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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 = 11 GeV/n

Participating Countries, Institutes and International organizations:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, CERN, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, USA.
Scientific Programme:
Investigation of the mixed phase transition phenomena in strongly interacting nuclear matter at extremely high nuclear densities, study of polarization phenomena in few-body nucleon systems and spin structure of quark matter, nucleon and light nuclei. Development of theoretical models of these processes and theoretical support of the experiments. Development of the Nuclotron accelerator complex, as a base facility for studying of relativistic nuclear collisions in the range of atomic masses A = 1-197. Development and construction of the heavy ion collider NICA, multipurpose (NICA/MPD) and spin (NICA/SPD) detectors for the collider experiments with heavy ions. Modernization of the extraction beam lines. Carrying out of experiments with nuclear beams and polarized deuteron beams at the Nuclotron.

Expected main results in 2012:

• Continuation and extension of the "White Paper" - project physics program. Continuation of theoretical sudies of non-perturbative QCD processes, development and tests of the models for the nuclear matter at high temperatures and densities aimed at investigation phases of nuclear matter, dynamics of nuclear collisions at extremely dense baryonic matter and observation this phenomena in P-odd parity and spin asymmetries.
  
  
• Continuation of works on the Nuclotron modernization in the framework of the Nuclotron-NICA project: modernization of the accelerator stations, design and construction of the beam injection/extraction sys-tems, commissioning and tests of the new ion source KRION-6T, development and increase of the production rate of the cryogenics complex, full-scale modernization of the injection complex. Development of the system for beam diagnostics. Construction and tests of a new source for polarized particles. Annual dedicated machine development runs at Nuclotron on first priority tasks within running time of 400 hours.
  
  
• Continuation of the NICA project realization including: construction of new linear injector (z/A 0.14) and booster synchrotron; R&D related to the collider magnetic system and development of the beam cooling systems; tests of the stochastic cooling system prototype at Nuclotron. Development of the infrastructure for the mass-production of the superconducting magnets for NICA and FAIR, modernization of the engineering infrastructure.
  
  
• Completion of the technical design project to put new injector, booster, collider and beam lines of the NICA complex. Development of the engineering infrastructure of the project.
  
  
• Preparation of the technical project of the MPD solenoid and the order for its manufacturing. Prototyping of the detector elements for the first stage of the project. Start of the MPD Technical Design Project preparation.
  
  
• Preparation of the Conceptual Design Project to study nucleon spin structure with SPD. Prototype of the detector elements. Continuation of theoretical studies of the Matveev-Muradyan-Tavkhelidze-Drell-Yan processes, J/ productions processes and other processes in light polarized nuclei collisions.
  
  
• Nuclotron runs dedicated to physics and machine development within running time of 2000 hous.
  
  
• Development of the NICA/MPD/SPD computer infrastructure.
  
  

List of projects:
	Project	Leader	Priority (period of realisation)
1.	Nuclotron-NICA	G.V. Trubnikov	1   (2011-2015)
2.	MPD	V.D. Kekelidze	1   (2011-2015)

