From October 20 to 23, the 10th collaboration meeting of the SPD experiment is being held at the JINR Laboratory of High Energy Physics in Dubna, Moscow region. The Spin Physics Detector (SPD) experiment is the second large experiment on the ring of the NICK Collider, which is scheduled to be launched this year. The purpose of the SPD experiment is to explain the origin of spin in the particles that make up the nucleus of an atom, the nucleons.

The meeting participants discussed topical issues of the preparation and implementation of the experiment: the status of the creation of experimental subsystems, as well as the state of modeling within the framework of the physical program of the experiment.

This time, the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI was represented by a large delegation of staff, graduate students and students. The delegates from our University made 6 presentations in different sections. The MEPhI National Research Nuclear University Group participates in the creation of the Beam-beam counter detector, as well as in the development of the physical program of the SPD experiment.

The MEPhI Delegation

Evgeny Soldatov, Associate Professor of the Department No. 40 "Physics of Elementary Particles" at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, was elected Deputy coordinator of physical research at the SPD collaboration. According to Evgeny Soldatov, thanks to many years of experience in the ATLAS experiment (CERN, Switzerland), the MEPhI National Research Nuclear University group has the opportunity to successfully make a diverse contribution to the SPD experiment. "In addition to successful work in the field of detector development and construction, as well as physical modeling, we also train young specialists to develop the computer infrastructure of large scientific projects. Several of our recent graduates are successfully working at JINR and implementing the most important projects for the collaboration," notes Evgeny.

Evgeny Soldatov

More than 400 scientists from 31 scientific centers in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Egypt, Kazakhstan, China, Cuba, Serbia, Chile and South Africa are members of the SPD collaboration. The start of the first phase of the SPD experimental installation is scheduled for 2028.