The Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) is under construction in JINR. The NICA goals are providing of colliding beams for studies of hot and dense strongly interacting baryonic matter and spin physics. The accelerator facility of collider NICA consists of following elements: acting Alvarez-type linac LU-20 of light ions at energy 5 MeV/u, constructed a new light ion linac at ion energy 7 MeV/u with additional acceleration section for protons at energy 13 MeV, acting heavy ion linac HILAC with RFQ and IH DTL sections at energy 3.2 MeV/u, superconducting booster synchrotron at energy up 600 MeV/u, acting superconducting synchrotron Nuclotron at gold ion energy 4.5 GeV/n and two collider storage rings with two interaction points. The status of acceleration complex NICA is under discussion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRuPAC 2018 - 26th Russian Particle Accelerator Conference
PublisherINSPIRE
Pages12-16
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9783954501977
StatePublished - 2018
Event26th Russian Particle Accelerator Conference, RuPAC 2018 - Россия, Московская область, Protvino, Russian Federation
Duration: 1 Oct 20185 Oct 2018
Conference number: 26

Publication series

NameRuPAC 2018 - 26th Russian Particle Accelerator Conference

Conference

Conference26th Russian Particle Accelerator Conference, RuPAC 2018
Abbreviated titleRUPAC2018
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityProtvino
Period1/10/185/10/18

    Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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