.
Kazakhstan	Almaty	PTI MS-NAS RK
Moldova	Kishinev	SUM
		IAP ASM
Poland	Wroclaw	ILTSR PAS
	Otwock-Swierk	IAE
Romania	Bucharest	INOE2000
		IFIN-HH
		INCDIE ICPE-CA
Russia	Kazan	Compressormach
	Moscow	LPI RAS
		MEPhI
		Cryogenmash
		Geliymash
		RRC KI
		VNIINM
		IBMP RAS
	Novosibirsk	BINP SB RAS
	Protvino	IHEP
	Troitsk	INR RAS
	Tomsk	NPI TPU
	Fryazino	ISTOK
Slovak Republic	Bratislava	IMS SAS
South Africa	Cape Town	UCT
Sweden	Stockholm	SU
	Uppsala	UU
Ukraine	Kiev	BITP NASU
USA	Batavia, IL	Fermilab
	Upton, NY	BNL
CERN	Geneva

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