{"title":"Fabrications and Performance Test of ECal Modules in China for NICA-MPD Experiment","authors":"Yonghong Wang, Kun Hu, Chi Yang","doi":"10.3103/S0027134924700747","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027134924700747","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Electromagnetic Calorimeter (ECal), a subdetector of Multipurpose Detector (MPD), is designed to identify electrons, photons, and neutral hadrons produced in high-energy heavy-ion collisions at nuclotron-based ion collider facility (NICA) and measure their energies and positions. A Shashlyk-type sampling calorimeter composed of lead plates as absorbers and plastic scintillators arranged alternately was selected for ECal. Chinese MPD consortium is responsible for the development of 768 ECal modules which is <span>(1/3)</span> of the whole ECal detector. In this report, the mass production process of ECal modules and a performance test system designed for the mass production will be presented. The uniformity of the ECal modules achieved based on cosmic ray test will be discussed. Preliminary results demonstrate the produced ECal modules met the design requirements, indicating the quality control in mass production is effective. These modules were delivered to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) at Dubna in March 2023, and will soon be installed on MPD detector for further commissioning.</p>","PeriodicalId":711,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Physics Bulletin","volume":"79 1 supplement","pages":"42 - 45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143455476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Latest Results on Heavy-Ion Physics with the CMS Detector","authors":"S. V. Petrushanko, for the CMS Collaboration","doi":"10.3103/S0027134924700759","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027134924700759","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We present a selection of very recent results by the CMS collaboration on heavy-ion physics at the LHC (CERN).</p>","PeriodicalId":711,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Physics Bulletin","volume":"79 1 supplement","pages":"46 - 50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143455473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Cadeddu, F. Dordei, C. Giunti, K. Kouzakov, F. Lazarev, B. Lubsandorzhiev, O. Moskalev, I. Stepantsov, A. Studenikin, V. Trofimov, M. Vyalkov, A. Yukhimchuk
{"title":"Search for Neutrino Magnetic Moment with Coherent Elastic Neutrino–Atom Scattering: The Experimental Concept","authors":"M. Cadeddu, F. Dordei, C. Giunti, K. Kouzakov, F. Lazarev, B. Lubsandorzhiev, O. Moskalev, I. Stepantsov, A. Studenikin, V. Trofimov, M. Vyalkov, A. Yukhimchuk","doi":"10.3103/S0027134924701741","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027134924701741","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A description of an experimental scheme for the study of coherent elastic neutrino–atom scattering using a tritium neutrino source and superfluid He-4 detector is given. The basic concept was originally proposed in our paper in 2019 and its realization has a potential to provide a new record upper limit on the neutrino magnetic moment at a level of below <span>(10^{-12}mu_{textrm{B}})</span>. It is currently implemented in the Sarov tritium neutrino experiment (SATURNE), which is under preparation and will employ a high-intensity tritium neutrino source with activity of 10 MCi or even 40 MCi.</p>","PeriodicalId":711,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Physics Bulletin","volume":"79 1 supplement","pages":"256 - 259"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143455505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Searching for Majorana Neutrinos with nEXO","authors":"V. A. Belov","doi":"10.3103/S0027134924701753","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027134924701753","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The nEXO experiment is double beta decay study experiment and the successor of a very successful EXO-200 experiment. The main goal is to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (<span>(2beta 0nu)</span>) mode of <span>({}^{136})</span>Xe isotope. <span>(2beta 0nu)</span> is a lepton number violating process whose positive observation would be a direct evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model. At the same time, it would indicate that neutrino is a Majorana fermion, a unique property among fundamental particles of the Standard Model, and would allow to measure neutrino mass scale. The nEXO detector is a monolithic cylindrical time projection chamber (TPC) filled with 5 t of liquid xenon enriched to 90<span>(%)</span> in the isotope <span>({}^{136})</span>Xe and equipped for the detection of both ionization and scintillation signal. The project includes state-of-the-art detector design and careful material screening for radioactivity. nEXO is designed to achieve an energy resolution better than 1<span>(%)</span> at <span>(Q_{betabeta})</span>-value and uses advanced methods of data analysis, including the extraction of its ultimate sensitivity via a multiparameter fit to the dataset using a multitude of event-level information. These factors allow to reach a half-life sensitivity to <span>(2beta 0nu)</span> exceeding <span>(10^{28})</span> years at the 90<span>(%)</span> CL. This talk provides an overview of nEXO project as well as a summary of the diverse range of R&D efforts currently underway.