JINR Research Program. JINR Past, Present and Future

JINR (Dubna) 1956 - 2015

Victor Matveev 2015 European school of High Energy Physics 05 September Bansko Bulgaria 1 Special Economic Zone JINR

2 JOINT INSTITUTE for NUCLEAR RESEARCH International Intergovernmental Organization

The Agreement on the establishment of JINR was signed on 26 March 1956 in Moscow

to unite scientific and material potential of its member states in order to study fundamental properties of matter

‘‘ ATOM for PEACE ‘’ The results of the researches carried out at the Institute can be used solely for peaceful purposes for the benefit of mankind

3 JINR, Dubna, 1961: JINR, Dubna, 1958: P. Dirac with JINR N. Bohr with theorists D. Blokhintsev, V. Djelepov D. Blokhintsev, N. Bogolyubov, Ya. Smorodinsky JINR, Dubna, 1961: N. Bohr with D. Blokhintsev, V. Djelepov JINR, Dubna, 1958: F. Joliot-Curie with JINR Director D. Blokhintsev and B. Pontecorvo I. Founders of JINR

V.Veksler I.Frank G.Flerov M.Meshcheryakov

A.Baldin

V.Dzhelepov N.Bogoliubov, D.Blokhintsev

H.Hulubei Wang Ganchang L.Infeld B.Pontecorvo

H.Niewodniczanski L.Janossy G.Najakov

6 Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bulgaria Cuba Czech Republic Georgia Kazakhstan D. P. Republic of Korea Moldova Mongolia Poland Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Ukraine Uzbekistan Vietnam

Participation of Egypt, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Republic of South Africa and Serbia in JINR activities is based on bilateral agreements signed on the governmental level. 7 Mission of JINR since1956

5 Major Pillars: Science Bringing Nations Together  Research Basic studies at the frontiers of knowledge

 Innovation New instruments and technologies

 International cooperation Combining intellect and resources

 Education Training students, young scientists and engineers

 Outreach Promoting science in society worldwide JINR collaborates with more than 700 scientific centres and universities in 63 countries of the world.

11 Corner-stones of JINR’s Science Policy

Fundamental Science

JOI NT I NST ITU TE Innovation F Educational O R N U

Activities E Programmes

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Special Economic Zone JINR UC , BIAS-TH Technopark “Dubna” International Univ. “Dubna” Public-Private-Partnership Chairs in MSU, MPTI, MEPhI

12 Veksler and Baldin Dzhelepov Laboratory of High Energy Physics Bogoliubov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems Laboratory of Theoretical Physics

Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics

Laboratory of Flerov Information Technologies Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions

Laboratory of Radiation Biology 13 JINR Research Experimental Facilities

 Heavy Ion Superconducting Complex Nuclotron-NICA Physics of dense and hot baryon matter Spin structure and dynamics of nuclear matter • Intensive pulsed neutron breader reactor IBR-2: Condensed matter & Nuclear physics • High Power Cyclotron Complex and SHE Factory Superheavy elements and Exotic nuclei Dubna Radioactive Ions Beam studies DRIBs  Complex of computing & information technologies Tier-1 complex for LHC and NICA • Neutrino Gigaton Volume Detector GVD at Baikal lake Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics  Accelerator facility for radiobiology and medical studies Hadron therapy, astrobiology, cosmic medicine 14  JINR’s staff members ~ 4300  Researchers ~ 1200 including from the Member States (but Russia) ~ 400  PhD and Full Doctors of Science ~ 1000  Engineers and specialists ~2100  Services ~ 1000 250

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150 M$ 100 JINR Budget 50 (actual and foreseen 0 in the 7-year Plan) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 15 The concept of the Seven-Year Plan is based on the concentration of resources to update the accelerator and reactor base of the Institute. The key elements of the qualitative improvement of the research infrastructure are the following basic facilities: – the heavy ion collider NICA (Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility) for research in the field of physica of the hot and dence baryonic matter;

