NICA Complex: Design and Construction of the Complex
of Accelerators, Collider and Physics Experimental Facilities
at Extracted and Colliding Ion Beams Aimed at Studying Dense
Baryonic Matter and the Spin Structure of Nucleons and Light Ions,
and at Carrying out Applied and Innovation Projects

Participating countries and international organizations:

Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, CERN, Chile, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, USA.

The problem under study and the main purpose of the research:

Search and investigation of phase transitions in strongly interacting nuclear matter at extremely high baryon densities, study of the nucleon spin structure, of light nuclei and polarization phenomena in few nucleon systems. Development of theoretical models of the studied processes and theoretical support of the experiments. Development of the Nuclotron accelerator complex as a basic facility for studying relativistic nuclear collisions in the range of atomic masses A = 1÷197. Investigation of reaction dynamics and studding modifications of hadron properties in nuclear matter, near-threshold strange hyperons production and search for hyper nuclei in interactions of the Nuclotron extracted ion beams with fixed targets at the BM@N detector. Development and stage-by-stage creation of the NICA heavy ion collider accelerator complex, the multi-purpose detector (MPD/NICA) and spin physics detector (SPD/NICA) for experiments with colliding heavy ions beams. Modernization of extraction beam lines. Carrying out of experiments with ion beams and polarized proton and deuteron beams at the Nuclotron. Development of the infrastructure for applied research at NICA heavy ion beams.

Projects:
	Name of the project		Project Leaders		Status
	Laboratory (Subdivision)		Responsible from laboratories
1. Nuclotron-NICA			A.V. Butenko G.G. Khodzhibagiyan Scientific leader: I.N. Meshkov
1.1.	NICA injection complex: technical design preparation and construction of the NICA injection complex: (sources of heavy ions and polarized light nuclei, HILAC linear accelerators of heavy ions and light nuclei of beam transporting to the Nuclotron)		A.V. Butenko V.A. Monchinsky E.M. Syresin A.V. Tuzikov		Realization
1.1.a.	Commissioning of the heavy ion source (KRION)		E.E. Donets		Realization
1.1.b.	Upgrade the polarized proton and deuteron source (SPI)		V.V. Fimushkin R.A. Kuzyakin		Realization
1.1.c.	Development and construction of the beam injection systems and beam transportation channels. Development of the beam control and diagnostics systems		D.E. Donets E.V. Gorbachev A.V. Tuzikov		Realization
1.1.d.	Design and start of construction the new proton and light ion injector LILAC		A.V. Butenko K.A. Levterov B.V. Golovensky E.M. Syresin		Realization
	VBLHEP		V.P. Akimov, V.S. Alexandrov, A.V. Alfeev, V.A. Andreev, M.Yu. Averyanov, A.M. Bazanov, A.Yu. Boytsov, A.M. Butenko, A.A. Fateev, A.R. Galimov, N.I. Garanzha, V.N. Karpinsky, A.E. Kirichenko, A.G. Kobets, V.V. Kobets, S.Yu. Kolesnikov, O.S. Kozlov, M.V. Kulikov, L.V. Kutuzova, D.A. Luosev, A.A. Martynov, S.V. Mikhailov, V.V. Myalkovsky, A.V. Nesterov, K.G. Osipov, R.V. Pivin, D.O. Ponkin, Yu.V. Prokofichev, A.Yu. Ramzdorf, D.N. Rassadov, S.V. Romanov, G.S. Sedykh, I.V. Shirikov, V.B. Shutov, A.O. Sidorin, V.V. Tarasov, A.A. Voronin, A.Yu. Zakharov
1.2.	Assembling and start-up of the NICA Booster and its technological systems		A.V. Butenko G.G. Khodzhibagiyan I.N. Meshkov E.M. Syresin A.O. Sidorin		Realization
1.2.a.	Magnet cryostat system, vacuum system, system of electron cooling		A.R. Galimov A.O. Sidorin		Realization
1.2.b.	Power supply and energy evacuation system		E.V. Ivanov V.N. Karpinsky		Projecting Realization
