# Dilepton and $\phi$ meson production in elementary and nuclear collisions at the NICA fixed target experiment

## TL;DR

The paper discusses the potential of the NICA fixed target experiment to provide new data on dilepton and phi meson production in an energy range that is currently underexplored, which is crucial for modeling nuclear collisions.

## Contribution

It highlights the importance of NICA experiment data for understanding dilepton and phi meson production between SIS and SPS energies, filling a significant knowledge gap.

## Key findings

- NICA will explore an energy domain between SIS and SPS.
- Provides essential data for nuclear collision models.
- Enhances understanding of elementary cross sections.

## Abstract

We argue that the NICA fixed target experiment will be able to provide very important new experimental data on dilepton and $\phi$ meson production in the basically undiscovered energy domain between the SIS and SPS energies. Experimental information about elementary cross sections in this energy region is an essential ingredient of models of nuclear collisions in the same energy range.