– the cyclotron complex DRIBs-III (Dubna Radioactive Ion Beams) for the search for new superheavy elements of Mendeleev’s Periodic Table and for studies of the properties of radioactive and exotic neutron-rich nuclei;

– the modernized reactor IBR-2M for research in condensed matter physics and particularly in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology;

- The modern computer and information complex 16 Synchrophasotron – Nuclotron – NICA

1957 – 2002 1993 – 2019 – Synchrophasotron Nuclotron NICA 10 GeV proton accelerator First in the world Superconducting collider – world leader in energy. Superconducting of heavy ions Synchrotron Beginning of heavy of era of ions high-energy physics

The JINR 7-year plan for 2010-2016 approved by CPP in 2009: NICA – the JINR flagship project in HEP NICA (Nuclotron based Ion Colider fAcility) the flagship project in HEP of Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) Main targets of the NICA project:

- study the hot and dense baryonic matter , search for the critical phenomena in heavy ions collisions - investigation of nucleon and light nuclei spin structure, study the polarization phenomena in hadron collisions - development of accelerator facility for HEP providing intensive beams of relativistic ions from p to Au and polarized protons and deuterons with max energy up to 79+ Page . 18 √SNN= 11 GeV (Au ) and18 =27 GeV (p) NICA Complex: New era in the hot dense matter science Collider basic parameters: 27 -2 -1 32 -2 -1 √SNN = 4-11 GeV; beams: from p to Au; L~10 cm c (Au), ~10 cm c (p)

KRION-6T+HILac (3MeV/u) existing PS and In preparation LU-20 (5MeV/u)

Booster (600 MeV/u) NUCLOTRON 0.6-4.5 GeV/u

MultiPurpose Cryogenic Complex Detector - MPD

19 Preparatory works are completed ~60 000 m2! NICA parameters:

. Energy range: √sNN = 4-11 GeV . Beams: from p to Au . Luminosity: L~1027 (Au), 1032 (p) . Detectors: MPD (ions), SPD (spin physics) 20 QCD matter at NICA : HE Heavy Ion Physics . Highest net baryon density . Onset of deconfinement . Complementary to the RHIC/BES, FAIR and CERN experimental programs

NIC FAIR & A NICA

. Bulk properties, EOS - particle yields & spectra, ratios, femtoscopy, flow . In-Medium modification of hadron properties

. Deconfinement (chiral), phase transition at high rB - enhanced strangeness production . QCD Critical Point - event-by-event fluctuations & correlations . Strangeness in nuclear matter - hypernuclei 21 The specific features of the NICA energy region  Maximum in K+/p+ ratio is in the NICA energy region

 Maximum in L/p ratio is in the NICA energy region,

 Maximum in the net baryon density is expected in the NICA energy region,

 Transition from the Baryon to the Meson dominated systems happens in the NICA energy region.

Page . 22 NICA International collaboration

JINR-France (IN2P3) MoU Megaprojects: Workshop in Dubna (Italy, Germany, France, China, Egypt, SAR, RF)

Page . 23 NICA White Paper – International Efforts

Statistics of White Paper Contributions 111 contributions: 188 authors from 70 centers in 24 countries Indicates wide international interest to the physics at MPD & BM@N

Oman France Egypt Spain Moldova Japan Portugal Switzerland

South Africa Hungary Belgium

Brazil

Israel Argentina

Sweden Austria Slovakia Page . 24 24 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III I V Injection complex Nuclotron upgrade stage II Booster Collider BM@N I stage MPD: solenoid TPC, TOF, Ecal (barrel) Collider civil engineering: MPD Hall SPD Hall Collider tunnel HEBT Nuclotron-collider Cryogenic full scale (collider & MPD)

Page . 25 Test Facility for SC magnets of NICA and FAIR: excellent collaboration of JINR and Germany (BMBF). Start of operation – December’14. Serial assembly and cold tests (6 arms) – December 2015 1st cold test of Booster dipole with magnetic measurements made in December’14 Cold test of serial quadrupole duplet – Feb-March 2015