1.2.c.	RF accelerating system of the Booster		O.I. Brovko		Realization
1.2.d.	Diagnostics, injection, correction of optics, beam extraction and transport systems		A.V. Tuzikov E.V. Gorbachev		Projecting Realization
	VBLHEP		N.N. Agapov, A.V. Alfeev, V.A. Andreev, A.S. Averichev, M.Yu. Averyanov, A.A. Baldin, A.M. Bazanov, A.V. Beloborodov, D. N. Bogoslovsky, V.P. Chernyaev, D.E. Donets, V.M. Drobin, A.A. Fateev, A.V. Filippov, S.A. Goncharov, A.Yu. Grebentsov, I.L. Guryleva, E.V. Ivanov, G.E. Ivanov, O. Kazinova, P.R. Kharyuzov, A.E. Kirichenko, S.Yu. Kolesnikov, A.V. Konstantinov, A. I. Korobkov, D.S. Korovkin, S.A. Korovkin, V.V. Kosachev, S.A. Kostromin, E.V. Kostyukhov, O.S. Kozlov, A.V. Kudashkin, E.A. Kulikov, O.A. Kunchenko, G.L. Kuznetsov, N.I. Lebedev, V.A. Lebedev, A.V. Lushin, S.V. Mikhailov, V.A. Mikhailov, V.V. Myalkovsky, A.V. Nesterov, D.N. Nikiforov, A.L. Osipenkov, K.G. Osipov, A.V. Pel'tikhin, M.V. Petrov, G.A. Petrovsky, N.V. Pilyar, R.V. Pivin, O.V. Prozorov, S.V. Romanov, P.A. Rukoyatkin, T.V. Rukoyatkina, G.S. Sedykh, N.V. Semin, A.S. Sergeev, A.V. Shabunov, M.M. Shandov, A.A. Shurygin, V.S. Shvetsov, A.I. Sidorov, Z.I. Smirnova, A.N. Svidetelev, V.V. Tarasov, A.M. Tikhomirov, N.D. Topilin, Yu.A. Tumanova, V.I. Tyulkin, B.V. Vasilishin, A.I. Zagray, A.Yu. Zakharov
	DLNP		E.V. Akhmanova, V.I. Khilinov, O.S. Orlov, A.Yu. Rudakov, N.A. Rybakov, A.A. Sidorin, S.L. Yakovenko
1.3.	Development of the Nuclotron		A.V. Butenko A.O. Sidorin E.M. Syresin		Projecting Realization
1.3.a.	Magnet cryostat system, vacuum system		A.R. Galimov		Projecting Realization
1.3.b.	Power supply and energy evacuation system		E.V. Ivanov V.N. Karpinsky		Projecting Realization
1.3.c.	RF accelerating system of the Nuclotron		O.I. Brovko		Projecting Realization
1.3.d.	Diagnostics, injection, correction of optics, beam extraction and transportation systems		E.V. Gorbachev P.A. Rukoyatkin		Projecting Realization
	VBLHEP		R.M. Akhmadrizyalov, A.S. Aksenov, A.V. Alfeev, V.S. Alexandrov, V.A. Andreev, S.A. Arefiev, A.S. Averichev, A.M. Bazanov, E.S. Belyakov, S.A. Besfamilny, Yu.G. Bespalov, N.A. Blinov, A.S. Bogatov, L.G. Bogdan, V.V. Borisov, A.Yu. Boytsov, O.I. Brovko, A.P. Bulakh, A.M. Butenko, E.A. Butenko, P.S. Cherkasov, A.Yu. Chmyrev, V.V. Chudakov, V.V. Chumakov, S.A. Dolgiy, D.E. Donets, E.E. Donets, I.I. Donguzov, A.M. Donyagin, G.L. Dorofeev, V.M. Drobin, N.V. Dunin, A.V. Eliseev, V.G. Elkin, A.E. Emelianov, R.O. Esaulkov, A.A. Fateev, A.A. Feoktistov, G.A. Filatov, V.V. Fimushkin, A.V. Gaevsky, A.R. Galimov, V.E. Galkin, F.N. Ganyushkin, N.I. Garanzha, A.A. Garkin, B.V. Golovensky, I.I. Golubev, O.M. Golubitsky, S.A. Goncharov, E.V. Gorbachev, S.P. Gorelikov, A.V. Grebennikov, A.Yu. Grebentsov, D.M. Gribov, S.V. Gudkov, S.V. Gudkov, M.V. Gulina, K.N. Gurylev, I.L. Guryleva, S.A. Gusev, E.V. Ivanov, G.E. Ivanov, A.N. Karpuk, V.A. Kashirin, R.R. Khabibullin, A.E. Kirichenko, S.V. Kirov, D.I. Klimansky, A.S. Klyagin, V.V. Kobets, A.B. Kolesov, A.V. Konstantinov, A.V. Kopchenov, M.Yu. Korobitsyna, S.A. Korovkin, V.S. Korolev, G.E. Koroleva, V.V. Kosachev, V.A. Kosinov, A.A. Kotova, I.K. Kovrizhina, A.P. Kozlov, O.S. Kozlov, A.V. Kudashkin, T.G. Kudinova, P.I. Kudryashov, R.I. Kukushkina, T.A. Kulaeva, E.A. Kulikov, M.V. Kulikov, N.A. Kulikov, O.A. Kunchenko, V.V. Kuptsov, L.V. Kutuzova, A.A. Kuznetsov, A.A. Kuznetsov, G.L. Kuznetsov, D.Yu. Kuznetsov, M.I. Kuznetsov, R.A. Kuzyakin, R.V. Lapin, I.N. Lebedev, N.I. Lebedev, V.A. Lebedev, I.G. Lebedeva, M.P. Lepkin, D.S. Letkin, D.O. Leushin, K.A. Levterov, D.V. Lobanov, N.A. Lopatin, K.V. Loshmanova, V.O. Luchentsov, D.A. Luosev, A.V. Lushin, V.M. Lutsenko, A.M. Malyshev, A.A. Martynov, R.N. Masalov, E.