1. G.Trubnikov on behalf of JINR Directorate, Dubna NICA MAC, 19 Oct 2015 NICA@JINR: status and plans.

2. The NICA accelerator facility: - cryogenic heavy ion source KRION of ESIS type + source of polarized protons and deuterons, - modernized linac LU-20 (existing) + a new heavy ion linear accelerator (HILac) - a new superconducting Booster synchrotron + existing SC HI ring of Nuclotron - collider: two new superconducting storage rings with two interaction points NICA basic parameters:  s NN = 4 - 11 GeV; beams from p to Au @ L ~ 10 27 cm -2 c -1 (Au),  s NN = 6 - 26 GeV; p  and d  beams @ L ~ 10 32 cm -2 c -1

3. NICA/MPD STAR F.T. NA-61/SHINE HADES CBM SIS-100 SIS-300 STAR BES II Interaction rate [Hz] Collision energy √S [GeV] NICA/BM@N I NICA/BM@N II energy region of max. baryonic density energy region of max. baryonic density Present and future HI experiments/machines NICA/MPD will provide most precise results exploring the whole phase space region in the most interesting energy range

4. Fixed Target Area BM@N Nuclotron (45 Tm) injection of one bunch of  2×10 9 ions, acceleration up to 1 - 4.5 GeV/u max. Linac LU-20 Ion sources Booster (25 Tm) 1(2-3) single-turn injection, storage of (2  4)×10 9 ions, acceleration up to 100 MeV/u, electron cooling, acceleration up to 600 MeV/u Linac HILac KRION HIS NICA: Structure and Operation Regimes (Heavy Ion Mode) Stripping (80%) 197 Au 31+ => 197 Au 79+ Two SC collider rings ~ 22 bunches per ring

5. NICA injection complex (ion sources + HILac) B= 5.4T reached. Test Au beams produced: - Au 30+ ÷ Au32 32+, 610 8, T ioniz = 20 ms for - Au 32+ -> repetition rate 50 Hz. - ion beams Au 51+ ÷ Au 54+ are produced. Source assembled in 2013 now is commissioned to achieve 10 10 ppp. First beam run in beg.2016 5 Heavy ion source: Krion-6T ESIS Source for polarized particles (SPP) Heavy Ion Linac delivered to JINR. Commissioning scheduled for Oct’15 NICA light ion injector (LU-20): RFQ linac, 150 keV A.Butenko, A.Tuzikov

6. Booster systems: progress is going Booster RF system and RF test bench BINP: Electron cooling system for Booster Serial production of cryostats and thermal shields – is in final stage at Poland. Serial production of dipole and quadrupole magnets started in Dec’2014 – two years 2.5 m 4.0 m Booster A.Smirnov, A.Eliseev, A.Tuzikov, V.Andreev

7. NICA: configuration of the Collider for Heavy Ion mode [ ] - element length ( ) - distance between elements E-Cooler Kickers of Stoch. Cooler Pick-Ups of Stoch. Cooler MPD SPD O.Kozlov, A.Sidorin, N.Shurkhno, A.Kobets, I.Meshkov

8. Stage 1: Cooling and stacking with RF1 barrier voltage (5kV). Accumulation efficiency ~ 95%, about 110 - 120 injection pulses (55-60 to each ring) every 5 sec. Total accumulation time ~ 10 min. dP/p is limited by microwave instability. Stages 2-3. Formation of the short ion bunches in presence of cooling, RF-2 (100 kV, 4 resonators) + RF-3 (1MV, 8 resonators). From coasting beam => to 22 nd harmonics = > 66 th harmonics NICA Structure and Operation Regimes (Heavy Ion Mode) V RF & N ion, arb. units Phase, arb. units A.Sidorin, A.Eliseev

9. Magnetic measurements Curved UHV chambers Vacuum cryostats and SC twin quadrupole Ultra-high vacuum High-temp Superconductivity Collider pre-serial dipoles R&D for Collider and Booster A.Smirnov, V.Andreev

10. FZ Juelich Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics RAS, Novosibirsk: electron cooling systems, RF systems, warm magnets, control and diagnostics RAS INR, Troitsk: beam control and diagnostics, linacs IHEP, Protvino: beam feed-back, SC magnets, etc ITEP, Moscow: linacs, diagnostics, beam dynamics FNAL Darmstadt, Germany

11. LHe Liquefier OG-1000 (installation & commissioning): 96% completed (2010-2015) LHe Liquefier OG-1000 (installation & commissioning): 96% completed (2010-2015) Reconstruction of bld. 32: 14% completed (2014-2015) Reconstruction of bld. 32: 14% completed (2014-2015) Helium satellite refrigerator of Booster and Collider: 5% completed (2016-2017) Helium satellite refrigerator of Booster and Collider: 5% completed (2016-2017) Two He screw compressors (delivered): 94% completed (2011-2015) Two He screw compressors (delivered): 94% completed (2011-2015) LN2 Re-condensation (liquefier + 2 compressors) 12% completed (2012-2018) LN2 Re-condensation (liquefier + 2 compressors) 12% completed (2012-2018) LHe 40m3 reservoir: 0% completed (will start in 2016) LHe 40m3 reservoir: 0% completed (will start in 2016) Gaseous He purification system: 0% completed (will start in 2016) Gaseous He purification system: 0% completed (will start in 2016) He satellite refrigerator for Booster & Collider: 5% completed (2014-2018) He satellite refrigerator for Booster & Collider: 5% completed (2014-2018) Development of the NICA Cryogenics The cooling power should be doubled from 4 kW to 8 kW @ 4.5K N.Emel’yanov, N.Agapov