List of Activities
	Activity or Experiment	Leader	Status
	Laboratory and Responsible person	Main researchers for the Laboratory
1.	Theoretical investigations, lattice QCD calculations and development of the models for description of prototypes of excited nuclear media under high temperatures and compression, dynamics of nuclear interactions at extreme dense baryon matter, spin and P-odd effects	A.S. Sorin O.V. Teryaev	Realization
	BLTP	D. Blaschke, V.D. Toneev, A.V. Efremov, S.V. Molodtsov, A.S. Hvorostukhin, A. Parvan, O.V. Teryaev, S.B. Gerasimov, M.K. Volkov, E.A. Kuraev, Ya.N. Klopot, A.G. Oganesyan, A. Frisen, P.V. Buividovich
	LIT	Yu.L. Kalinovsky, Zh. Musulmanbekov, E.G. Nikonov
	DLNP	G.I. Lykasov
	VBLHEP	V.D. Kekelidze, R. Lednicky, E.-M. Ilgenfritz, Kh.U. Abraamyan, M.A. Kozhin, S.G. Reznikov, M.K. Suleymanov, V.N. Zhezher, O.V. Rogachevsky
2.	Nuclotron-NICA: development of the technological systems of the accelerator ring, injection complex and extracted beam channels in the framework of the NICA project	G.V. Trubnikov A.V. Butenko V.I. Volkov A.O. Sidorin I.N. Meshkov A.D. Kovalenko	Realization
	VBLHEP	G.G. Khodzhibagiyan + 3 pers., N.N. Agapov, V.I. Batin + 5 pers., A.S. Averichev + 4 pers., V.I. Lipchenko, D.S. Shvidky + 3 pers., Yu.A. Mitrofanova, V.E. Sosulnikov, A.I. Pleshakov + 5 pers.,
		E.Yu. Filippova, N.I. Korotkova, E.Yu. Ivanenko, D.V. Lobanov, A.I. Govorov + 7 pers., V.V. Seleznev, R.G. Pushkar, K.A. Levterov, S.V. Prokhorov, A.A. Voronin, V.A. Shurkhovetsky, Yu.V. Prostimkin, A.V. Smirnov + 3 pers., A.R. Galimov, E.V. Komogorov, A.V. Nesterov, G.L. Kuznetsov, O.A. Kunchenko, R.V. Pivin, A.M. Bazanov, E.I. Bugrinov, E.E. Donets, E.D. Donets, D.E. Donets, V.B. Shutov, V.A. Andreev, V.A. Isadov, S.V. Romanov, A.E. Kirichenko, B.V. Vasilishin, O.S. Kozlov, O.I. Brovko, A.M. Nikitin, V.M. Shumkov + 5 pers., O.V. Prozorov, A.V. Gromov + 3 pers., S.A. Rumyantsev, L.P. Skiba, A.N. Pisulina, I.V. Kudashkin, G.P. Reshetnikov, A.P. Tsarenkov, N.N. Blinnikov, L.E. Bogdan, K.N. Gurylev, E.V. Ivanov + 3 pers., Z.I. Smirnova, V.N. Karpinsky, A.L. Osipenkov + 3 pers., N.G. Kondratev, A.V. Volnov, A.V. Kudashkin, A.A. Shurygin, Yu.M. Nozhenko + 3 pers., N.A. Filippov + 3 pers., A.S. Vinogradov, N.A. Blinov + 4 pers., A.Yu. Starikov, P.A. Rukoyatkin + 3 pers., N.I. Lebedev, E.V. Gorbachev, V.V. Fimuskin, G.D. Shirkov, V.V. Kobets, A.V. Alfeev + 3 pers., N.V. Semin, V.P. Chernyaev + 8 pers., A.A. Fateev + 3 pers., N.D. Topilin + 5 pers.
3.	R&D work, construction of the prototypes and full-scale superconducting magnets for NICA booster and collider	G.G. Khodzhibagiyan A.D. Kovalenko	R&D Realization
	VBLHEP	A.V. Butenko, A.V. Smirnov + 3 pers., A.R. Galimov, G.L. Kuznetsov, O.A. Kunchenko, P.V. Pivin, A.M. Bazanov, N.N. Agapov + 8 pers., V.I. Batin + 5 pers., D.S. Shvidky, V.N. Karpinsky, A.L. Osipenkov, P.I. Nikitaev, N.P. Bazyleva, B.D. Morozov, A.V. Kudashkin, N.A. Filippov + 2 pers., A.S. Vinogradov, N.A. Blinov, A.M. Donyagin, I.A. Eliseeva, A.Yu. Starikov, I.E. Karpunina, S.A. Dolgy, V.K. Alexeev, V.N. Surikov, N.A. Zhiltsova, N.D. Topilin, Yu.V. Gusakov, A.V. Shabunov, E.V. Muraveva, A.A. Makarov, Yu.A. Tumanova, T.F. Prakhova, V.V. Agapova, A.V.Buchkov