S. Matyukhanov, A.A. Merkuriev, M.Yu. Meshenkov, E.A. Mikhailov, S.V. Mikhailov, V.A. Mikhailov, Yu.A. Mitrofanova, D.V. Monakhov, V.A. Monchinsky, D.M. Morozov, V.V. Morozova, V.A. Mosalov, V.V. Myalkovsky, O.E. Naumov, D.V. Neapolitansky, S.I. Nefediev, O.A. Nefedov, E.A. Negey, A.V. Nesterov, N.A. Newgate, D.N. Nikiforov, A.M. Nikitin, I. Yu. Nikolaichuk, K.A. Nosov, M.S. Novikov, S.Yu. Novozhilov, Yu.M. Nozhenko, M.N. Omelianenko, A.L. Osipenkov, O.A. Parfenov, V.V. Pashinsky, A.V. Peltikhin, V.V. Peshkov, L.A. Peshkova, I.M. Petrov, M.V. Petrov, V.D. Petrov, A.S. Petukhov, A.V. Philippov, M.N. Philippov, N.A. Philippov, E.Yu. Philippova, N.V. Pilyar, R.V. Pivin, A.A. Pogodin, V.K. Polyakova, D.O. Ponkin, A.A. Ponomarev, O.V. Prozorov, R.G. Pushkar, A.Yu. Ramsdorf, D.N. Rassadov, I.N. Repkin, S.V. Romanov, P.A. Rukoyatkin, T.V. Rukoyatkina, S.A. Rumyantsev, D.V. Ryzhov, D.Yu. Saveliev, M.K. Savenkova, A.N. Scherbakov, G.S. Sedykh, A.P. Sergeev, A.V. Sergeev, E.V. Sergeeva, V.G. Shabratov, M.M. Shandov, A.V. Shemchuk, I.V. Shirikov, E.E. Shirkova, A.M. Shumkov, V.M. Shumkov, V.B. Shutov, A.A. Shurygin, D.S. Shvidky, T.V. Sidorenkov, A.O. Sidorin, A.I. Sidorov, P.A. Sidorov, V.O. Sidorova, P.A. Simonov, A.V. Skrypnik, A.A. Slivin, S.A. Smirnov, V.L. Smirnov, Z.I. Smirnova, R.A. Smolkov, A.G. Sorokin, O.Yu. Stankov, L.E. Sveshnikova, A.L. Svetov, A.N. Svidetelev, M.I. Svideteleva, E.M. Syresin, R.V. Talysin, V.V. Tarasov, A.M. Tihomirov, E.V. Tikhonov, A.B. Tischenko, N.V. Travin, A.A. Troitsky, A.V. Tsvetkov, Yu.A. Tsvetkova. V.I. Tyulkin, A.V. Vadeev, B.V. Vasilishin, A.S. Vinogradov, A.A. Volodin, A.A. Voronin, N.A. Voroshilov, A.Yu. Zakharov, A.I. Zagray, L.V. Zinoviev, D.A. Zolotykh, A.G. Zorin, I.N. Zhabin, V.M. Zhabitsky, A.S. Zhbankov, M.I. Yablochkin, M.V. Yurkov
1.4.	Technical design, R&D of technological systems and construction of the NICA heavy ion collider with an energy of ECM= 4-11 GeV and an average luminosity of 1· 10 27 см -2с -1 and light polarised nuclei with a luminosity of 1·10 32 см -2с -1 (by protons, at ECM=27 GeV)		S.A. Kostromin V.A. Lebedev I.N. Meshkov A.O. Sidorin E.M. Syresin		Projecting Realization
1.4.a.	Magnet cryostat and vacuum systems		A.R. Galimov G.G. Khodzhibagiyan		Realization
1.4.b.	Power supply and energy evacuation system		E.V. Ivanov V.N. Karpinsky		Realization
1.4.c.	RF system of the Collider		O.I. Brovko A.Yu. Grebentsov		Projecting Realization
1.4.d.	Beam diagnostics, injection and transportation systems		A.V. Tuzikov E.V. Gorbachev		Projecting Realization
1.4.e.	Cooling and feedback systems for charged particle beams		I.N. Meshkov A.O. Sidorin		Projecting Realization
1.4.f.	Systems of proton and deuteron polarization monitoring and control		S.A. Kostromin		Projecting Realization
	VBLHEP		R.M. Akhmadrizyalov, A.S. Aksenov, A.V. Alfeev, V.S. Alexandrov, V.A. Andreev, S.A. Arefiev, A.S. Averichev, A.M. Bazanov, E.S. Belyakov, S.A. Besfamilny, Yu.G. Bespalov, N.A. Blinov, A.S. Bogatov, L.G. Bogdan, V.V. Borisov, A.Yu. Boytsov, O.I. Brovko, A.P. Bulakh, A.M. Butenko, E.A. Butenko, P.S. Cherkasov, А.А. Chernova, A.Yu. Chmyrev, V.V. Chudakov, V.V. Chumakov, S.A. Dolgiy, D.E. Donets, E.E. Donets, I.I. Donguzov, A.M. Donyagin, G.L. Dorofeev, V.M. Drobin, N.V. Dunin, A.V. Eliseev, V.G. Elkin, A.E. Emelianov, R.O. Esaulkov, A.A. Fateev, A.A. Feoktistov, G.A. Filatov, V.V. Fimushkin, A.V. Gaevsky, A.R. Galimov, V.E. Galkin, F.N. Ganyushkin, N.I. Garanzha, A.A. Garkin, B.V. Golovensky, I.I. Golubev, O.M. Golubitsky, S.A. Goncharov, E.V. Gorbachev, S.P. Gorelikov, A.V. Grebennikov, A.Yu. Grebentsov, D.M. Gribov, S.V. Gudkov, S.V. Gudkov, M.V. Gulina, K.N. Gurylev, I.L. Guryleva, S.A. Gusev, E.V. Ivanov, G.E. Ivanov, A.N. Karpuk, V.A. Kashirin, R.R. Khabibullin, A.E. Kirichenko, S.V. Kirov, D.I. Klimansky, A.S. Klyagin, V.V. Kobets, A.B. Kolesov, A.V. Konstantinov, A.V. Kopchenov, M.Yu. Korobitsyna, S.A. Korovkin, V.S. Korolev, G.E. Koroleva, V.V. Kosachev, V.A. Kosinov, A.A. Kotova, I.K. Kovrizhina, A.P. Kozlov, O.S. Kozlov, A.V. Kudashkin, T.G. Kudinova, P.I. Kudryashov, R.I. Kukushkina, T.A. Kulaeva, E.A. Kulikov, M.V. Kulikov, N.A. Kulikov, O.A. Kunchenko, V.V. Kuptsov, L.V. Kutuzova, A.A. Kuznetsov, A.A. Kuznetsov, G.L. Kuznetsov, D.Yu. Kuznetsov, M.I. Kuznetsov, R.A. Kuzyakin, R.V. Lapin, I.N. Lebedev, N.I. Lebedev, V.A. Lebedev, I.G. Lebedeva, M.P. Lepkin, D.S. Letkin, D.O. Leushin, K.A. Levterov, D.V. Lobanov, N.A. Lopatin, K.V. Loshmanova, V.O. Luchentsov, D.A. Luosev, A.V. Lushin, V.M. Lutsenko, A.M. Malyshev, A.A. Martynov, R.N. Masalov, E.S. Matyukhanov, A.A. Merkuriev, M.Yu. Meshenkov, E.A. Mikhailov, S.V. Mikhailov, V.A. Mikhailov, Yu.A. Mitrofanova, D.V. Monakhov, V.A. Monchinsky, D.M. Morozov, V.V. Morozova, V.A. Mosalov, V.V. Myalkovsky, O.E. Naumov, D.V. Neapolitansky, S.I. Nefediev, O.A. Nefedov, E.A. Negey, A.V. Nesterov, N.A. Newgate, D.N. Nikiforov, A.M. Nikitin, I. Yu. Nikolaichuk, K.A. Nosov, M.S. Novikov, S.Yu. Novozhilov, Yu.M. Nozhenko, M.N. Omelianenko, A.L. Osipenkov, O.A. Parfenov, V.V. Pashinsky, A.V. Peltikhin, V.V. Peshkov, L.A. Peshkova, I.M. Petrov, M.V. Petrov, V.D. Petrov, A.S. Petukhov, A.V. Philippov, M.N. Philippov, N.A. Philippov, E.Yu. Philippova, N.V. Pilyar, R.V. Pivin, A.A. Pogodin, V.K. Polyakova, D.O. Ponkin, A.A. Ponomarev, O.V. Prozorov, R.G. Pushkar, A.Yu. Ramsdorf, D.N. Rassadov, I.N. Repkin, S.V. Romanov, P.A. Rukoyatkin, T.V. Rukoyatkina, S.A. Rumyantsev, D.V. Ryzhov, D.Yu. Saveliev, M.K. Savenkova, A.N. Scherbakov, G.S. Sedykh, A.P. Sergeev, A.V. Sergeev, E.V. Sergeeva, V.G. Shabratov, M.M. Shandov, A.V. Shemchuk, I.V. Shirikov, E.E. Shirkova, A.M. Shumkov, V.M. Shumkov, V.B. Shutov, A.A. Shurygin, D.S. Shvidky, T.V. Sidorenkov, A.O. Sidorin, A.I. Sidorov, P.A. Sidorov, V.O. Sidorova, P.A. Simonov, A.V. Skrypnik, A.A. Slivin, S.A. Smirnov, V.L. Smirnov, Z.I. Smirnova, R.A. Smolkov, A.G. Sorokin, O.Yu. Stankov, L.E. Sveshnikova, A.L. Svetov, A.N. Svidetelev, M.I. Svideteleva, E.M. Syresin, R.V. Talysin, V.V. Tarasov, A.M. Tihomirov, E.V. Tikhonov, A.B. Tischenko, N.V. Travin, A.A. Troitsky, A.V. Tsvetkov, Yu.A. Tsvetkova. V.I. Tyulkin, A.V. Vadeev, B.V. Vasilishin, A.S. Vinogradov, A.A. Volodin, A.A. Voronin, A.Yu. Zakharov, A.I. Zagray, L.V. Zinoviev, D.A. Zolotykh, A.G. Zorin, I.N. Zhabin, V.M. Zhabitsky, A.S. Zhbankov, M.I. Yablochkin, M.V. Yurkov
	DLNP		E.V. Akhmanova, V.I. Khilinov, O.S. Orlov, A.Yu. Rydakov, N.A. Rybakov, A.A. Sidorin, S.L. Yakovenko
	OCE (DRB)		V.N. Buchnev, V.Yu. Schegolev
1.5.	R&D, construction and development of cryogenic systems		N.N. Agapov G.G. Khodzhibagiyan		Projecting Realization
	VBLHEP		S.A. Arefiev, N.B. Baldin, M.B. Basheva, D.B. Belov, S.G. Gorelikov, S.G. Gudkov, V.D. Drobin, L.E. Egorova, A.E. Emelyanov, E.I. Ivanov, M.K. Kondratiev, A.K. Konstantinov, V.K. Kosinov, E.K. Kulikov, D.L. Lobanov, Y.M. Mitrofanova, I.P. Petrov, L.P. Peshkov, S.S. Smirnov, E.F. Filippova, O.Y. Yarovikova