</p>","PeriodicalId":711,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Physics Bulletin","volume":"79 1 supplement","pages":"260 - 265"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143455506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Global Neutrino Oscillation Fits and Neutrino Anomalies","authors":"Christoph Andreas Ternes","doi":"10.3103/S0027134924701649","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027134924701649","url":null,"abstract":"<p>I give an overview of some of the several anomalies appearing in neutrino oscillation experiments, setting particular focus to the reactor antineutrino anomaly and the Gallium anomaly. I will discuss these two anomalies in some detail and, in particular, compare their explanation due to neutrino oscillations in presence of a light sterile neutrino among each other and also with the bounds from the analyses of reactor spectral ratio data, <span>(beta)</span>-decay data, and solar neutrino data.</p>","PeriodicalId":711,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Physics Bulletin","volume":"79 1 supplement","pages":"188 - 195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143455515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measurement of the (boldsymbol{e}^{boldsymbol{+}}boldsymbol{e}^{boldsymbol{-}}boldsymbol{to}{pi}^{boldsymbol{+}}{pi}^{mathbf{-}}) Cross Section below 1.2 GeV with the CMD-3 Detector at VEPP-2000 Collider","authors":"G. V. Fedotovich, CMD-3 Collaboration","doi":"10.3103/S0027134924700838","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027134924700838","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The cross section of the reaction <span>(e^{+}e^{-}topi^{+}pi^{-})</span> was measured in the center of mass energy range from 0.32 to 1.2 GeV with the CMD-3 detector at the electron-positron collider VEPP-2000. The analyses of the collected data based on the integrated luminosity of about 62 <span>(textrm{pb}^{-1})</span>. The systematic uncertainty of about 0.7<span>(%)</span> has been reached around <span>(rho)</span>-resonance. The forward-backward charge asymmetry for the channel <span>(pi^{+}pi^{-})</span> has also been measured. It clear demonstrates the strong deviation from the conventional scalar QED prediction, but it well agrees with [1]. The current results for pion form factor were used to evaluate the hadronic contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of muon and reveal a discrepancy with the results of previous experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":711,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Physics Bulletin","volume":"79 1 supplement","pages":"86 - 92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143455545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. A. Botov, M. N. Achasov, A. Yu. Barnyakov, K. I. Beloborodov, A. V. Berdyugin, A. G. Bogdanchikov, T. V. Dimova, V. P. Druzhinin, L. V. Kardapoltsev, A. G. Kharlamov, A. A. Korol, D. P. Kovrizhin, A. P. Krukov, A. S. Kupich, N. A. Melnikova, A. E. Obrazovsky, E. V. Pakhtusova, K. V. Pugachev, S. I. Serednyakov, D. A. Shtol, Z. K. Silagadze, I. K. Surin, Yu. V. Usov, V. N. Zabin
{"title":"Study of the (boldsymbol{e}^{boldsymbol{+}}boldsymbol{e}^{boldsymbol{-}}) Annihilation into Hadrons with the SND Detector at the VEPP-2000 Collider","authors":"A. A. Botov, M. N. Achasov, A. Yu. Barnyakov, K. I. Beloborodov, A. V. Berdyugin, A. G. Bogdanchikov, T. V. Dimova, V. P. Druzhinin, L. V. Kardapoltsev, A. G. Kharlamov, A. A. Korol, D. P. Kovrizhin, A. P. Krukov, A. S. Kupich, N. A. Melnikova, A. E. Obrazovsky, E. V. Pakhtusova, K. V. Pugachev, S. I. Serednyakov, D. A. Shtol, Z. K. Silagadze, I. K. Surin, Yu. V. Usov, V. N. Zabin","doi":"10.3103/S0027134924700851","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027134924700851","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recent results on a study of exclusive processes of <span>(e^{+}e^{-})</span> annihilation into hadrons below 2 GeV obtained at the SND detector are presented. The analyses are based on data collected at the VEPP-2000 collider. In particular, we present the measurements of the <span>(e^{+}e^{-}toetagamma)</span>, <span>(e^{+}e^{-}topi^{+}pi^{-}pi^{0})</span>, <span>(e^{+}e^{-}toomegapi^{0})</span> cross sections and the preliminary results on study of the <span>(e^{+}e^{-}toetapi^{+}pi^{-}2pi^{0})</span> process. The results obtained are compared with previous measurements.