Status of FrenchSpanish Scientific Collaborations on Nuclear Physics

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Status of French-Spanish Scientific
Collaborations on Nuclear Physics
Bilateral IN2P3-MICINN Agreement Meeting 12-13
January, 2009, Madrid
Jose L. Tain (IFIC-Valencia)
http//www.fnuc.es Coordinator of the Spanish
Nuclear Physics Network
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The overall picture (as to 2006)

• 20 groups
• 215 physicists (119 tenured track)
• Theory 101, Exper. 114

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GFNT- IEM Madrid
Métodos analíticos y numéricos exactos en Física
Nuclear y otros sistemas fuertemente
correlacionados

• IEM-CSIC Jorge Dukelsky
• GANIL Marek Ploszajczak, Piet Van Isacker
• Period 2003-2008
• Most relevant publications
• Density matrix renormalization group approach for
  many-body open quantum systems.
• J. Rotureau, N. Michel, W. Nazarewicz, M.
  Ploszajczak, y J. Dukelsky.
• Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 110603.
• Exact Solution of the Isovector Neutron-Proton
  Pairing Model.
• J. Dukelsky, V. G. Gueorguiev, P. Van Isacker, S.
  Dimitrova, B. Errea y S. Lerma H.
• Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 072503.

Some results
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GFNT, U. Salamanca
Constituent quark model description of mesons

• F. Fernandez, GFN, U. Salamanca
• B. Sivestre-Brac, LPSC, U. J. Fourier, Grenoble

Period 1999-2006
Relevant publications
- Nature of the light scalar mesons J. Vijande,
A. Valcarce, F. Fernández, and B. Silvestre-Brac
Phys. Rev. D 72, 034025 (2005) - Extended van
RoyenWeisskopf formalism for leptonantilepton
meson decay widths within nonrelativistic quark
models Nuclear Physics A, 699 (2002) 690 L. A.
Blanco, R. Bonnaz, B. Silvestre-Brac, F.
Fernández, A. Valcarce - 3P0 study of meson
decays in a chiral quark model Nuclear Physics A,
683 (2001) 425 R. Bonnaz, L. A. Blanco, B.
Silvestre-Brac, F. Fernández, A. Valcarce
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GFN U. Autonoma Madrid
Nuclear Structure and Double Beta-decay

• A. Poves and J. Menendez
• Departamento de Fisica Teorica e IFT, UAM-CSIC,
  Madrid
• F. Nowacki, E. Caurier y A. P. Zuker
• IPHC, IN2P3-CNRS,ULP, Strasbourg
• Period 2004-2008
• Research subjects
• - Nuclear shell structure and shape
  coexistence
• - Nuclear shell closure quenching at N28
• - Nuclear spectroscopy
• - Nuclear matrix elements for 2?-decay

Some results
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IFIC Valencia
Nuclear aspects of dense stellar systems

• Jesus Navarro, IFIC-Valencia
• Nguyen Van Giai, IPN-Orsay

Period 2004, 2005, 2007
Relevant publications - J. Margueron, J. Navarro
y P. Blottiau Nuclear liquid-gas phase
transition and supernovae evolution, Physical
Review C70, 028801 (2004)- J. Margueron, Nguyen
Van Giai y J. Navarro,Nuclear response functions
in homogeneous matter with finite rangeeffective
interactions, Physical Review C72, 034311
(2005)- J. Margueron, Nguyen Van Giai y J.
NavarroEffects of spin-orbit interaction on
nuclear response and neutrino mean freepath,
Physical Review C74, 015805 (2006)- J.
Margueron, J. Navarro, Nguyen Van Giai y P.
Schuck Continued fraction approximation for the
nuclear matter response function,Physical Review
C77, 064306 (2008)
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GFNT, U. Barcelona
Density matrix expansion and effective nuclear
interactions for Hartree-Fock and pairing fields

• Xavier Vinyes, GFNT, U. Barcelona
• Peter Schuck, IPN Orsay
• (also J.Dulelsky IEM-Madrid, L.M. Robledo, U.A.
  Madrid)