Pre-serial collider dipole

Serial production of Booster dipoles and quadrupoles started in Oct 2014

Serial Booster Quadrupole douplet February 2015 Cooperation Agreement FAIR (Darmstadt) – JINR

Page . 27 MPD Detailed energy & system size scan with a step ~ 10 MeV/u in selected regions with a high L aimed in a search for anomalies: - in particle production in the vicinity of the critical point, - signatures of in-medium modification of the vector-spectral functions, - study of the properties of the mixed phase of strongly interacting matter. BM@N setup CERN: drift chambers, SC solenoid INR RAS: ZD, RP calorimeters GSI: silicon tracker Ukraine: EM calorimeters

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70 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 Neutron number JINR Achievements in the last decade: Synthesis of 6 new elements, 49 new isotopes

D.I. Mendeleev 1834 - 1907

105 Dubnium 1965

113 114 115 116 117 118

Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered at JINR in 2003 at JINR in 1999 at JINR in 2003 at JINR in 2000 at JINR in 2009 at JINR in 2001

30 even-Z nuclei: 6 reactions, 3 elements, 25 isotopes, 121 decay chains odd-Z nuclei: 3 reactions, 3 elements, 29 isotopes, 104 decay chains Super Heavy Elements (SHE) Factory

High-current cyclotron DC-280

Time of 12 Flight detector 11 New facilities 10 9 Position- 8 sensitive s er detector et M 7 Magnetic array in ce Deflector III an 6 st Di 5 Quadrupole 4 Lenses II

3 Electric Deflector II Magnetic Deflector II 2

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0 Beam Stop Electric Deflector I

Beam Quadrupole Target Lenses I Wheel

New experimental hall DC280 ( project) E=4÷8 MeV/A Ion Ion Output energy intensity [MeV/A]

7Li 4 1×1014 18O 8 1×1014 40Ar 5 6×1013 48Ca 5 0,6-1,2×1014 54Cr 5 2×1013  Synthesis and study of properties of superheavy 58Fe 5 1×1013 elements. 124Sn 5 2×1012 136Xe 5 1×1014  Search for new reactions for 238 10 SHE-synthesis. U 7 5×10  Chemistry of new elements. JINR’s Large-Scale Basic Facilities The IBR-2M pulsed reactor of periodic action is included in the 20-year European strategic programme of neutron scattering research.

Parameters Fuel PuO2 Active core volume 22 dm3 Cooling liquid Na Average power 2 МW Pulsed power 1500 MW Repetition rate 5 s-1 Average flux 8·1012 n/cm2/s Pulsed flux 5·1015 n/сm2/s Pulse width (fast / therm.) 215 / 320 μs Number of channels 14 Fundamental and applied research in condensed matter physics and related fields –– biology, medicine, material sciences, geophysics, engineer diagnostics — aimed at probing the structure and properties of nanosystems, new materials, and biological objects, and at developing new electronic, bio- and information nanotechnologies. 34 IBR-2: Pulsed reactor with fast neutrons mean power 2 MW pulse frequency 5 Hz pulse width for fast neutrons 200 μs thermal neutrons flux density on the moderator surface: 1013n/cm2 /s maximum in pulse: 1016 n/cm2 /s

35 International user policy at IBR-2

Distribution by applicant’s affiliation

Distribution by science

Distribution by experimental facilities Radiation Biology at JINR

Based on experiments at JINR's accelerators, the LRB resolved one of the central issues of radiobiology: the problem of the genetic effectiveness of ionizing radiations.

Outlook for research

 study of the regularities and mechanisms of the effect of heavy charged particles on eye structures: the lens and retina;

 evaluation of the risk of the damaging effect of ionizing radiations with Fe  different physical characteristics on the nervous system and higher p nervous activity (regularities of nervous cell death; impairments of the p e intercellular signal transmission; and disorders in mental functions: p learning, memory, behavior, and consciousness);

 research on the mechanisms of the genetic effect of radiations with different physical characteristics (formation and repair of different DNA lesions; programmed cell death mechanisms; and genetic instability);

mathematical modeling of biophysical systems.