Brief annotation and scientific rationale: The development and carryout works on of the existing infrastructure of the VBLHEP accelerator complex: HILAC, Booster, Nuclotron, beam transport channels in bldg. 1, bldg. 205 and new building 17 and other systems and new equipment required for the next stage commisionig of the NICA complex in 2025. Expected results upon completion of the project: The collider of the NICA complex ready for the launch in 2025. Expected results of the project in the current year: 1.  The development and carryout works on the HILAC, Booster and Nuclotron, as well as the existing beam transport channels of accelerator facility in bldg. 1 to bldg. 205, assembly of the start configuration and commissioning of the Nuclotron-Collider beam transport line in bldg. 1 and new building 17, assembly and commissioning of the fast extraction section from Nuclotron, assembly and commissioning sections for beam injection and beam dump in the Collider. Further development of the existing infrastructure for applied research on heavy ion beams. Preparation for the acceleration run in 2025. 2.  Preparation of the equipment of the cryogenic complex for experiments on ion beams of the accelerator complex in 2024. Commissioning at the cryogenic compressor station. Start-up and commissioning of two Collider refrigerators in new building 17. Start-up and adjustment work on the equipment of the nitrogen system of the VBLHEP cryogenic complex.

2.	BM@N		M.N. Kapishin		Realization
2.1.	Development of the operational area of the setup: increasing the radiation protection, improving detector subsystems and engineering infrastructure		S.Yu. Anisimov M.N. Kapishin S.M. Piyadin		Realization
2.2.	Construction of the basic detector complex of the BM@N setup		M.N. Kapishin S.M. Piyadin		Realization
2.3.	Development of the technological and engineering systems, control systems and test areas of the setup		S.Yu. Anisimov S.M. Piyadin N.D. Topilin		Realization
	VBLHEP		Kh.U. Abraamyan, G.N. Agakishiev, S.V. Afanasiev, K.A. Alishina, V.I. Astakhov, V.A. Babkin, S.N. Bazylev, D.N. Bogoslovsky, M.G. Buryakov, S.G. Buzin, A.I. Chebotov, D.D. Chemezov, D.V. Dementiev, A.V. Dmitriev, B.V. Dubinchik, P.O. Dulov, D.K. Dryablov, D.S. Egorov, V.V. Elsha, A.A. Fedyunin, I.A. Filippov, I.R. Gabdrakhmanov, A.V. Galavanov, O.P. Gavrischuk, K.V. Gertsenberger, V.M. Golovatyuk, P.N. Grigoriev, M.N. Kapishin, I.Yu. Kapitonov, V.Yu. Karzhavin, R.R. Kattabekov, V.D. Kekelidze, A.Yu. Khukhaeva, A.S. Khvorostukhin, Yu.T. Kiryushin, S.V. Khabarov, Yu.S. Kovalev, V.I. Kolesnikov, A.A.Kolozhvari, Yu.A. Kopylov, L.D. Kovachev, S.N. Kuklin, E.M. Kulish, A.S. Kuznetsov, E.A. Ladygin, N.A. Lashmanov, R. Lednický, V.V.  Lenivenko, A.M. Makan'kin, A.I. Malakhov, E.V. Martovitsky, S.P. Merts, Yu.A. Murin, R.V. Nagdasev, D.N. Nikitin, S.V. Novozhilov, V.A. Plotnikov, N.E. Pukhaeva, S.P. Rode, V.Yu. Rogov, P.A. Rukoyatkin, M.M. Rumyantsev, I.A. Rufanov, D.G. Sakulin, S.A.Sedykh, S.V. Sergeev, A.D. Sheremetiev, A.I. Sheremetieva, A.V. Smirnov, A.S. Sorin, V.N. Spaskov, Yu.Yu. Stepanenko, E.A. Streletskaya, D.A. Suvarieva, I.V. Slepnev, V.M. Slepnev, I.P. Slepov, A.V. Smirnov, T. Smolyanin, B.V. Sukhov, M.O. Shitenkov, A.V. Shutov, V.B. Shutov, A.V. Shchipunov, N.A. Tarasov, O.G. Tarasov, A.V. Terletsky, V.V. Teryaev,  V.V. Tikhomirov, A.A. Timoshenko, I.A. Tyapkin, V.V. Ustinov, V.A. Vasendina, V.K. Velichkov, A.A.Voronin, V.I. Yurevich, N.I. Zamyatin, V.N. Zhezher, A.I. Zinchenko, E.V. Zubarev
	MLIT		E.I. Alexandrov, I.N. Alexandrov, N.A. Balashov, D.A. Baranov, I.A. Filozova, Zh.Zh. Musulmanbekov, V.V. Palichik, I.S. Pelevaniuk, D.V. Podgainy, O.I. Streltsova, N.N. Voytishin, M.I. Zuev
	FLNP		E.I. Litvinenko
	BLTP		M. Baznat
2.4.	Analysis of BM@N experimental data and feasibility studies for BM@N program in heavy ion beams		M.N. Kapishin A.I. Zinchenko		Realization