4.	Construction of the heavy ion source (KRION-6T), construction of the polarized particle source (PPS) for the NICA complex	E.D. Donets E.E. Donets V.V. Fimushkin	Realization
	VBLHEP	V.B. Shutov + 3 pers., A.Yu. Ramzdorf, D.E. Donets, V.P. Vadeev, Yu.V. Prokofichev, L.V. Kutuzova, A.V. Vadeev, A.I. Govorov, V.V. Seleznev, A.V. Shabunov, K.A. Levterov, S.V. Prokhorov, S.N. Sedykh + 1 pers.
5.	Development and construction of the beam injection/extractin systems, beam transportation channels for NICA elements. Development of the control systems for beam diagnostics	V.I. Volkov V.A. Mikhaylov	Realization
	VBLHEP	B.V. Vasilishin, O.S. Kozlov, A.G. Kochurov, I.I. Kulikov
		L.A. Leonov, S.A. Novikov, A.V. Eliseev, V.A. Andreev + 1 pers., V.M. Gorchenko, S.V. Mikhaylov, A.M. Butenko, G.M. Salnikova, V.A. Isadov, S.V. Romanov, A.E. Kirichenko, P.A. Rukoyatkin, L.N. Komolov, I.V. Zaytsev, R.I. Kukushkina, V.S. Alexandrov, A.V. Tuzikov, E.E. Shirkova, A.A. Fateev, N.I. Lebedev, V.V. Tarasov, L.I. Kosukhina, G.S. Sedukh, T.V. Rukoyatkina, V.V. Kovalev, N.V. Pilyar, G.E. Koroleva, M.E. Pushkin, E.V. Gorbachev, R.A. Smolkov, A.V. Alfeev, D.I. Sherstyanov, E.V. Rudnev, A.S. Isaev, I.Ya. Nefedev, V.S. Sungatulin, V.N. Karpinsky, A.L. Osipenkov
6.	Development of the cryogenic systems for Nuclotron-NICA	N.N. Agapov G.G. Khodzhibagiyan	Projecting Realization
	VBLHEP	V.I. Batin + 6 pers., H. Malinovsky + 5 pers., V.M. Drobin, N.G. Anishchenko, Yu.T. Borzunov, A.V. Konstantinov, V.B. Chumakov, V.D. Bartenev, L.V. Petrova, E.A. Kulikov, A.S. Averichev + 4 pers., V.I. Lipchenko, V.E. Kurinov, D.S. Shvidky + 3 pers., Yu.A. Mitrofanova, V.E. Sosulnikov, A.I. Pleshakov + 5 pers., S.A. Smirnov, E.Yu. Filippova, N.I. Korotkova, E.Yu. Ivanenko, D.V. Lobanov
7.	Technical design and construction of the NICA injection complex	V.V. Kobets I.N. Meshkov V.A. Monchinsky	Realization
	VBLHEP	A.V. Butenko, A.O. Sidorin, A.I. Govorov, V.V. Cekeznev, K.A. Levterov, N.D. Topilin, A.A. Mararov, A.I. Sidorov + 1 pers., A.A. Fateev, G.I. Konnov, I.G. Lebedeva, S.N. Sedykh, A.P. Kozlov, V.V. Kosukhin, V.V. Seleznev
8.	Technical design and construction of the NICA booster synchrotron and its technological systems	A.V. Butenko V.A. Mikhaylov I.N. Meshkov	Project preparation Realization
	VBLHEP	G.G. Khodzhibagiyan + 5 pers., A.V. Smirnov + 3 pers., A.R. Galimov, G.L. Kuznetsov, O.A. Kunchenko, R.V. Pivin, A.M. Bazanov, N.N. Agapov + 8 pers., V.I. Batin + 5 pers., D.S. Shvidky, V.N. Karpinsky, A.L. Osipenkov, O.I. Brovko, N.D. Topilin, Yu.V. Gusakov, A.V. Shabunov, E.V. Muraveva, A.A. Makarov, Yu.A. Tumanova, V.I. Volkov + 5 pers., B.V. Vasilishin, O.S. Kozlov, V.A. Andreev, A.V. Eliseev, S.V. Romanov, A.E. Kirichenko, P.A. Rukoyatkin, A.V. Tuzikov, A.A. Fateev, N.I. Lebedev, V.V. Tarasov, T.V. Rukoyatkina, E.V. Gorbachev, A.V. Alfeev, V.N. Karpisky + 3 pers., A.L. Osipenkov + 4 pers.