Cosmic medicine and the Project “Man Fly to Mars” Astrobiology Meteorite-catalyzed syntheses of nucleosides and of other prebiotic compounds from formamide under proton irradiation Collaboration: University of Viterbo, Sapienza University of Rome and JINR

Irradiation by protons (170 MeV) heavy ions JINR Neutrino Program Kalinin NPP Astrophysical neutrino sources (BAIKAL GVD) Sterile neutrino searches (DANSS/KNPP) Coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering (νGEN) Precise measurements of neutrino oscillations (Daya Bay, BOREXINO, OPERA) Neutrino mass hierarchy (JUNO, NOVA) Neutrinoless 2β –Decay search: Solar (SuperNEMO, GERDA, Majorana) Reactor Accelerator Astrophysical Atmospheric

BAIKAL GVD

Page . 39 Daya Bay (China) Neutrino physics and Neutrino astrophysics Baikal project: Gigaton Volume Detector (GVD) Central Physics Goals: 12 clusters of strings  Investigate Galactic and extragalactic neutrino “point sources” in energy range > 3

TeV 1 km  Diffuse neutrino flux – energy spectrum, local and global anisotropy, flavor content  Transient sources (GRB, …)

 Dark matter – indirect L~m 350 search  Exotic particles –

monopoles, Q-balls, String section, 12 OM R ~ 60 m nuclearites, …

40 First GVD cluster “DUBNA” at Baikal lake already in operation in 2015 ! Neutrino physics DANSS experiment at the Kalinin APS To check the DANSS design, a pilot version DANSSino (DANSS/25) was created ! JINR Teams Participation in the international and World Global projects

I. CERN (LHC): LHC development – consolidation of SC magnets; CMS, ALICE and ATLAS – data taking & analysis & upgrade; II. CERN (SPS): COMPASS – finished 1st phase. Detector modification to measure GPD (DVCS) and polarized/unpolarized D-Y; NA61 – neutrino and heavy-ion programs; NA62 – measurement of extremely rare decays (K+ p+) ; DIRAC – lifetime measurement of pp and pK atoms completed at PS; collaboration formed to continue at SPS (20-40 gain in stat.) III. BNL (RHIC): STAR - energy scan HI program and physics with polarized beams (important experience for future research at NICA) IV. Fermilab: CDF, D0 – data analysis: the most precise masses of W and t-quark Mu2e ( e), ORKA (K+ p+) – in discussion V. GSI, FAIR (SIS-18/100/300): HADES – data analysis, CBM, PANDA – in preparation VI. J-PARC & KEK: COMET ( e) – in discussion VII. BEPCII: BESIII – new narrow mesons around 4 GeV with hidden charm

VIII. -oscillations: OPERA (direct   t) - data analysis BOREXINO (Solar ) – confirmed MSW theory of oscill. in matter

Daya Bay (Reactor ) – measured nonzero θ13  open a way to solve  mass hierarchy in long base projects Daya Bay II (JUNO), 43 NOVA … 1992 - CERN-JINR co-operation agreement on JINR’s participation in the construction of the LHC and the ALICE, ATLAS and CMS detectors and in other experiments at CERN SPS and PS, as well as in information technologies

ALICE ATLAS

CMS COMPASS

NA-61, NA-62

CLIC

DIRAC

P-348 etc 44 JINR Multifunctional Centre for Data Storage, Processing and Analysis Start Tier-1 at 26 March 2015 Grid-Infrastructure at Tier1 and Tier2 Levels General Purpose Computing Cluster Cloud Computing Infrastructure Heterogeneous Computing Cluster HybriLIT Cooling system Education and Research Infrastructure for Distributed and Parallel Computing

Computing Tape robot Uninterrupted modules power supply JINR: Fundamental Physics and Innovations

Developments on intersection of the fundamental physics and applied multidisciplinary research and new technologies

World-wide NET Heavi-Ion treck-membranes (Grid, Cloud )

Magnets design Accelerator design Hadron-therapy JINR contribution to the projects of the Dubna Special Economic Zone

