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Conceptual design of the Spin Physics Detector

The Spin Physics Detector, a universal facility for studying the nucleon spin structure and other spin-related phenomena with polarized proton and deuteron beams, is proposed to be placed in one of the two interaction points of the NICA…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-02-04 V. M. Abazov , V. Abramov , L. G. Afanasyev , R. R. Akhunzyanov , A. V. Akindinov , N. Akopov , I. G. Alekseev , A. M. Aleshko , V. Yu. Alexakhin , G. D. Alexeev , M. Alexeev , A. Amoroso , I. V. Anikin , V. F. Andreev , V. A. Anosov , A. B. Arbuzov , N. I. Azorskiy , A. A. Baldin , V. V. Balandina , E. G. Baldina , M. Yu. Barabanov , S. G. Barsov , V. A. Baskov , A. N. Beloborodov , I. N. Belov , A. P. Belova , A. V. Belyaev , A. Ya. Berdnikov , Ya. A. Berdnikov , A. V. Berezhnoy , V. V. Bleko , A. V. Bobkov , D. N. Bogoslovsky , I. N. Boguslavsky , E. V. Boltushkin , E. E. Boos , V. E. Burtsev , Lei Chen , A. S. Chepurnov , M. Chiosso , A. Chumakov , O. D. Dalkarov , A. Datta , E. I. Demikhov , I. I. Denisenko , O. Yu. Denisov , V. N. Duginov , V. B. Dunin , K. Dygnarowicz , A. V. Efremov , R. El-Kholy , D. A. Eliseev , T. L. Enik , O. L. Fedin , G. A. Feofilov , Yu. N. Filatov , M. Finger , M. Finger , V. N. Frolov , G. Galinski , A. S. Galoyan , C. E Garsia Trapaga , O. P. Gavrishchuk , S. G. Gerasimov , L. Glonti , S. V. Goloskokov , G. A. Golovanov , A. A. Golubev , Golubykh S. M. , Goncharov P. V. , Grafov N. O. , Gribkov D. Y. , A. S. Gribovsky , A. O. Gridin , B. V. Grinyov , K. I. Gritsay , S. A. Gromov , V. A. Gromov , Yu. V. Gurchin , Yu. V. Gusakov , A. V. Guskov , F. Guzman , J. Haidenbauer , M. Havranek , A. V. Ivanov , N. Ya. Ivanov , A. Yu. Isupov , V. Jary , Shi-Hai Jia , D. Jokovic , A. Kaplii , A. V. Karpishkov , E. A. Kasianova , G. D. Kekelidze , S. V. Khabarov , P. R. Kharusov , A. N. Khrenov , V. T. Kim , N. V. Kirichkov , D. Yu. Kirin , I. Kishchin , A. Klekotko , Ya. Klopot , A. Kluev , E. S. Kokoulina , V. I. Komarov , A. M. Kondratenko , M. A. Kondratenko , I. Konorov , Yu. A. Kopylov , M. V. Korjik , P. S. Korovkin , A. Yu. Korzenev , E. V. Kostukov , A. Kotzinian , A. D. Kovalenko , V. N. Kovalenko , Kozhin M. A. , V. A. Kramarenko , V. N. Kruglov , A. Kubankin , Yu. Kubankin , S. Kuleshov , V. E. Kovtun , A. V. Kulikov , V. S. Kurbatov , R. Kurjata , S. A. Kutuzov , E. V. Kuznetsova , E. A. Ladygin , V. P. Ladygin , D. M. Larionova , D. Lednicky , R. Lednicky , Pei-Yu Li , Xiao-Mei Li , A. S. Lobko , E. Luschevskaya , A. I. L'vov , V. N. Lyashchenko , V. M. Lysan , V. Lyubovitskij , A. Maggiora , V. P. Maleev , A. Maltsev , T. V. Malykhina , A. M. Makankin , V. V. Makarenko , D. Maletic , D. B. Malkevich , M. Marcisovsky , E. V. Martovitsky , J. Marzec , M. M. Merkin , G. V. Meshcheriakov , Yu. M. Mitrankov , M. M. Mitrankova , E. O. Mitrofanov , B. Morozov , I. V. Moshkovsky , A. Movsisyan , S. N. Nagorniy , P. Yu. Nechaeva , M. A. Nefedov , Yu. A. Nefedov , M. A. Negodaev , G. Neue , D. N. Nikiforov , V. A. Nikitin , A. S. Nikolaev , D. A. Oleynik , G. A. Ososkov , D. Panzieri , B. Parsamyan , S. S. Parzhitsky , G. Pastuszak , V. V. Pavlov , A. A. Pavlova , I. S. Pelevanyuk , E. E. Perepelkin , D. V. Peshekhonov , A. Sh. Petrosyan , A. A. Piskun , V. V. Plotnikov , D. V. Podgainy , P. Polozov , R. V. Polyakova , V. V. Polyansky , V. V. Popov , J. Popule , I. Prochazka , I. K. Prokhorov , S. N. Reva , S. G. Reznikov , E. P. Rezvaya , J. -M. Richard , O. V. Rogachevsky , V. M. Romanov , A. I. Rudenko , M. A. Rumyantsev , V. Rusinov , N. A. Rybakov , A. Rychter , A. Rymbekova , A. B. Safonov , K. M. Salamatin , V. A. Saleev , A. G. Samartsev , A. A. Savenkov , M. Savic , A. A. Semak , V. N. Shaikovsky , A. A. Shavrin , A. I. Sheremeteva , S. S. Shimanskii , A. V. Shipilova , K. Shtejer , R. Shulyakovsky , A. A. Sinitsa , N. B. Skachkov , A. N. Skachkova , M. Slunecka , V. Sluneckova , A. A. Solin , A. V. Solin , Jin-Xin Song , V. V. Sotnikov , Peng-Fei Sun , S. Yu. Starikova , A. V. Stavinskiy , E. A. Streletskaya , M. Strikman , D. Strusik-Kotlozh , S. I. Suchkov , R. I. Sultanov , Hao Sun , D. N. Svirida , O. G. Tarasov , E. I. Tarkovskyi , A. Temerbayev , A. A. Terekhin , Tereschenko V. V. , Terkulov A. R. , Teryaev O. V. , Tishevsky A. V. , Tkachenko A. V. , A. A. V. V. Tokmenin , L. Tomasek , E. Tomasi-Gustafsson , N. P. Topchiev , N. D. Topilin , B. L. Topko , F. Tosello , A. Trifonov , Yu. A. Troyan. , N. O. Trunov , R. Tsenov , E. A. Usenko , V. V. Uzhinsky , Yu. N. Uzikov , F. F. Valiev , E. V. Vasilieva , V. V. Vechernin , A. Yu. Verkheev , L. S. Vertogradov , Yu. L. Vertogradova , V. A. Vesenkov , M. Virius , N. I. Volchansky , I. S. Volkov , P. V. Volkov , A. Vorobiev , V. Vrba , Qian Wang , I. P. Yudin , J. Zamora , N. I. Zamyatin , K. Zaremba , A. V. Zelenov , E. V. Zemlyanichkina , Yun-Yu Zhang , Jun-Wei Zhang , Ming-Rui Zhao , Qiang Zhao , Yu Zhi , A. S. Zhemchugov , A. Zhevlakov , N. M. Zhigareva , P. N. Zhmurin , I. A. Zhukov , N. I Zhuravlev. , M. Ziembicki , A. V. Zinin , E. V. Zubarev , M. I. Zuev