Brief annotation and scientific rationale: Investigation of reaction dynamics and studingmodifications of hadron properties in nuclear matter, near-threshold strange hyperons production and search for hyper nuclei in interactions of the Nuclotron extracted ion beams with fixed targets at the BM@N detector. Expected results upon completion of the project: Commissioning of BM@N and obtaining physics results on interactions of Nuclotron extracted ion beams with fixed targets to study reaction dynamics and the equation-of-state of nuclear matter, modifications of hadron properties in nuclear matter, near-threshold strange hyperons production and to search for hyper nuclei. Expected results of the project in the current year: Preparing the BM@N set-up for the physics run with a heavy ion beam extracted from the Nuclotron. New data collection with a heavy ion beam at BM@N. Analysis of new experimental data collected at BM@N.
3.	MPD	V.M. Golovatyuk V.D. Kekelidze Deputy: V.G. Ryabov		Realization
	VBLHEP	S.V. Afanasev, G.N. Agakishiev, N.V. Anfimov, A.A. Aparin, V.I. Astakhov, S.V. Andreeva, T.V. Andreeva, G.S. Averichev, A.V. Averiyanov, V.A. Babkin, I.A. Balashov, D.A. Baranov, A.E. Baskakov, P.N. Batyuk, A.G. Bazhazhin, S.N. Bazylev, A.V. Belyaev, E.V. Belyaev, S.E. Beleaev, V. Benda, D.N. Bogoslovsky, I.V. Boguslavsky, M.G. Buryakov, A.V. Butorin, A.V. Bychkov, S.G. Buzin, V.V. Chalyshev, V.A. Cheplakova, V.V. Chepurnov, V.F. Chepurnov, G.A. Cheremukhina, P.V. Chumakov, D. Dabrovsky, D.V. Dementiev, A.V. Dmitriev, V.Kh. Dodokhov, E.V. Dolbilina, A.G. Dolbilov, D.E. Donets, A.Yu. Dubrovin, P.O. Dulov, N.V. Dunin, V.B. Dunin, V. Dyatlov, D.S. Egorov, V.V. Elsha, A.E. Emelianov, N.E. Emelianov, O.V. Fateev, Yu.I. Fedotov, A.A. Fedyunin, I.A. Filippov, M.A. Gaganova, T.T.Gandzhelashvili, I.V. Gapienko, O.P. Gavrischuk, K.V. Gertsenberger, N.V. Gorbunov, A.V. Ivanov, A.Yu. Isupov, S.I. Kakurin, M.N. Kapishin, L.A. Kartashova, G.D. Kekelidze, A.O. Kechechan, V.A. Kireev, Yu.T. Kiryushin, I.S. Kiryutin, H.G. Khodzhibagiyan, V.I. Kolesnikov, A. Kolozhvari, V.G. Komarov, E.V. Kozhin, V.A. Kramarenko, L.M. Krasnova, Yu.F. Krechetov, I.V. Kruglova, A.V.Krylov, S.I. Kukarnikov, S.N. Kuklin, E.A. Kulikov, N.A. Kozlenko, V.S. Kuz'min, N.A. Lashmanov, R. Lednicky, A.N. Livanov, V.I. Lobanov, Yu.Yu. Lobanov, S.N. Lobastov, Yu. Lukstin'sh, D.T. Madigozhin, V.I. Maksimenkova, A.I. Malakhov, I.V. Malikov, L.V. Malinina, D.G. Melnikov, S.P. Merts, I.N. Meshkov, I.I. Migulina, Yu.I. Minaev, S.A. Movchan, N.A. Molokanova, A.E. Moskovsky, A.A. Moshkin, I.V. Moshkovsky, A.A. Mudrokh, Yu.A. Murin, K.A. Mukhin, D. Myktybekov, A.V. Nechaevsky, V.A. Nikitin, I.A. Oleks, O.E. Orlov, S.S.Parzhitsky, V.A. Pavlyukevich, V.A. Penkin, V.A. Petrov, D.V. Peshekhonov, N.V. Pilyar, S.M. Piyadin, A.E. Potanina, S.V. Razin, N.O. Ridinger, O.V. Rogachevsky, V.Yu. Rogov, K. Roslon, M.M. Rumyantsev, I.A. Rufanov A.A. Rybakov, A.A. Rymshina, Z.Ya-O. Sadygov, V.M. Samsonov, A.A. Savenkov, S, Sebalos Sanches, S.A.Sedykh, T.V. Semchukova, A.Yu. Semenov, I.A. Semenova, S.V. Sergeev, N.A. Sergeeva, E.V. Serochkin, A.O. Sidorin, I.P. Slepov, V.M. Slepnev, I.V. Slepnev, Yu.A. Solnyshkin, A.S. Sorin, E.A. Streletskaya, S.I. Sukhovarov, N.N. Surkov, V.L. Svalov, A.V. Shabunov, A.D. Sheremetiev, A.I. Sheremeteva, R.A. Shindin, M.O. Shitenkov, K. Shtejer Dias, A.A.Shunko, A.B. Shutov, V.B. Shutov, A.N.Scherbakov, A.V. Schipunov, N.A. Tarasov,  A.V. Terletsky, O.V. Teryaev, A.A. Timoshenko, V.V. Tikhomirov, G.P. Tkachev, N.D. Topilin, A.V. Trubnikov, I.A. Tyapkin, S.Yu. Udovenko, V.A. Vasendina, I.N. Vasilev, S.V. Vereschagin, N.V. Vlasov, A.S. Vodopiyanov, O.A. Volodina, A.A. Voronin, G.A. Yarygin, M.V. Zaitseva, N.I. Zamyatin, S.A. Zaporozhets, A.I. Zinchenko, D.A. Zinchenko, V.N. Zryuev
	DLNP	A.V. Guskov, A.G. Olshevsky
	MLIT	V.V. Ivanov, Zh.Zh. Musulmanbekov, T.A. Strizh
	FLNP	E.I. Litvinenko
3.1.	Design and construction of the superconducting solenoid and magnet yoke	K.A. Mukhin N.D. Topilin		Realization
