[Casa] NICA commissioning run started earlier this year

[Slava Derbenev]

Thanks for your response, Todd, and suggested links to the info. Yes, as far as my understanding may go, NICA is targeting  a rather diverse yet very intriguing program pursuing our understanding the Universe et c from nuclei collisions, in particular with spin-polarized beams. We may wish them successful productive operation to benefit the nuclear and fundamental physics pushed by the whole World community .
Regards,
S.D.  

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Subject: [Casa] NICA commissioning run started earlier this year

Hi folks,

There was some talk about NICA at the coffee and donuts meeting this morning, and Slava mentioned that he had heard NICA was starting to operate. Indeed, I found some info that indicates that the first commissioning run of NICA started in March, with first collisions of Xenon slated for later this year. Thanks for the heads-up, Slava!

https://www.jinr.ru/posts/first-run-at-nica-accelerator-complex/
https://en.iz.ru/en/1860659/2025-03-27/new-nica-accelerator-dubna-will-reveal-secrets-beginning-universe

                                                 -Todd

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