Probing Gluons at the Spin Physics Detector

The Spin Physics Detector (SPD) at the Nuclotron based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) is a multi-purpose experiment designed to study nucleon spin structure in the three dimensions. With capabilities to collide polarized protons and deuterons…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-10-06 Alexey Guscov , Amaresh Datta , Anton Karpishkov , Igor Denisenko , Vladimir Saleev

On the study of antiprotons yield in hadronic collisions at NICA SPD

The study of antiproton yield in $p$-$p$ and $p$-$d$ collisions is important for the astrophysical search for dark matter consisting of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles. Refinement of the production cross section, angular and momentum…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-04-28 V. Alexakhin , A. Guskov , Z. Hayman , R. El-Kholy , A. Tkachenko

Towards Searching for a Mixed Phase of Strongly Interacting QCD Matter at the JINR Nuclotron

Available experimental data in respect to a possible formation of a strongly interacting mixed phase are outlined. A physical program is formulated for new facilities being opend in Dubna for acceleration of heavy ions with an energy up to…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 A. N. Sissakian , A. S. Sorin , M. K. Suleymanov , V. D. Toneev , G. M. Zinovjev

Technical Design Report of the Spin Physics Detector at NICA

The Spin Physics Detector collaboration proposes to install a universal detector in the second interaction point of the NICA collider under construction (JINR, Dubna) to study the spin structure of the proton and deuteron and other…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-12-19 The SPD Collaboration , V. Abazov , V. Abramov , L. Afanasyev , R. Akhunzyanov , A. Akindinov , I. Alekseev , A. Aleshko , V. Alexakhin , G. Alexeev , L. Alimov , A. Allakhverdieva , A. Amoroso , V. Andreev , V. Andreev , E. Andronov , Yu. Anikin , S. Anischenko , A. Anisenkov , V. Anosov , E. Antokhin , A. Antonov , S. Antsupov , A. Anufriev , K. Asadova , S. Ashraf , V. Astakhov , A. Aynikeev , M. Azarkin , N. Azorskiy , A. Bagulya , D. Baigarashev , A. Baldin , E. Baldina , N. Barbashina , A. Barnyakov , S. Barsov , A. Bartkevich , V. Baryshevsky , K. Basharina , A. Baskakov , V. Baskov , M. Batista , M. Baturitsky , V. Bautin , T. Bedareva , S. Belokurova , A. Belova , E. Belyaeva , A. Berdnikov , Ya. Berdnikov , A. Berezhnoy , A. Berngardt , Yu. Bespalov , V. Bleko , L. Bliznyuk , D. Bogoslovskii , A. Boiko , A. Boikov , M. Bolsunovskya , E. Boos , V. Borisov , V. Borsch , D. Budkouski , S. Bulanova , O. Bulekov , V. Bunichev , N. Burtebayev , D. Bychanok , A. Casanova , G. Cesar , D. Chemezov , A. Chepurnov , L. Chen , V. Chmill , A. Chukanov , A. Chuzo , A. Danilyuk , A. Datta , D. Dedovich , M. Demichev , G. Deng , I. Denisenko , O. Denisov , T. Derbysheva , D. Derkach , A. Didorenko , M. -O. Dima , A. Doinikov , S. Doronin , V. Dronik , F. Dubinin , V. Dunin , A. Durum , A. Egorov , R. El-Kholy , T. Enik , D. Ermak , D. Erofeev , A. Erokhin , D. Ezhov , O. Fedin , Ju. Fedotova , G. Feofilov , Yu. Filatov , S. Filimonov , V. Frolov , K. Galaktionov , A. Galoyan , A. Garkun , O. Gavrishchuk , S. Gerasimov , S. Gerassimov , M. Gilts , L. Gladilin , G. Golovanov , S. Golovnya , V. Golovtsov , A. Golubev , S. Golubykh , P. Goncharov , A. Gongadze , N. Greben , A. Gregoryev , D. Gribkov , A. Gridin , K. Gritsay , D. Gubachev , J. Guo , Yu. Gurchin , A. Gurinovich , Yu. Gurov , A. Guskov , D. Gutierrez , F. Guzman , A. Hakobyan , D. Han , S. Harkusha , Sh. Hu , S. Igolkin , A. Isupov , A. Ivanov , N. Ivanov , V. Ivantchenko , Sh. Jin , S. Kakurin , N. Kalinichenko , Y. Kambar , A. Kantsyrev , I. Kapitonov , V. Karjavine , A. Karpishkov , A. Katcin , G. Kekelidze , D. Kereibay , S. Khabarov , P. Kharyuzov , H. Khodzhibagiyan , E. Kidanov , E. Kidanova , V. Kim , A. Kiryanov , I. Kishchin , E. Kokoulina , A. Kolbasin , V. Komarov , A. Konak , Yu. Kopylov , M. Korjik , M. Korotkov , D. Korovkin , A. Korzenev , B. Kostenko , A. Kotova , A. Kotzinian , V. Kovalenko , N. Kovyazina , M. Kozhin , A. Kraeva , V. Kramarenko , A. Kremnev , U. Kruchonak , A. Kubankin , O. Kuchinskaia , Yu. Kulchitsky , S. Kuleshov , A. Kulikov , V. Kulikov , V. Kurbatov , Zh. Kurmanaliev , Yu. Kurochkin , S. Kutuzov , E. Kuznetsova , I. Kuyanov , E. Ladygin , V. Ladygin , D. Larionova , V. Lebedev , M. Levchuk , P. Li , X. Li , Y. Li , A. Livanov , R. Lednicki , A. Lobanov , A. Lobko , K. Loshmanova , S. Lukashevich , E. Luschevskaya , A. L'vov I. Lyashko , V. Lysan , V. Lyubovitskij , D. Madigozhin , V. Makarenko , N. Makarov , R. Makhmanazarov , V. Maleev , D. Maletic , A. Malinin , A. Maltsev , N. Maltsev , A. Malkhasyan , M. Malyshev , O. Mamoutova , A. Manakonov , A. Marova , M. Merkin , I. Meshkov , V. Metchinsky , O. Minko , Yu. Mitrankov , M. Mitrankova , A. Mkrtchyan , H. Mkrtchyan , R. Mohamed , S. Morozova , A. Morozikhin , E. Mosolova , V. Mossolov , S. Movchan , Y. Mukhamejanov , A. Mukhamejanova , E. Muzyaev , D. Myktybekov , S. Nagorniy , M. Nassurlla , P. Nechaeva , M. Negodaev , V. Nesterov , M. Nevmerzhitsky , G. Nigmatkulov , D. Nikiforov , V. Nikitin , A. Nikolaev , D. Oleynik , V. Onuchin , I. Orlov , A. Orlova , G. Ososkov , D. Panzieri , B. Parsamyan , P. Pavzderin , V. Pavlov , M. Pedraza , V. Perelygin , D. Peshkov , A. Petrosyan , M. Petrov , V. Petrov , K. Petrukhin , A. Piskun , S. Pivovarov , I. Polishchuk , P. Polozov , V. Polyanskii , A. Ponomarev , V. Popov , V. Popov , S. Popovich , D. Prokhorova , N. Prokofiev , F. Prokoshin , A. Puchkov , I. Pudin , E. Pyata , F. Ratnikov , V. Rasin , V. Red'kov , A. Reshetin , S. Reznikov , N. Rogacheva , S. Romakhov , A. Rouba , V. Rudnev , V. Rusinov , D. Rusov , V. Ryltsov , N. Saduyev , A. Safonov , S. Sakhiyev , K. Salamatin , V. Saleev , A. Samartsev , E. Samigullin , O. Samoylov , E. Saprunov , A. Savenkov , A. Seleznev , A. Semak , D. Senkov , A. Sergeev , L. Seryogin , S. Seryubin , A. Shabanov , A. Shahinyan , A. Shavrin , I. Shein , A. Sheremeteva , V. Shevchenko , K. Shilyaev , S. Shimansky , S. Shinbulatov , F. Shipilov , A. Shipilova , S. Shkarovskiy , D. Shoukovy , K. Shpakov , I. Shreyber , K. Shtejer , R. Shulyakovsky , A. Shunko , S. Sinelshchikova , A. Skachkova , A. Skalnenkov , A. Smirnov , S. Smirnov , A. Snesarev , A. Solin , A. Solin , E. Soldatov , V. Solovtsov , J. Song , D. Sosnov , A. Stavinskiy , D. Stekacheva , E. Streletskaya , M. Strikhanov , O. Suarez , A. Sukhikh , S. Sukhovarov , V. Sulin , R. Sultanov , P. Sun , D. Svirida , E. Syresin , V. 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Determination of centrality in nucleus-nucleus collisions on the MPD/NICA installation

