Mega-science: NICA International Collaboration
Russia
Germany
BMBF
Min E&S
НИЦ РАН,
КИ ФАНО
Ukraine
NASU
GSI
South Africa
DST
JINR Accelerators
ISMA
NANU
International Collaborations
BM@N
MPD
SC Magnets TF
BSU
Belarus
SC N&T
- funding States/
Agencies
JINR
NECSA
SPD
Detectors TF
Infrastructure
Education
Civil
India
DAE
IT
Innovation
...
- financial/in-kind
contribution
INRNE
Bulgaria
BAN
ASIPP
China
MOST
Extra-budget funding (megascience) is for:
Infrastructure (social and offices: guest houses + multidisciplinary
center on site LHEP, large computing center, dedicated area for
applied research, additional cryogenics, …)
Spin physics (SPD, spin dynamics)
R&D for sc proton linac, detector R&D, others.
Grant program for students and PhD, visits, NICA
“advertisement” and popularization, …
Types of Risk
Estimate
Technology
Uncertainty
Readiness
Most other risks not easily addressed by R&D
3
Ion sources, Linacs
Do not see any real serious problem.
More less in accordance to schedule. Big delay (1 year) for HILAC – due to technological
problems in Germany and Australia. Does not influence on the NICA collider commissioning.
Ion Sources – OK, schedule agreed to developers and physicists.
Additional personnel – needed: 2-3 engineers. Solving steadely with ITEP, MEPhI, …
BOOSTER
Magnet system construction and mounting
40 dipole magnets, 24 quadrupole duplets, 24 dipole correctors and 8 multipole correctors
Manufacturing rate of magnet yokes is 3 dipoles and 2 quadrupoles per months
Finish of magnet yoke manufacturing is planning in middle of 2016.
Manufacturing rate is 5 coils per month
6 magnets will tested per months
150 hours is required for testing of one magnet in cryogenic line.
Three parallel cryogenic lines will used for testing of magnets.
Finish of magnetic tests is June of 2017
Mounting of magnets and lenses in tunnel will be done during halve year in parallel by
several teams.
Critical point is realization of assembling and tests of magnets in accordance to schedule.
Critical issues:
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complicate technology of manufacturing of curved elliptic dipole vacuum chamber
for ultrahigh vacuum conditions.;
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Fast extraction from Booster (cold/warm? septum magnet) + cold beam channel from Booster to
Nuclotron + injection to Nuclotron. It is solvable technically in principle, no showstoppers. But we
have obvious delay (~1 year) with design and further prototyping for whole channel. Lambertson
magnet – unique item, almost impossible ordering outside JINR;
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Stripping target – design and simulation in very weak phase (have some concept and raw
drawings). WD phase should be pushed and prototyping. Collimation in collider – hot task also.
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Cryogenics: compressor hall (equipment is on board). Delay caused by problems with design and
construction civil construction company (~1 year); Could be compensated. Does not influence to
Booster commissioning directly.
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Infrastructure/construction works for Booster (all systems: tunnel, e-cooling, main power
converter, cryolines). Delay caused by slow design phase (special radiation safety regulations –
requires more time than planned, more special efforts). Staging is organized and process is going;
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Design phase for Collider RF2 and RF3 should be started a.s.a.p. Delay caused by funding lack.
Now situation is better. We have to make fast solution to start;
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To make choice for HV electron cooling system for collider – better a.s.a.p. 2016 could be spent for
concept and design (not much money, but moving ahead).
Beam dynamics:
- It is time to create dedicated BD group/sector (5-7 persons) – “universal team”
for simulations/programming/ training students.
- Collider lattice optimization. Spin dynamics and “polarized” lattice.
Chief Engineer (E.Syresin) – just started. Will have a lot of task. First one (highest
priority) is Work Breakdown Structure and planning of the whole project
(integration, dependencies, responsibilities). Second one (not less important) –
documentation, radiation safety, planning of Nuclotron runs.
Personnel
• JINR establish a policy (strategy) for special rules of
stimulation personnel. In 2016 increasing of salary fund will
be 25% (5% - overall, 20% - for key staff (they are 60% of LHEP
staff).
• Non-budgetary funds actively attracted since 2014. It helps to
increase <salary> about 20-30%.
• For definite-period entertainment (SC magnet fabrica) – shortterm contracts only. Market is open for whole town.
By the beginning of 2014/2015 academic year 226 graduate students have taken part in various
JINR educational programs. The JINR PhD program is currently being updated according to a new
“Law on Education in RF” and according to the goals of the JINR seven-year plan.
International Student Practice (ISP)
In total 139 students from 9 JINR Member States
have participated in three stages of ISP-2014 (129
last year): ARE-24, Belarus-8, Bulgaria-2, Czech
Republic-23, Poland-22, Romania-13, Slovakia-9,
South Africa-32, Serbia-5
JINR Summer Student Program (SSP)
http://students.jinr.ru
In 2014 JINR UC has launched the Summer Student Program. The
main distinction of SSP from ISP is a selection of participants on a
competitive basis. In 2014 the SSP was organized in the field of
accelerator physics and information technologies. 30
applications were received and 8 participants in SSP from ARE,
Poland, Czech Republic and Russia were selected by VBLHEP and
LIT. In 2015 SSP the scientific fields will be extended to include all
JINR research areas.
Scientific-engineering group at UC
The scientific-engineering group at the University Center
was created to implement training programs for
engineering physicists.
New department “Development of the modern education programmes” was
created at JINR University Center. One of the goals is a creation of the educational
programs to include current scientific data into the educational process, conduct
virtual and online laboratory research based on information and communication
technologies
Particle Physics is GLOBAL !
Для свободных - все высоты достигаемы (M.Горький)
For free individuals - all heights are attainable (M.Gorkiy)
Thank you very much !
…What NEXT ?...
Experiments on the observation of
spontaneous electron–positron pair creation
in supercritical Coulomb fields (new 2
compact SC rings with merging bare
Uranium beams)
Formation of SUPERHEAVY “ATOM”
Merging 92+U235 beams
E~ 0,6 GeV/u
~ 11 Tm ring
…What NEXT ?...
e- beam
SC linac,
1 GeV, ~ 30m
Mass-spectroscopy of radioactive heavy
ion beams in isochronous mode (using
collider ring) + measurement of massive
nuclei PDF with colliding
electron beam (up to 1 GeV)
…What NEXT ?...
SC proton-linac (~10MV/m)
Goal: MW proton beam to the target,
generating muon and neutrino fluxes
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