47 Proton Therapy at JINR’s Phasotron

 Unique in Russia experience of application of conformal 3D therapy method  About 100 patients per year since 2000  Development of the project of PT Center

C400 SC Cyclotron Project for p & C Therapy (together with IBA, AFK “Sistema”) Conferences and Schools Total - 16 (~ 1000 participants) Educational Activity DIAS-TH and Helmholtz More than 40 lecture Schools - 4 courses at JINR UC, > 20 countries were DIAS-TH, Moscow U., Publications, 2014 represented Dubna U., MPTI, etc. Journals & Conf. Proc ~ 490 At present 340 graduate students are taking part in various JINR educational programs. According to the law “On Education in RF” a new JINR PhD program has been started in 2015. International Student Practice (ISP) and JINR Summer Student Program (SSP) in 2015 University Center is ready to run ISP in 2015 in three stages. Participation of students from 9 JINR MS is expected. The call for applications for SSP-2015 was launched on January 15.

JINR Outreach Activity in 2014-2015

Outreach programs for teachers and school students from JINR Member States at CERN and JINR have been continued in cooperation with the Centre of National Intellectual Reserve of Moscow State University. International summer student practice at JINR

 Scientific-engineering department at UC was created  This department has to develop regular training programs on real "training" facilities  These programs can be offered to the Member States and can be used in organizing International Student Practices and the Summer Student Program

First School held in 2009 he Seven Schools at CERN (260 part.) Five Schools at JINR (210 part.) Five S

 Many videoconferences between CERN-JINR and schools  Increasing of motivated students  “… the reciprocal granting of Observer status by CERN and JINR, as proposed by JINR, would further strengthen the close ties between the two organisations. The improved exchange of information and mutual consultation on programmes and strategies would create new synergies and provide a basis for even more intense and successful co-operation in the future ...” CERN Council, September 2014

JINR is an Observer to CERN Council CERN Council September 2014

CERN is an Observer to JINR CP JINR CP November 2014 Back to the beginning…

1957 – first contacts between CERN/JINR scientists 1962 – up to now: CERN-JINR Schools series on High-Energy Physics 1963 – first formalized agreement between JINR and CERN

1963: V. Weisskopf V. Dzhelepov 1971: W. Jentschke, N. Bogoliubov B. Pontecorvo 56 The last co-operation agreement between the JINR and CERN was signed in January 2010. This agreement foresees both, the continuation of JINR contribution to the CERN research program, and the help of CERN to the NICA complex construction.

57 19 June 2015 CERN

. Two protocols on the General cooperation agreement between CERN and JINR were signed the same day: on PARTICIPATION BY JINR IN THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER PROJECT (LHC) and on COLLABORATION AND COMMON DEVELPOMENTS IN THE AREA OF NEUTRINO PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS IN RELATED FIELDS. JINR is coming to its 60 year jubilee

 It is also a time on the border between the 7-year plan for the period 2010-2016 and the new one for the period 2017-2023 which determines the intermediate term perspectives for the JINR development.

 Expanding of collaboration horizons

59 Accelerators – Phase Stability Principle (Veksler); Synthesis of the new supper heavy elements “105”, “113-118” and indications on the existence of the Stability Island ( Flerov, Oganesian); Phenomenon of the Neutrino Oscillation (Pontecorvo); Construction of the Impulse Breader Reactor IBR-2 (Blokhintsev, Frank, Shapiro); First superconducting heavy ion accelerator (Baldin); Development of the Basic Principles of the Local Quantum Field Theory (Bogoliubov,Shirkov); Hypothesis of the new quantum number of quarks (BST) Heavy Ion Physics of baryonic matter at extreme conditions: -- Properties of the hot and dense baryonic matter -- Studying the Mixed Phase of the baryonic matter -- Equation of State for Quark-Gluon Matter in deconfining phase -- Search for the Critical Phenomena at heavy ion collisions -- Spin structure of the nucleon and light nuclei -- Spin dynamics of high energy particle and nuclear processes