Measurement of the number of spectators in nucleus-nucleus collisions could be used to determine the number of participant nucleons involved in the interaction, i.e. get information about collision centrality. However, at energies of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-01-23 A. Kurepin , A. Litvinenko , E. Litvinenko

Bayesian Approach to Particles Identification in the MPD Experimen

Identification of particles generated by ion collisions in the NICA collider is one of the basic functions of the Multipurpose Detector (MPD). The main means of identification in MPD are the time-of-flight system (TOF) and the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-06-21 V. A. Babkin , V. M. Baryshnikov , M. G. Buryakov , A. S. Burdyko , S. G. Buzin , A. V. Dmitriev , V. I. Dronik , P. O. Dulov , A. A. Fedyunin , V. M. Golovatyuk , E. Yu. Kidanova , S. P. Lobastov , A. D. Pyatigor , M. M. Rumyantsev , K. A. Vokhmyanina

Recent selected theory developments for NICA

In this contribution I present a few selected topics of recent theoretical developments of relevance for the NICA facility under construction. In a first part, I discuss new aspects of the QCD phase diagram like the possible existence of a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-03-30 David Blaschke

Physics Opportunity at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC)

The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is a next-generation facility under construction at Brookhaven National Laboratory, uniquely designed to collide polarized electrons with polarized protons and ions. With its high luminosity, broad kinematic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-05-12 Satoshi Yano

Probing Nuclear Structure with Future Colliders

Improved knowledge of the nucleon structure is a crucial pathway toward a deeper understanding of the fundamental nature of the QCD interaction, and will enable important future discoveries. The experimental facilities proposed for the next…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-23 T. J. Hobbs , Pavel M. Nadolsky , Fredrick I. Olness , Bo-Ting Wang

Studying the Interplay of Strong and Electromagnetic Forces in Heavy Ion Collisions with NICA