	DLNP	S.L. Yakovenko, E.V. Akhmanova, A.G. Kobets, A.Yu. Rudakov
9.	Technical design, R&D and construction of the heavy ion collider NICA with energy = 4÷11 GeV/n and average luminosity 1 ·10 27cm -2· s -1 on the base of Nuclotron	I.N. Meshkov G.V. Trubnikov A.O. Sidorin A.D. Kovalenko	Project preparation Realization
	VBLHEP	G.G. Khodzhibagiyan + 5 pers., A.V. Butenko, A.V. Smirnov + 3 pers., A.R. Galimov, G.L. Kuznetsov, R.V. Pivin, A.M. Bazanov, N.N. Agapov + 8 pers, V.I. Batin + 5 pers., D.S. Shvidky, V.N. Karpinsky + 3 pers., A.L. Osipenkov, N.V. Semin, V.D. Kalagin, N.D. Topilin, Yu.V. Gusakov, A.V. Shabunov, E.V. Muraveva, A.A. Makarov, Yu.A. Tumanova, V.I. Volkov + 5 pers., B.V. Vasilishin, O.S. Kozlov, V.A. Andreev, A.V. Eliseev, S.V. Romanov, A.E. Kirichenko, P.A. Rukoyatkin, A.V. Tuzikov, A.A. Fateev, N.I. Lebedev, V.V. Tarasov, T.V. Rukoyatkina, E.V. Gorbachev, A.V. Alfeev, V.N. Karpinsky + 3 pers., A.L. Osipenkov + 4 pers., V.A. Monchinsky, O.I. Brovko + 3 pers., V.M. Zhabitsky, G.D. Shirkov, V.S. Alexandrov, A.V. Filippov, A.V. Tuzikov
	DLNP	S.L. Yakovenko + 2 pers., A.Yu. Rudakov, A.G. Kobets, T.A. Stepanova, L.V. Soboleva, E.V. Akhmanova, A.A. Sidorin, S.A. Kostromin
	LRB	G.N. Timoshenko, V.Yu. Shchegolev
10.	Design and construction of the MPD Detector. Optimization of the conceptual design, preparation of the Technocal Design Project. R&D and construction of the first-stage detector elements: time-projection chamber, time-of-flight system, electromagnetic calorimeter, zero-degree calorimeter, internal tracker	V.D. Kekelidze A.S. Sorin V.M. Golovatyuk	Project preparation Realization
	VBLHEP	V.M. Golovatyuk, V.I. Voskoboynik, S.V. Volgin, N.M. Vladimirova, V.A. Babkin, S.N. Lobastov, Yu.I. Fedotov, H.U. Abraamyan, A.B. Anisimov, M.A. Kozhin, M.G. Kadykov, O.P. Gavrishchuk, N.A. Kuzmin, A.I. Yukaev, E.V. Kostyukhov, Yu.V. Zanevsky, Yu. Lukstinsh, O.V. Fateev, A.M. Korotkova, S.P. Chernenko, V.F. Chepurnov, S.V. Razin, V.N. Zryuev, A.V. Averyanov, A.G. Bazhazhin, S.V. Vereshchagin, A.G. Litvinenko, A.Yu. Isupov, V.F. Peresedov, I.I. Migulina, V.A. Nikitin, O.V. Rogachevsky, V.D. Peshekhonov, K.V. Gertsenberger, Yu. Fedorishin, A.I. Zinchenko, Dzh. Drnoyan, I.A. Tyapkin, I.V. Gapienko, N.S. Grigalashvili, K.I. Davkov, G.D. Kekelidze, V.V. Myalkovsky, Yu.T. Kiryushin, S.A. Movchan, V.M. Lysan, S.V. Khabarov, V.S. Khabarov, A.V. Vishnevsky, Yu.K. Potrebenikov, D.T. Madigozhin, N.A. Molokanova, I.A. Polenkevich, S.N. Shkarovsky, Yu.A. Murin, V.A. Vasendina, V.A. Budilov, V.A. Nikitin, N.K. Zhidkov, S.V. Bazylev, V.M. Slepnev, I.V. Slepnev, A.B. Shutov, A.E. Baskakov, A.V. Shchipunov, V.Yu. Rogov, N.A. Sutova, R.V. Nagdasev
	DLNP	A.G. Olshevsky, Z.V. Krumshtein + 8 pers.
	LIT	V.V. Ivanov, P.G. Akishin, S.A. Baginyan, P.I. Kisel, O.Yu. Derenovskaya, Zh.Zh Musulmanbekov, A.M. Raportirenko, P.V. Zrelov