Physics of Super Heavy Elements (SHE): -- Synthesis of new SHE elements (the SHE Factory) -- Map of the Island of Stability of the (SHE) -- Chemical properties of the SHE and the D.Mendeleev Law -- Studying the neutron reach Exotic Nuclei -- Studying on the beams of the radioactive nuclei -- Innovation studies with the heavy ion beams 61 Neutrino Physics and Astroparticle Physics -- Fundamental properties neutrino -- Oscillation parametres of neutrino and CP violating phase -- Origin of the neutrino masses and the Leptogenesis of the BAU -- Search for the sterile neutrino -- Search for the coherent scattering of neutrino -- Search of the neutrino magnetic moment -- Studying the double beta decays -- Neutrino astronomy with the deep underwater GVD detector Condensed Matter Physics and Neutron Physics -- Nuclear studies on the neutron beams of IBR-2M and IREN -- Neutrono-diffractometry, Neutrono-grahpia -- Nanosystems and nanodiagnosticsics, nuclear ecology -- Multidisciplinary studies with the beams of IBR-2M and IREN -- Detectors for the cosmic apparats - “Water on the Mars” 62 Radiobiology and medicine physics -- Genetic effects of irradiation by the protons and nuclei -- Astrobiology studies -- Studies on intersecton of neuroscience and nuclear science -- Cosmic medicine and the Program “Flight to the Mars” -- Proton and hadron therapy R&D for new instruments and innovative technologies -- Accelerator physics and technologies -- New experimental instruments and methods -- Large underwater and law background detectors Participation in the world global physics projects -- Forming international teams and preparation physics proposals -- Intellectual contribution into the new world projects Programs in Education, Outreach, Culture, Young specialists initiatives 63 In 26 March 2016 JINR will celebrate its 60th anniversary. You all are welcomed to take part in this remarkable event ! 65 66 Web of Science® JINR CERN 2011-2013 Total number of publications: 2897 Total number of publications: 3561 Total number of citations: 34079 Total number of citations: 48012 Average citations per article: 11.76 Average citations per article: 13.48 h-index: 52 h-index: 79 budget (2013): ≈ 143.2 million USD budget (2013): ≈ 1 264 million USD 2014 Total number of publications: 897 Total number of publications: 1240 Total number of citations: 1149 Total number of citations: 3216 budget (2014): ≈ 158.7 million USD budget (2014): ≈ 1 125 million USD

Due to collaboration between CERN and JINR at LHC and other facilities a considerable part of publications in experimental elementary particle physics is joint. However above statistics (total number of publications and citations as well as h- index) of JINR includes also serious contribution related to nuclear and neutrino physics, condensed matter physics and biophysics, theoretical physics. Both organizations look comparably efficient in terms of bibliometry. In terms of human and finance resources (JINR has 2 times less number of scientists and 7 times smaller budget) the publication activity of JINR is quite impressive. 19 June 2015 CERN: JINR Director V. Matveev signing two Protocols a) concerning the participation by JINR in the LHC b) concerning collaboration and common developments in the area of neutrino physics and technology and related fields with CERN Director-General R. Heuer. In November 2014, the Committee of Plenipotentiaries decided to grant the European Organization for Nuclear Research the status of Observer at JINR, following a similar decision on the status of Observer of JINR at CERN taken earlier by the CERN Council. 69 Neutrino physics DANSS experiment at the Kalinin APS To check the DANSS design, a pilot version DANSSino (DANSS/25) was created ! NICA schedule

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 I I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III V Injection complex HI Source HI Linac Nuclotron developent Booster Extracted channel BM@N I stage BM@N II stage MPD I stage MPD solenoid TPC, TOF, Ecal (barrel) Civil engineering MPD Hall Collider Cryogenic complex for Booster Page . 71 for Collider 71 JINR participation in the ATLAS experiment

• A narrow resonance with Standard Model Z couplings to fermions is excluded at the 95% confidence level for masses less than 2.79 TeV in the dielectron channel, 2.53 TeV in the dimuon channel, and 2.90 TeV in the two channels combined. • Search for supersymmetry in final states containing at least one isolated lepton (electron or muon), jets, and large missing transverse momentum was carried out using the ATLAS detector. • No significant excess above the SM expectation was observed 2014: CERN–JINR reciprocal Observer status

“… the reciprocal granting of Observer status by CERN and JINR, as proposed by JINR, would further strengthen the close ties between the two organisations. The improved exchange of information and mutual consultation on programmes and strategies would create new synergies and provide a basis for even more intense and successful cooperation in the future ...”