12. 12 NICA Civil Construction Contract for Working Documentation signed in Aug’14. Ready WDR – mid’ 15 Signed! 43 months A.Dudarev

13. 13 NICA schedule The decommissioning is foreseen after 2040

14. NICA: Required resources from the JINR budget for 2017-2023 Dedicated RF funding for NICA

15. What NEXT? … Prospects for NICA at 20 years Horizon - Experiments on the observation of spontaneous electron–positron pair creation in supercritical Coulomb fields (new 2 compact SC rings with merging bare Uranium beams). - Mass-spectroscopy of radioactive heavy ion beams in isochronous mode (using booster or collider ring) + measurement of nuclei PDF with colliding/merging electron beam (up to 1 GeV). - Accelerator physics R&D in: - SC linear injector for protons (MW beam as a goal) - high-field magnets - up to 5T - high brightness beams (Extrahigh luminosity mode) - Detector R&D in: - silicon trackers - large SC magnets and solenoids using HTSC

16. since the NICA will be the only facility providing heavy ion collisions at the collider mode in the energy range of maximum baryonic density; collisions of protons & deuterons with all combinations of transversal and longitudinal polarizations; variety of extracted heavy ion beams for applied researches. In its final stage NICA will represent high scientific excellence, pan-European relevance and a socio-economic impact NICA construction already involves Russian and European companies in active works for several years

17. Good visibility creates interest of new potential users of the facility. We anticipate increasing of the user base from ~ 400-450 users now to more than 1500, when all facilities are constructed and fully operational. The main incentive for engaging of new users will be a unique nomenclature of ion and neutron beams and a scientific infrastructure created at the JINR, Dubna, RF. The requirements and procedure how to use the facility - regulated by JINR rules of project consideration and approval: http://www.jinr.ru/section.asp?sd_id=220&language=eng Proposal for some megascience rules:

18.  The wide cooperation has been established for the development of the NICA accelerator and detector complexes, and for the theoretical support. This cooperation will be expanded taking into account the growing experimental collaborations; International cooperation  The inclusion of the NICA complex and other Russian megascience projects to the ESFRI and BRICS RI Road Maps will give a boost in attracting scientists all over the world for participation in the our project;  The development of the legislative base for international collaborations around Russian megaprojects has been started. NICA – is ideal example of existing RI;  The development of proper social infrastructure is required to give new attraction to Russian megaprojects. State programs could be a good support.

19. European commission on Russian mega-science projects (May-Dec 2013) The fact that NICA/JINR are part of the EU research infrastructures landscape has already been recognized by ESFRI. The Expert Group (EG) recommends that the NICA project be fully taken into account in the forthcoming discussions on the next update of the ESFRI Roadmap. The EG encourages JINR to continue actively develop new and extended cooperation with potential European partner institutions. The exceptional opportunities available in Dubna to young scientists and engineers should be more widely promoted. 08 Aug’13: Representatives of 13 countries 08 Aug’13: Representatives of 13 countries, 6 signed (Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Kazakhstan, RF, Ukraine). China and South Africa – are ready to join. Germany (BMBF, GSI) – to the Test Facility for SC magnets and STS, MoU China (ASIPP) – to the HTSC current leads, SC magnets, vacuum systems, MoU USA (FNAL) – to the NICA collider stochastic and electron cooling systems, MoU CERN – to the BM@N and MPD elements (drift chambers, MM systems…,, MoU Rep. of South Africa – cryostats, diagnostics for SC ion source, cryogenics, MoU HORIZON – 2020 ESFRI RoadMap Update 2016 BRICS global RI

20. EU-Russia Joint Cooperation Committee S&T (JCCST) 19 June 2015, Brussels, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation. NICA – is in the Priority List for EU  Experience with H2020 and Targeted Programmes  Collaboration in thematic priority areas  Russian National Contact Points for Horizon 2020  ERA-NET.RUS Plus and thematic ERA-Nets  Large-scale facilities / Research infrastructures  Multilateral initiatives The Nuclear Physics Division Board of the EPS at its 70th Meeting (Leuven, Belgium, Oct 15-16, 2015) has accepted the JINR suggestion to host the 72nd Board Meeting (Sept.28-30, 2016) at JINR, Dubna. This EPS NPD Board decision is mainly motivated by its interest in visiting the old and new JINR flagship facilities (IBR-2M, DRIBs and NICA) to see their status and current development as well as to discuss their prospect collaboration with other EU scientific research infrastructures.

21. JINR-Brazil Forum, 15-19 June 2015. Ambassador of Brazil to Russia. 16 Sept. 2014 - visit of 26 researchers and science officers JINR-South Africa Forum, September 2015

22. Meeting of the BRICS Funding Agencies in science and technology Moscow, Ministry of Education and Science, July’15 Decision to organize a coordination between BRIKS countries on Large Research Infrastructure (megascience projects): several in China (HIAF, ASIPP, JUNO, etc.), South Africa (SKA), India (supercomputer center, SR sources), Brazil (SR source, space center), Russia (NICA, PIK, Ignitor, SR4, SuperC-tau, XCELS). JINR – chair in the WG, NICA – submitted to BRICS development Bank

23. China-NICA- JINR Cooperation Scientific program of the NICA had been recognized as highly perspective for participation of China centers. Sides agreed to perform required agreement procedures to prepare signature of the Memorandum on the Governmental level providing China participation in the NICA megaproject

24. NICA International collaboration Megaprojects: Workshop in Dubna (Italy, Germany, France, China, Egypt, SAR, RF) JINR-France (IN2P3) MoU

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