20.10.2020
Mikhail Mishustin launched the first cascade of the NICA Complex
During working visit to Dubna, the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and launched the first cascade of the NICA Complex.
12.10.2020
NICA: superconducting magnet for the MPD detector successfully delivered to JINR from Italy
The valuable cargo — the MPD superconducting solenoid with a complete set of its peripheral equipment — safely arrived from Italy to the port of destination — Dubna. The journey of one of the key elements of the NICA project by water lasted more than a month.
02.10.2020
Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) — for NICA
The Laboratory of High Energy Physics (JINR) hosted the conference "Russian Foundation for Basic Research for NICA", which was attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Foundation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Kvardakov (he welcomed the participants of the conference via video link), the leadership of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the participants — those who applied for the Megascience — NICA competition two years ago, won it, received grants and now presented their reports-reports at the video conference.
05.08.2020
NICA: MPD core assembly steps
In mid-July, the contractor completed the highly precise construction work in the MPD experiment pavilion and handed over this hall to the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory for High Energy Physics for the assembly of a multi-purpose detector.
22.06.2020
Megascience project NICA, March 2016–June 2020
The video was prepared for the session of the Committee of Plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the Member States of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
17.06.2020
NICA — the most significant events related to the implementation of the mega-science project.
The NICA complex is the flagship international project of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Its launch is scheduled for the end of 2023.
5.03.2020
NICA: Assembly of the TPC Detector for MPD
In a clean room, the TPC (Time Projection Chamber) for the MPD (Multi-purpose detector), is assembled with great accuracy. It is expected that most of the assembly will be completed this year.
14.02.2020
At JINR, NICA is working in different directions
Work on the Nuclotron–NICA project at the JINR Laboratory of High Energy Physics is proceeding in parallel in different directions. The launch session of the booster energy systems was held. The first cluster of the NICA Computing Center was put into operation. Elements of a multi-ton magnet were delivered from the Czech Republic, which will become the basis of the MPD multi-purpose detector.
