G.Trubnikov on behalf of JINR Directorate, Dubna

NICA MAC, 19 Oct 2015

NICA@JINR: status and plans.

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:sNN = 4 - 11 GeV; beams from p to Au @ L ~ 1027 cm-2 c-1 (Au), sNN = 6 - 26 GeV; p and d beams @ L ~ 1032 cm-2 c-1

NICA/MPD

STAR F.T.

NA-61/SHINE

HADES

CBM

SIS-100 SIS-300

STAR BES II

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z]

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

Nuclotron (45 Tm)injection of one

bunch of 2×109 ions,

acceleration up to 1 - 4.5 GeV/u max.

Linac LU-20 Ion sourcesBooster (25 Tm)1(2-3) single-turn injection, storage of (2 4)×109 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%) 197Au31+ => 197Au79+

Two SCcollider rings

~ 22 bunches per ring

NICA injection complex (ion sources + HILac)

B= 5.4T reached. Test Au beams produced: - Au30+ ÷ Au3232+, 6108, Tioniz= 20 ms for

- Au32+ -> repetition rate 50 Hz.- ion beams Au51+÷ Au54+ are produced.

Source assembled in 2013 now is commissioned to achieve 1010 ppp.

First beam run in beg.2016

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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

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

NICA: configuration of the Collider for Heavy Ion mode

[ ] - element length

( ) - distance between elements

E-Cooler

Kickers ofStoch. Cooler

Pick-Ups ofStoch. Cooler

SPD

O.Kozlov, A.Sidorin, N.Shurkhno, A.Kobets, I.Meshkov

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 22nd harmonics = > 66th harmonics

NICA Structure and Operation Regimes (Heavy Ion Mode)

VRF & Nion ,arb. units

Phase, arb. units A.Sidorin, A.Eliseev

Magnetic measurements

Curved UHV

chambers

Vacuum cryostats and SC twin quadrupole

Ultra-high vacuum

High-temp Superconductivity

Collider pre-serialdipoles

R&D for Collider and Booster

A.Smirnov, V.Andreev

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

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

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NICA Civil Construction

Contract for Working Documentation signed in Aug’14. Ready WDR – mid’ 15

Signed!

43 months

A.Dudarev

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NICA schedule

The decommissioning is foreseen after 2040

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Injection complex

HI Source

HI Linac

Nuclotron

general development

extracted channels

Booster

Collider

startup configuration

design configuration

BM@N

I stage

II stage

MPD

solenoid

TPC, TOF, Ecal (barrel)

upgraded end-caps

Civil engineering

MPD Hall

SPD Hall

collider tunnel

HEBT Nuclotron-collider

Cryogenic

for Booster running

for Collider

NICA: Required resources from the JINR budget for 2017-2023

Dedicated RF funding for NICA

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

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 oftransversal 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

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:

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.

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, MoUChina (ASIPP) – to the HTSC current leads, SC magnets, vacuum systems, MoUUSA (FNAL) – to the NICA collider stochastic and electron cooling systems, MoUCERN – to the BM@N and MPD elements (drift chambers, MM systems…, , MoURep. of South Africa – cryostats, diagnostics for SC ion source, cryogenics , MoU

HORIZON – 2020ESFRI RoadMap Update 2016BRICS global RI

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.

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

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

China-NICA- JINR CooperationChina-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

NICA International collaboration

Megaprojects: Workshop in Dubna (Italy, Germany, France, China, Egypt, SAR, RF)

JINR-France (IN2P3) MoU

Thank you for your attention!

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