11.	Design and construction of the superconducting solenoidal and magnet yoke	A.S. Vodopyanov	Project preparation Realization
	VBLHEP	A.S. Vodopyanov, A.A. Efremov, Yu.Yu. Lobanov A.F. Makarov
12.	Design and creation of the read-out and slow control system	S.V. Bazylev	Project preparation Realization
	VBLHEP	S.V. Bazylev, V.M. Slepnev, I.V. Slepnev, A.E. Baskakov, A.B. Shutov, A.V. Shchipunov, V.Yu. Rogov, N.A. Shutova, R.V. Nagdasev, S.V. Sergeev, A.F. Mukhamatnabaev
13.	Preparation of the physical program and SPD detector project for studying of the spin effects at NICA complex. R&D works and SPD elements construction	A.D. Kovalenko A.P. Nagaytsev I.A. Savin O.Yu. Shevtchenko	Project preparation Realization
	VBLHEP	A.P. Nagaytsev, G.V. Meshcheryakov, O.P. Gavrishchuk, A.A. Antonov, R.V. Piven, E.V. Zemlyanichkina, N.S. Rossiyskaya, D.V. Peshekhonov, Yu.I. Ivanshin, I.A. Savin, R. Gushcherski, V.A. Nikitin, R. Lednicky, V.N. Pozdnyakov, S.S. Shimansky, V.P. Ladygin, S.G. Reznikov, P.K. Kurilkin, A.K. Kurilkin, O.Yu. Shevtchenko + 2 students
	DLNP	A.G. Olshevsky, A.V. Kulikov + 3 pers., Z.V. Krumshtein, O.N. Ivanov, G. Macharashvili
	LIT	V.V. Palchik
	BLTP	A.V. Efremov, O.V. Teryaev
14.	Development of computer infrastructure for NICA complex	Yu.K. Potrebenikov O.V. Rogachevsky	Realization
	VBLHEP	B.G. Schinov, Yu.I. Minaev, V.L. Svalov, V.F. Dyudyushko, D.T. Madigozhin, N.A. Molokanova, D.V. Peshekhonov, I.A. Polenkevich, S.N. Shkarovsky
15.	Technical design and development of the engineering infrastructure of Nuclotron-NICA	I.N. Meshkov V.D. Kalagin G.V. Trubnikov G.D. Shirkov	Projecting Realization
	VBLHEP	N.D. Topilin, A.V. Shabunov, E.V. Serochkin, A.A. Makarov, S.V. Rabtsun, N.V. Semin + 10 pers., V.M. Stepanov + 6 pers., A.M. Karetnik, V.P. Zabolotin, V.P. Chernyaev, O.I. Sergeeva, A.N. Sotnikov, V.Yu. Shilov, L.V. Dubovik, N.N. Novikova, M.I. Migulina, S.M. Biysky, E.M. Khabarova, A.V. Alfeev, O.M. Timoshenko
	DLNP	Yu.A. Budagov, S.L. Yakovenko
	OCE	A.V. Dudarev + 1 pers.
	AS&CC Office	S.O. Lukjanov, A.B. Vishnevsky
	GA&C	Yu.N. Denisov
16.	Taking experimental data with heavy ion beams and polarized deuterons at the Nuclotron	A.I. Malakhov E.A. Strokovsky V.P. Ladygin Yu.A. Murin	Realization
	VBLHEP	V.A. Arefev, A.S. Artemov, Yu.S. Anisimov, L.S. Zolin, Z.A. Igamkulov, P.Sh. Aslanyan, D.R. Dryablov, A.Yu. Isupov, M.G. Kadykov, I.I. Migulina, V.F. Peresedov, A.Yu. Troyan, S.S. Shimansky, R.A. Salmin, M.G. Sapozhnikov, V.P. Baldin, S.Y.Bazylev, P.A. Rukoyatkin, S.A. Avramenko, M.H. Anikina, V.D. Aksinenko, A.A. Feshchenko, S.N. Plyashkevich, V.Yu. Ivanenko, V.B. Chumakov, Yu. Lukstinsh, A.I. Golokhvastov, Yu.T. Borzunov, O.V. Okhrimenko, A.I. Maksimchuk, A.V. Averyanov, A.M. Korotkova, N.G. Parfenova, S.V. Afanasiev + 4 pers., A.A. Baldin + 2 pers., V.M. Golovatyuk, Yu.V. Zanevsky + 5 pers., V.A. Krasnov, V.P. Ladygin + 2 pers., A.G. Litvinenko, Yu.A. Troyan, E.B. Plekhanov + 1 pers.

