This course consists of 8 lectures as prepared by the leading specialists of JINR, which will tell you about the new accelerator complex called NICA that is being built at the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics (VBLHEP) at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), in the city of Dubna, Moscow Region. This megaproject is extremely important for the implementation of applied and fundamental research in the field of nuclear physics. Here you will learn about the steps that scientists are taking to study and reproduce a special state of matter in the laboratory - the quark-gluon plasma – which made up our universe in the first instants after the Big Bang.

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Mega science projects

This lecture series will tell you about how the first mega science projects in the field of particle physics came about and the history of the first well known facilities.  These lectures are presented by the Deputy Chief of the Accelerator Department of High Energy Physics, Anatoly Sidorin (LHEP, JINR).

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Particle accelerators at JINR

In this course you will hear about the history of particle accelerators, the different types of acceleration, and will learn more about specific machines, such as RF Resonant accelerators, cyclotrons, and synchrotrons.  These lectures are presented by the Deputy Chief of the Accelerator Department of High Energy Physics, Anatoly Sidorin (LHEP, JINR).

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Structure and tasks of the NICA complex

This course is aimed at explaining the overall structure of the NICA complex while giving more information on its experimental facilities, numerous and varied tasks, as well as its future program. These lectures are presented by the Deputy Chief of the accelerator department of High energy physics, Anatoly Sidorin (LHEP, JINR).

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Injection complex

Find out more about the structure of the NICA injection complex, injection chains for light and heavy ions, linear accelerators and beam transport lines. These lectures are presented by the Deputy Chief of the Accelerator Department of High Energy Physics, Anatoly Sidorin (LHEP, JINR).

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Superconducting magnets

A look at the history, production and operation of Superconducting (SC) magnets used in the NICA complex as brought to you by the Head of the Research and Experimental Department of SC Magnets, Sergey Kostromin.

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Nuclotron

A dedication to the Superconducting Heavy Ion Synchrotron, called the Nuclotron, which was built in 1993 and will now be used as a second accelerating ring for the NICA complex.  These lectures are presented by the Deputy Chief of the Accelerator Department of High Energy Physics, Anatoly Sidorin (LHEP, JINR).

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Collider

After completing this series of lectures, you will know about the collider experiment, its structure and parameters for Au–Au collisions, how it compares to the fixed-target experiment, the luminosity of experiment and staging of the collider operation. This series of lectures is brought to you by the Deputy Chief of the Accelerator Department of High Energy Physics, Anatoly Sidorin (LHEP, JINR).

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Cryogenic complex

The use of cryogenic technologies in high-energy physics is described by the head of the Scientific Research Cryogenic Department (VBLHEP, JINR), Anton Konstantinov.

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