Speaker
Vladimir Kolesnikov
(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR))
Description
The main physics goal of the NICA project at JINR (Dubna) is experimental study of the fundamental properties of the QCD matter by the relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The new accelerator complex NICA will provide a broad range of ion beams (from protons to gold nuclei) at energies from 1 to 4.5 GeV per nucleon. The data taking will start in 2017 at the fixed-target BM@N experiment at the Nuclotron with a further extension of the exploration range to CM energies of 4-11 GeV after putting the NICA collider into operation. Multi-Purpose Detector (MPD) at NICA is a versatile device designed for the study of multiple fascinating dynamical phenomena in heavy-ion collisions including event-by-even fluctuations and correlations.
In my report I will discuss the main objectives of the NICA physics program and overview the current status of the project realization
Author
Vladimir Kolesnikov
(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR))