In the following we stress the advantages of the NICA research programme in the context of studying the spectator-induced electromagnetic phenomena present in proton-nucleus and heavy ion collisions. We point at the specific interest of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-01-23 Andrzej Rybicki , Antoni Szczurek , Mariola Klusek-Gawenda , Iwona Sputowska

The RHIC Cold QCD Plan for 2017 to 2023: A Portal to the EIC

The exploration of the fundamental structure of strongly interacting matter has always thrived on the complementarity of lepton scattering and purely hadronic probes. As the community eagerly anticipates a future electron ion collider (EIC)…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-02-15 Elke-Caroline Aschenauer , Christine Aidala , Alexander Bazilevsky , Markus Diehl , Renee Fatemi , Carl Gagliardi , Zhongbo Kang , Yuri V. Kovchegov , Jamal Jalilian-Marian , John Lajoie , Dennis V. Perepelitsa , Ralf Seidl , Rodolfo Sassot , Ernst Sichter-mann , Marco Stratmann , Stephen Trentalange , Werner Vogelsang , Anselm Vossen , Pia Zurita

Studies of dense nuclear matter at NICA

Laboratory experiments with high-energetic heavy-ion collisions offer the opportunity to explore fundamental properties of nuclear matter, such as the high-density equation-of-state, which governs the structure and dynamics of cosmic…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-05-29 Peter Senger

$J/\psi$ production in proton-proton collisions at Spin Physics Detector energies of the JINR Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility

We investigate inclusive $J/\psi$ production in proton-proton collisions at tens of GeV $\sqrt{s}$ energy, relevant for forthcoming measurements with the Spin Physics Detector (SPD) at NICA. Simulations are performed using the PEGASUS event…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-25 Shubham Sharma , Alexey Aparin

Time resolution analysis of detectors based on plastic scintillators coupled to silicon photomultipliers

The performance of several trigger counters based on plastic scintillators with silicon photomultiplier readout is investigated with cosmic rays. Efficiency and time resolution are measured using digital waveform analysis. The obtained…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-21 Marco Alberto Ayala-Torres , Luis Manuel Montaño Zetina , Marcos Fontaine Sánchez

Multi-Grid Detector for Neutron Spectroscopy: Results Obtained on Time-of-Flight Spectrometer CNCS

The Multi-Grid detector technology has evolved from the proof-of-principle and characterisation stages. Here we report on the performance of the Multi-Grid detector, the MG.CNCS prototype, which has been installed and tested at the Cold…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-05-24 M. Anastasopoulos , R. Bebb , K. Berry , J. Birch , T. Bryś , J. -C. Buffet , J. -F. Clergeau , P. P. Deen , G. Ehlers , P. van Esch , S. M. Everett , B. Guerard , R. Hall-Wilton , K. Herwig , L. Hultman , C. Höglund , I. Iruretagoiena , F. Issa , J. Jensen , A. Khaplanov , O. Kirstein , I. Lopez-Higuera , F. Piscitelli , L. Robinson , S. Schmidt , I. Stefanescu

Evaluation of PID Performance at CEPC and Optimization with Combined dN/dx and Time-of-Flight Data

Charged-hadron identification (PID) is a critical requirement for the physics program of the Circular Electron-Positron Collider (CEPC). The baseline detector relies on ionization measurements from a time projection chamber (TPC), which…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-19 Dian Yu , Houqian Ding , Yongfeng Zhu , Kun Liu , Ming Qi , Yunyun Fan

A new review of excitation functions of hadron production in $pp$ collisions in the NICA energy range

Data on hadron multiplicities from inelastic proton-proton interactions in the energy range of the NICA collider have been compiled. The compilation includes recent results from the NA61/SHINE and NA49 experiments at the CERN SPS…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-04-22 V. Kolesnikov , V. Kireyeu , V. Lenivenko , A. Mudrokh , K. Shtejer , D. Zinchenko , E. Bratkovskaya

Vorticity in heavy-ion collisions at the JINR Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility

Vorticity of matter generated in noncentral heavy-ion collisions at energies of the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna is studied. Simulations are performed within the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-06-07 Yu. B. Ivanov , A. A. Soldatov

SPD - the Spin Physics Project with Polarized Proton and Deuteron Beams at the NICA Collider

The SPD experiment at the future NICA collider at JINR (Dubna, Russia) aims to investigate the nucleon spin structure and polarization phenomena in collisions of longitudinally and transversely polarized protons and deuterons at $\sqrt{s}$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-01-08 A. Guskov