	VBLHEP	S.E. Belyaev, E.V. Belyaeva, R.V. Baratov, A.E. Emelyanov, S.E. Gerasimov, V.A. Novoselov, R. Shindin, I.A. Smelyansky, T. Smolyanin, D.A. Tereshin, G.P. Tkachev
3.2.	Construction of the detector complex of the start configuration of the MPD setup	V.M. Golovatyuk V.D. Kekelidze		Realization
	VBLHEP	V.A. Babkin, C.N. Bazylev, A.  Ivashkin, S.A. Movchan, Yu.A. Myrin, I.A. Tyapkin, N.D. Topilin, V.I. Yurevich
3.3.	Design and creation of the data acquisition and control systems	S.N. Bazylev I.V. Slepnev		Realization
	VBLHEP	A.E. Baskakov, A.A. Fedyunin, I.A. Filippov, S.N. Kuklin, A.V. Schipunov, A.B. Shutov, V.M. Slepnev, N.A. Tarasov, A.V. Terletsky
3.4.	Development of MPD physical program	V.G. Ryabov  V.I. Kolesnikov A.I. Zinchenko		Realization
Brief annotation and scientific rationale: The MPD experiment at the NICA collider is designed to study collisions of relativistic heavy nuclei in the energy range = 4-11 GeV. The physical program of the experiment is aimed at studying the structure of the phase diagram of the state of strongly interacting matter in the region of moderate temperatures and large baryon densities exceeding the density in ordinary nuclear matter by 5-8 times. At the same time, much attention is also paid to the issue of searching for parton degrees of freedom and critical signatures in the resulting system using various physical observables. In order to carry out these studies, the detectors of the experimental setup must ensure effective registration and identification of various particles born in collisions of nuclei and measurement of their parameters at high loads in a wide range of phase space. Expected results upon completion of the project: 1. Creating and launching the first stage of the MPD experimental setup. The configuration of the first stage includes: a magnet that creates a uniform field up to 0.57T, a track system based on the time projection chamber TPC, a time-of-flight detector FFD-TOF, an electromagnetic calorimeter ECal and a forward hadron calorimeter FHCal. Holding a technical run on the beams of the NICA collider to configure all subsystems of the MPD experimental setup, holding a physical run on the beam for a set of events corresponding to collisions of heavy ions in the required beam configuration in order to study the properties of baryonic matter. 2. Creation and commissioning of a centralized data processing system running in the MpdRoot software environment and providing: 1) calibration of data received from the MPD experimental setup, 2) primary processing of data received from the experimental setup to switch from the raw data format to tables of recovered tracks and hits in detector subsystems, 3) processing of the tables of tracks and hits obtained at the previous stage in order to obtain the first high-quality physical results. Expected results of the project in the current year: 1. Cooling of the Solenoid to the temperature of liquid nitrogen, completion of the creation of TOF, FHCal, FFD subsystems, assembly of the TPC housing, manufacture and testing of 80% of all ECal modules. 2. Creation and commissioning of a centralized data processing system, known as “Analysis Train”, for processing simulated data in order to study the possibilities of the MPD experimental setup for studying various physical signals. 3. Simulation of the operation of the MPD experimental setup in A+A collisions using various event generators in order to study the possibilities of its use for studying collisions of an ion beam with a fixed target. Such a configuration makes it possible to expand the area of the studied interaction energies of nuclei to an energy of ~ 2 GeV and provide the necessary frequency of nuclear collisions at almost any achieved beam luminosity.