Period 2000 - 2008
Research subject - Nuclear structure -
Semi-classical approaches - New energy density
functional
Some results
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GFNE-IEM, Madrid
1) Nuclear structure on NZ nuclei around A70

• M.J.G. Borge, IEM-Madrid
• Ch. Miehe, IRES-Strasbourg

Period 1994-2004
2) High resolution spectroscopy in actinides

• O. Tengblad, IEM-Madrid
• A. Lopez-Martens, CSNSM-Orsay

Period 2003-2004
3) Study of beta delayed charged particle
emission

• M.J.G. Borge, IEM-Madrid
• B. Blank, CENBG-Bordeaux

Period 2004-2008
Some results
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GENP, U. Santiago de Compostela

• 1) Study of direct reactions with active targets
  
• MAYA (GANIL) - ACTAR (GANIL, CENBG)
• D. Cortina (U. Santiago),
• P. Roussel-Chomaz/R.Raabe(GANIL-Caen)
• Period 2004-2008

• 2) n_ToF PPAC development. Fission studies
• I. Durán (U. Santiago)
• L. Tassan (IPN-Orsay)
• Period 2009?

• 3) New generation calorimeters for FAIR/SPIRAL II
  (scintillation crystals and photosensors)
• I. Durán (U. Santiago)
• J.A Scarpaci/ J. Pouthas (IPN-Orsay)
• Period 2006-2008

Some results
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GEM, U. Huelva

• 1) Direct nuclear reactions with exotic beams
• GASPARD FAZIA
• I. Martel (U. Huelva)
• CEA-Bruyères-le-Châtel, GANIL, IPN-Orsay,
  CEA-Saclay, IHPC-Strasbourg
• Period 2007-2008
• 2) Phase coexistence, phase transitions.
  Dynamical symmetries (theory)
• J.E. Garcia-Ramos (U. Huelva)
• P. van Isacker (GANIL-Caen)

Some results
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CNA, Sevilla

• 1) Identification and role of metals in neuronal
  cells in the Parkinson disease
• Miguel A. Respaldiza (CNA - Sevilla)
• Richard Ortega (U. Bordeaux)
• Period 2005-2006

Some results

• 1) Oxidation and damage of SiC induced by heavy
  ions
• Javier Garcia-Lopez (CNA - Sevilla)
• CNRS
• Period 2004-2005

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GEG-IFIC, Valencia

• Exotic nuclei
• B. Rubio (IFIC-Valencia)
• M. Marquez (LPC-Caen)
• Period 2004-2008
• Research subjects
• - GT strength with ?-decay at GANIL an (3He,t) at
  Osaka
• - Neutron detectors

Some results
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GEM, U. Huelva / GFN, U. Granada

• Beta decay precision experiments with a Paul trap
• Daniel Rodriguez (U. Huelva / U. Granada)
• Oscar Naviliat (LPC-Caen)
• Period 2007- 2008

Some results
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GFN, U. Complutense, Madrid
Nucleon form factors in nuclei

• J.M. Udias, J.R. Vignote
• GFN, U. Complutense, Madrid
• E. Voutier
• LPSC, U. Joseph Fourier CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble

Period 2006-2008
Subject - Analysis of the E89-044 experiment
performed at JLAB (USA)
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Some future collaborations
Spiral2 DESIR (Technical Design Report) CIEMAT
Madrid neutron spectroscopy IEM Madrid particle
spectroscopy, high-resolution and total
absorption ?-ray spectroscopy U. Huelva particle
spectroscopy U. Complutense fast timing
spectroscopy IFIC Valencia high-resolution and
total absorption ?-ray spectroscopy GASPARD
(Letter of Interest) U. Huelva particle
spectroscopy U. Sevilla beams tracking and
particle spectroscopy U. Santiago active targets
and calorimeters ALTO IFIC Valencia
high-resolution and total absorption ?-ray
spectroscopy