The Multi Purpose Detector
The Multi-Purpose Detector (MPD) is one of the two dedicated heavy-ion collision experiments of the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA), one of the flagship projects at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR). Its main scientific purpose is to search for novel phenomena in the baryon-rich region of the QCD phase diagram by means of colliding heavy nuclei in the energy range of 4 GeV<√sNN<11GeV.
MPD participating organizations
The collaboration brings together specialists from various fields, including detector development, commissioning, maintenance, model calculations, theoretical studies, and data processing using methods like machine learning. The collaboration holds regular meetings to discuss progress, results, and future plans.
MPD Physics Forum
The MPD Forum is an online platform for discussions on specific physics topics and analyses within the MPD Collaboration. It is an essential part of the MPD collaboration’s operational structure, ensuring effective communication and collaboration among its members worldwide.
MPD Documents
Letter of Intent
The MultuPurpose Detector (MPD) to study Heavy Ion Collisions at NICA
MPD CDR
Conceptual Design Report
MPD TDRs
Network and computing infrastructure for the NICA complex at JINR. Technical Design
Publications
| Year | Publication |
|---|---|
| 2025 | A. Bychkov, V. Krylov, A. Krylov, A. Moshkin, S. Hnatič, J. Buša Jr. & O. Rogachevsky. Development of the Offline Software for MPD Experiment. Phys. Part. Nuclei 56, 1264–1268 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779625700340 |
| 2025 | S. Hnatič, J. Buša Jr., A. Bychkov, A. Krylov, V. Krylov, A. Moshkin & O. Rogachevsky. Implementation of ACTS into MPDRoot. Phys. Part. Nuclei 56, 1471–1475 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779625700704 |
| 2025 | Bychkov, A.V., Rogachevsky, O.V. & Hnatic, S. Simulation of NICA MPD Trigger System for MPDRoot Software. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 22, 1169–1171 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477125701389 |
| 2025 | MPD Collaboration. MPD physics performance studies in Bi+Bi collisions at √sNN = 9.2 GeV. Rev.Mex.Fis. 71 (2025) 4, 041201. https://rmf.smf.mx/ojs/index.php/rmf/article/view/8049 |
| 2024 | Rogachevsky, O., Bychkov, A. & Hnatič, S. Two Particles Correlations in Ion Collisions. Phys. Part. Nuclei 55, 1110–1112 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779624700795 |
| 2024 | J. Buša Jr., A. Bychkov, S. Hnatič, A. Krylov, V. Krylov & O. Rogachevsky. MPD Data Lab: Towards the Modern Data Analysis Framework for the MPD Experiment. Phys. Part. Nuclei 55, 1010–1013 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779624700680 |
| 2024 | Bychkov, A.V., Rogachevsky, O.V. & Hnatic, S. Implementation of Task for Calibration of MPD TPC Electron Drift Velocity. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 21, 711–714 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477124701152 |
| 2023 | Myktybekov, D., Rogachevsky, O. Study of Two Particles Correlations in Heavy Ion Collisions at NICA Energies. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 86, 1498–1501 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377882401037X |
| 2022 | Myktybekov, D., Rogachevsky, O. & Sabyr, S. Study of Material Budget of the MPD Detectors. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 19, 497–500 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477122050314 |
| 2022 | MPD Collaboration. Status and initial physics performance studies of the MPD experiment at NICA.Eur. Phys. J. A 58, 140 (2022). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00750-6 |
| 2021 | N. Kutovskiy, V. Mitsyn, A. Moshkin, I. Pelevanyuk, D. Podgayny, O. Rogachevsky, B. Shchinov & V. Trofimov. Integration of Distributed Heterogeneous Computing Resources for the MPD Experiment with DIRAC Interware. Phys. Part. Nuclei 52, 835–841 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779621040419 |
| 2021 | A. Krylov, O. Rogachevsky, V. Krylov, A. Bychkov, V. Voronyuk & A. Moshkin. Web Interactive 3D Event Display for the MPD Experiment at the NICA Collider. Phys. Part. Nuclei 52, 821–825 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779621040389 |
| 2021 | Bychkov, A., Rogachevsky, O. Simulations of a Laser Calibration System and Electron Drift Velocity Determination for the MPD TPC. Phys. Part. Nuclei 52, 779–782 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779621040183 |
| 2022 | Buša J. Jr, Hnatič S., Korenkov V.V., Rogachevsky O.V., Vaľa M., Vrláková J. Unified Software Development and Analysis Environment for MPD Experiment at NICA Collider. Modern Information Technologies and IT-education, Vol. 18, 1 (2022). http://sitito.cs.msu.ru/index.php/SITITO/article/view/823 |
| 2021 | Rogachevsky O., Bychkov A., Krylov A., Krylov V., Moshkin A., Voronyuk V. Software Development and Computing for the MPD Experiment. Phys. Part. Nuclei 52, 817–820 (2021). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1063779621040523 |
| 2021 | Buša J. Jr, Hnatič S., Rogachevsky O.V. Performance Analysis and Optimization of MPDRoot. GRID 2021 Proceedings, 75-79. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3041/75-79-paper-13.pdf |
Earlier work
More Publications
Notes
| Study of di-electrons with MPD at NICA | |
| Event Centrality Determination and Reaction Plane Reconstruction at MPD | |
| MPD Performance to Femtoscopy Correlations | |
| Theoretical analysis of a possible observation of the chiral magnetic effect in Au + Au collisions | |
| Пространственная реконструкция откликов времяпроекционной камеры детектора MPD на прохождение заряженных частиц |
Theses
| Соснов Дмитрий Евгеньевич | Реализация алгоритмов реконструкции откликов частиц в TPC детектора NICA/MPD на гибридных вычислительных системах | |
| Басалаев Артём Евгеньевич | Пространственная реконструкция откликов частиц во время-проекционной камере эксперимента MPD на коллайдере NICA | |
| Соснов Дмитрий Евгеньевич | Разработка интерфейса TShield между транспортным кодом SHIELD и программным комплексом MpdRoot |