4.	SPD: Conceptual and technical design of the Spin Physics Detector (SPD) at the NICA collider	A.V. Gus'kov Deputy: V.P. Ladygin		Project preparation
	VBLHEP	R.R. Akhunzyanov, V.F. Aleksakhin, V.A. Anosov, N.I. Azorsky, A.A. Baldin, E.G. Baldina, V.V. Bautin, A.V.  Belyaev, V.V. Bleko, D.N. Bogoslovsky, I.V. Boguslavsky, D.V. Budkovskiy, V.B. Chmil, V.B. Dunin, A.A. Feshchenko, Yu.N. Filatov, T.L. Enik, O.P. Gavrischuk, A.S. Galoyan, S.M. Golubykh, V.A. Gromov, Yu.V. Gurchin, Yu.V. Gusakov, A.V. Ivanov, N.Ya. Ivanov, A.Yu. Isupov, Y. Kambar, G.D. Kekelidze, M.A. Kozhin, E.S. Kokoulina, E.V. Kostyukhov, Yu.A. Kopylov, P.S. Korovkin, A.Yu. Korzenev. V.A. Kramarenko, S.V. Khabarov, P.R. Kharyuzov, V.M. Lysan, E.A. Ladygin, R. Lednicky, A.N. Livanov, A.M. Makankin, A.M. Martovitsky, O. Minko, D.N. Nikiforov, S.N. Nagorny, V.A. Nikitin, V.V. Pavlov, S.S. Parzhitsky, D.V. Peshekhonov, V.V. Popov, I.S. Pudin, S.G. Reznikov, N.S. Rogacheva, A.B. Safonov, K.M. Salamatin, A.A. Savenkov, A.I. Sheremetieva, S.S. Shimansky, S.Yu. Starikova, E.A. Streletskaya, S.I. Sukhovarov, O.G. Tarasov, A.A.Terekhin, A.V. Tishevsky, N.D. Topilin, Yu.A. Troyan, , E.V. Vasilieva, I.S.Volkov, P.V. Volkov, I.P. Yudin, E.A. Usenko, N.I. Zamyatin, E.V. Zemlyanichkina, I.A. Zhukov, A.V. Zinin, E.V. Zubarev
	DLNP	V.M. Abazov, G.D. Alexeev, L.G. Afanasiev, T.V. Boltushkin, A. Datta, D.V. Dedovich, M.A. Demichev, I.I. Denisenko, A. Gongadze, A.O. Gridin, K.I. Gritsay, A.V. Guskov, A.N. Fedorov, V.N. Frolov, A.V.Karpishkov, V.I. Komarov, N. Kovyazina, A.V. Kulikov, V.S. Kurbatov, Zh. Kurmanaliev, S.A. Kutuzov, A.V. Lapkin, N.N. Lebedev, I. Lyashko, A. Maltsev, V.A. Onuchin, B. Parsamyan, A.A. Piskun, I.K. Prokhorov, F.V. Prokoshin, D.I. Rusov, A.G. Samartsev, S.S. Seryubin, V.N. Shaikovsky, A.V.Shipilova, K. Shtejer, A.N. Skachkova,  V.V. Tereschenko, V.V. Tokmenin, L.S. Vertogradov, Yu.L. Vertogradova, A.Yu. Verkheev, Yu.N. Uzikov, N.I. Zhuravlev
	MLIT	P.V. Goncharov, D.A. Oleynik, G.A. Ososkov, A.Sh. Petrosyan, D.V. Podgainy, I.S. Pelevanyuk, V.V. Trofimov, V.V. Uzhinsky, M.I. Zuev
	BLTP	I.V. Anikin, S.V. Goloskokov, V.A. Saleev, D. Strizhik, O.V. Teryaev, N.I. Volchansky