We offer to your attention a preprint “Possible Studies at the First Stage of the NICA Collider Operation with Polarized and Unpolarized Proton and Deuteron Beams” E2-2021-12 published by the JINR Publishing Department. The authors are Abramov V. V. et al.

The paper contains suggestions for experiments with usage of the Spin Physics Detector (SPD) at the first stage of the NICA SPD Programme developed at JINR. Double polarized pp, dd and pd collisions at c.m.s. NN energies of 3.4–10 GeV, which will be accessible at the initial stage of experiments, allow one to study spin dependence of the NN interaction, search for multiquark states at double strangeness, charm and beauty thresholds, study the short-range structure of the deuteron. Double polarized pd scattering offers a possibility to test the Standard Model through the search for T-invariance violation.

The investigation has been performed at the DLNP, VBLHEP, BLTP, LIT of JINR with participation of scientists from other institutes.

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