</p>","PeriodicalId":711,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Physics Bulletin","volume":"79 1 supplement","pages":"97 - 100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143455546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. P. Serebrov, V. G. Ivochkin, R. M. Samoilov, A. K. Fomin, V. G. Zinoviev, A. V. Vassiljev, S. S. Volkov, V. L. Golovtsov, N. V. Gruzinskii, P. V. Neustroev, V. V. Fedorov, I. V. Parshin, A. A. Gerasimov, M. E. Zaytsev, M. E. Chaikovskii, A. M. Gagarskiy, A. L. Petelin, A. L. Izhutov, M. O. Gromov, S. A. Sazontov, A. A. Tuzov, V. I. Rykalin, D. A. Makarenkov, A. M. Nemeryuk, T. E. Kuzmina
{"title":"Preparation of the Neutrino4+ Experiment at the SM-3 Reactor","authors":"A. P. Serebrov, V. G. Ivochkin, R. M. Samoilov, A. K. Fomin, V. G. Zinoviev, A. V. Vassiljev, S. S. Volkov, V. L. Golovtsov, N. V. Gruzinskii, P. V. Neustroev, V. V. Fedorov, I. V. Parshin, A. A. Gerasimov, M. E. Zaytsev, M. E. Chaikovskii, A. M. Gagarskiy, A. L. Petelin, A. L. Izhutov, M. O. Gromov, S. A. Sazontov, A. A. Tuzov, V. I. Rykalin, D. A. Makarenkov, A. M. Nemeryuk, T. E. Kuzmina","doi":"10.3103/S0027134924701704","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027134924701704","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Neutrino-4 experiment observed the effect of neutrino oscillation to a sterile state with 3 standard deviation confedence level. With the aim of a significant increase in the accuracy of the experiment, a second neutrino laboratory is created on the SM-3 reactor (Dimitrovgrad, Russia). The Neutrino-4 collaboration will improve the detector in the first neutrino laboratory also. Equipment for the new neutrino laboratory at the SM-3 reactor is prepared and installation is in progress. Main part of the improvement is a new scintillator with higher gadolinium concentration and doped with DIN to increase pulse shape discrimination abilities. Improvements will allow to increase statistical accuracy of the experiment by 2.7 times and to achieve confidence level of the sterile neutrino observation up to <span>(5sigma)</span>.</p>","PeriodicalId":711,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Physics Bulletin","volume":"79 1 supplement","pages":"235 - 238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143455552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of the COMET Experiment","authors":"D. N. Grigoriev, L. B. Epshteyn, Dz. V. Shoukavy","doi":"10.3103/S002713492470067X","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S002713492470067X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The COMET experiment at J-PARC, Japan, aims to search for muon to electron conversion with aluminum nuclei, achieving a sensitivity four orders of magnitude higher than the current upper limit at a 90<span>(%)</span> confidence level. The proton beam line has recently been completed, and muons have been successfully transported through the curved solenoid during the Phase-alpha of the experiment. In this paper, the current status of the experiment is presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":711,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Physics Bulletin","volume":"79 1 supplement","pages":"1 - 7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143455574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Highlights from Quark-Gluon Plasma Studies in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions","authors":"J. Milosevic","doi":"10.3103/S0027134924700711","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S0027134924700711","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the first microseconds after the Big Bang, the Universe passed through so called quark-gluon plasma (QGP) phase. The QGP is a hot and dense soup of quarks and gluons, basic constituents of the nuclear matter that interact via strong quantum chromo-dynamical (QCD) force. To recreate conditions that existed in the early Universe, we utilize powerful accelerators to conduct the collisions of nuclei in which drops of the QGP could be formed. Measuring of the QGP properties can be done only indirectly, via its remnants. Among the most important variables to study QGP properties appear azimuthal anisotropy and nuclear modification factor. Some of the corresponding results obtained at different collision energies, achieved at the LHC and SPS, are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":711,"journal":{"name":"Moscow University Physics Bulletin","volume":"79 1 supplement","pages":"25 - 32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143455575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}