CERN Council September 2014 JINR Plenipotentiary Comm. November 2014 JINR: 7 Laboratories by the scope of scientific activities each being compatible with a large research institute and the Scientific Educational Center = JINR University Centre

The main fields of activity are experimental and theoretical studies in • elementary particle physics, • heavy ion physics  nuclear physics, • neutrino physics and astrophysics • condensed matter physics, • radio-biology and astro-biology  computer physics

74 NICA Collaboration

IHEP (Protvino) MEPhI, MEI, MFTI, SPbSU, Kazan’, ... RFQ,beam dynamics, RF, Feed-back systems Budker INP FZ Juelich (IKP)  Booster RF system, e-cooler HV Electron cooler  Collider RF system Stoch. cooling  HV e-cooler for collider CERN  Electronics SC technologies, Rad.safety, energetics, beam cooling and dynamics, metrology, INR RAS, Troitsk polarised source, Linacs, beam diagnostics FNAL HV Electron cooler All-Russian Inst. for Electrotechnique Beam dynamics,Stoch.cooling HV Electron cooler GSI/FAIR BNL (RHIC) SC magnets for Booster/Collider/SIS-100 Beam dynamics, RF, UHV, beam cooling, diagnostics Stoch. Cooling Corporation “Powder Metallurgy” (Minsk, ITEP Belorussia): Technology of TiN coating of vacuum chamber Beam dynamics in the 75 walls for reduction of secondary emission collider,RFQ linac, SC linac NICA Mega-Science Project N International Consortium 6 countries

Protocol signed by: Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine Dubna, August 08, 2013.

Recently: JINR-China Cooperation in NICA

76 Page . 76 Astrobiology

Collaboration: University of Viterbo, Sapienza Università of Rome (Italy) and LRB (JINR) Meteorite-catalyzed syntheses of nucleosides and of other prebiotic compounds from formamide under proton irradiation

proton (167 MeV) meteorite (243 K)

Page . 77 Neutron physics at the JINR pulsed reactor IBR-2

Actual: neutron radiography and tomography

Spectrometer for neutron radiography and tomography on IBR-2. Neutron tomographic image of the meteorite Seymchan showing the distribution of Fe-Ni alloy and fraction of rocks (mainly olivine) QCD phase diagram - Prospects for NICA

Energy Range of NICA unexplored region of the QCD phase diagram: RHIC-BES .Highest net baryon density NICA . Onset of deconfinement phase transition Nuclotron-M . Strong discovery potential: a) Critical End Point (CEP) b) Chiral Symmetry Restoration

. Complementary to the RHIC, FAIR, CERN & Nuclotron-M experimental programs

NICA facilities provide unique capabilities for studying a variety of phenomena in a large region of the phase diagram

Applied research for medicine ~ 100 patients are treated per year on Phasotron proton medical beams. In total ~ 1500 patients have been treated since 2000. A low energy proton beam (25-400 MeV) was shaped to test electronic equipment for operation in space. and for new technologies At JINR an advanced technology has been developed to produce nuclear membranes by using unique multicharged ion cyclotrons. On the basis of this technology the nuclear membranes are produced from various polymeric films. Expected results (NICA)

BM@N - in-medium effects for strangeness and vector mesons decaying in hadron modes - hyperons production - femtoscopy for variety of hadrons - NN and NA interactions as the reference for AA collisions - electromagnetic probes (optionally)

MPD - 1-st stage: new data on the hot and dense baryonic matter in the central rapidity range of heavy ion collision; - 2-nd stage: search for phase transitions including partial restoration of Chiral symmetry; search for the critical end-point.