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NICA Machine Advisory Committee

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NICA Hall (VBLHEP JINR)

NICA Hall

VBLHEP JINR

Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
Steck Markus (GSI), Viktor Matveev (JINR), Vladimir Kekelidze (VBLHEP JINR)
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  • Thursday 7 June
    • 08:00 08:20
      Departure from Hotel "Dubna" NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
    • 08:30 09:00
      Opening NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia

      M. Steck, V. Matveev, B. Sharkov, V. Kekelidze

    • 09:00 10:00
      Morning session I NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
      • 09:00
        Introduction: NICA status and tasks, new results, session content 30m
        Speaker: Igor Meshkov (JINR)
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      • 09:30
        Nuclotron: results of the 55<sup>th</sup> run, tasks and plans of the Nuclotron upgrade for BM@N and MPD experiments 30m
        Speaker: Andrey Butenko (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
    • 10:00 10:20
      Coffe break 20m NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
    • 10:20 11:55
      Morning session I: Continue NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
      • 10:20
        SC magnets: status of fabrication and test results 30m
        Speaker: Hamlet Khodzhibagiyan (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
      • 10:50
        NICA Booster: status of mounting preparation 30m
        Speaker: Artem Galimov (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
      • 11:20
        Beam transfer channels, injection and extraction systems — status of construction 35m
        Speaker: Aleksey Tuzikov (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
    • 11:55 12:35
      Lunch break 40m NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
    • 12:35 14:30
      Afternoon session I ― NICA Collider NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
      • 12:35
        NICA Collider: optics overview, nonlinearities and dynamic aperture, choice of working points 35m
        Speakers: Oleg Kozlov (VBLHEP JINR), Sergey Kostromin (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
      • 13:10
        Beam storage and formation, acceleration/deceleration 35m
        Speaker: Evgeny Syresin (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
      • 13:45
        Space charge effects in the Collider, impedances 25m
        Speakers: Angrei Kolomiets (ITEP), Pavel Zenkevich (ITEP)
        Slides
      • 14:10
        Electron clouds in NICA: new results 20m
        Speaker: Alexandr Philippov (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
    • 14:30 14:50
      Coffee break 20m NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
    • 14:50 16:55
      Afternoon session I ― NICA Collider: Continue NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
      • 14:50
        Electron coolers for NICA Booster and Collider 35m
        Speaker: Vladimir Reva (BINP)
        Slides
      • 15:25
        Stochastic cooling system: start-up and project modes 25m
        Speaker: Anatoly Sidorin (VBLHEP JINR)
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      • 15:50
        Summary of the day, discussion 30m
    • 16:55 17:10
      Departure to Hotel "Dubna" NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
    • 18:00 20:00
      Dinner JINR Club of scientists

      JINR Club of scientists

    • 07:45 08:00
      Departure from Hotel "Dubna" NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
    • 08:10 10:20
      Morning session II ― NICA instrumentation and infrastructure NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
      • 08:10
        Stochastic cooling for NICA 35m
        Speaker: Valeri Lebedev (FNAL)
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      • 08:45
        Bunched beam stochastic cooling simulation using Fokker-Planck equation 20m
        Speaker: Takeshi Katayama (Nihon University)
        Slides
      • 09:05
        Beam diagnostics at the NICA — progress and tasks 25m
        Speaker: Evgeny Gorbachev (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
      • 09:30
        NICA control system — structure and parameters 25m
        Speaker: Evgeny Gorbachev (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
      • 09:55
        NICA complex infrastructure — status and progress 25m
        Speaker: Yulya Mitrofanova (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
    • 10:20 10:40
      Coffee break 20m NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
    • 10:40 11:35
      Morning session III ― NICA Detectors NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
      • 10:40
        Status of the MPD and the BM@N experiments 25m
        Speaker: Vyacheslav Golovatyuk (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
      • 11:05
        Machine — Detector Interface 30m
        Speakers: Alexandr Smirnov (VBLHEP JINR), Vyacheslav Golavatyuk (VBLHEP JINR)
        Slides
    • 11:35 12:30
      General discussion of the status and problems of the NICA accelerator complex project (requests to MAC, etc.) NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
    • 12:30 13:10
      Lunch break 40m NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
    • 13:10 14:30
      Excursion to the Collider construction site, Booster and Nuclotron NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
      Conveners: Andrey Butenko (VBLHEP JINR), Andrey Dudarev (JINR)
    • 14:30 16:10
      Afternoon session — Closed session and organizing issues NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia
      • 14:30
        General discussion of the status and problems of the NICA accelerator complex project (requests to MAC, etc.) — continuation 40m
      • 15:10
        Coffee break 20m
      • 15:30
        Closed session: discussion and formulation of the MAC resolution 20m
      • 15:50
        Presentation of the MAC resolution. Proposal of the next session 10m
      • 16:00
        Closing of the MAC session 10m
    • 16:10 16:30
      Departure to Hotel "Dubna", Sheremetyevo airport, Moscow, and so on 20m NICA Hall

      NICA Hall

      VBLHEP JINR

      Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna Moscow region, Russia