Spin Physics Detector at NICA: Status and Early Physics Opportunities

by Prof. Evgeny Soldatov (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)

Wednesday 23 Sept 2026, 15:00 → 16:00 Asia/Shanghai

Tsung-Dao Lee Institute/N6F-N600 - Lecture Room (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute)

Abstract:

What do we really know about the spin structure of the nucleon? What has changed in our understanding after the so called "spin crisis"? How can the contributions of quarks and gluons to the spin of the proton be measured?

The talk describes the physical background, the design, and the physics goals of the Spin Physics Detector (SPD) at the NICA collider. The first phase of data taking is expected around 2030. The polarized proton and deuteron beams will allow a wide range of interesting spin effects to be studied.

Even with the reduced initial detector configuration, the detector will enable a broad range of physics and performance studies. I will discuss the status of the first-phase physics programme, as well as opportunities for the second phase with the ultimate detector performance.

Biography:

 

Prof. Evgeny Soldatov studied particle physics at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Russia, where he received his PhD in 2017. He held positions of Research Scientist, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor at the same institute, where he has been teaching graduate and undergraduate courses for many years. Since 2008, he has been a member of the ATLAS experiment at CERN, working within the Standard Model, Egamma, and Heavy Ions scientific groups. From 2020 to 2022, he served as Convener of the PhotonID Egamma group in ATLAS. Since 2026, he has been serving as Deputy Physics Coordinator of the SPD experiment at JINR. His current research focuses on electroweak multiboson production, effective field theory phenomenology, and particle reconstruction and identification algorithms. Prof. Soldatov is the head of two educational programs in Russia and Kazakhstan, and co-chair of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics.

 

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