Collaboration
Country or International Organization	City	Institute or Laboratory
Armenia	Yerevan	YSU
Azerbaijan	Baku	IP ANAS
Belarus	Minsk	BSU
	Gomel	GSU
Bulgaria	Sofia	INRNE BAS
		ISSP BAS
		TU-Sofia
	Plovdiv	PU
	Blagoevgrad	SWU
CERN	Geneva
Czech Republic	Liberec	TUL
	Prague	CU
Germany	Darmstadt	GSI
	Frankfurt/Main	Univ.
	Regensburg	UR
	Erlangen	Univ.
	Julich	FZJ
Japan	Nagoya	Nagoya Univ.
Georgia	Tbilisi	IP
Italy	Turin	INFN
Moldova	Chi sina	SUM
		IAP ASM
Poland	Warsaw	ETI
	Wroclaw	ILTSR PAS
	Otwock-Swierk	NCNR
	Lublin	MCSU
Romania	Bucharest	INOE2000
		IFIN-HH
		INCDIE ICPE-CA
Russia	Moscow	LPI RAS
		ITEP
		Cryogenmash
		Geliymash
		NRC KI
		VNIINM
		IBMP RAS
	Kazan	Compressormach
	Novosibirsk	BINP SB RAS
	Protvino	IHEP
	St. Petersburg	Neva-Magnet
	Troitsk	INR RAS
	Tomsk	NPI TPU
	Fryazino	ISTOK
Slovak Republic	Bratislava	IMS SAS
South Africa	Cape Town	UCT
	Johannesburg	UJ
Sweden	Stockholm	SU
	Uppsala	UU
Ukraine	Kiev	BITP NASU
USA	Batavia, IL	Fermilab
	Upton, NY	BNL
	Stony Brook, NY	SUNY

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