Perspectives of Croatian experimental nuclear physics

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Perspectives of Croatian experimental nuclear
physics

• Neven Soic
• Division of experimental physics
• Ruder Bokovic Institute

NuPECC meeting 13. Jun 2008 Zagreb
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Vision

• RBI
• - multidisciplinary research institute
  dedicated to internationally relevant basic
  research in physics, chemistry, biology and
  related science
• - leading national research institution
  working in close collaboration with all other
  national institutions accomplishing synergy of
  national efforts in basic science and
  applications
• - integral part of ERA international
  collaborations
• DEP
• - experimental research in particle and
  nuclear physics and their inter-disciplinary
  applications including astrophysics
• - close collaboration with physics groups
  from national universities Faculty of Science
  at Uni of Zagreb, Uni of Split, Uni of Rijeka

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Objectives

• to increase quality of nuclear physics research
  performed in Croatia, both basic and applications
• to increase international reputation and impact
  in collaborative projects
• to acquire experimental equipment for research at
  international and local facilities
• to set up facilities for building and testing of
  novel research equipment
• to enlarge number of research (sub)projects and
  experiments led by Croatian researchers

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Present status

• RBI Uni of Zagreb Uni of Split groups
• International collaborations
• - collaborations and experiments at CERN (CMS,
  ALICE, CAST, NA61, OPERA), GSI, KVI Groningen,
  MAMI Mainz, GANIL, INFN-LNL, INFN-LNS, UCL
  Louvain-la-Neuve, ISOLDE, IPN Orsay, IReS
  Strasbourg, ANU Canberra, Oak Ridge USA
• - main contribution in work power, knowledge
  and experience, no hardware contributions from
  Croatia
• - extensive usage of international access
  through FP6 projects EURONS and HADRON PHYSICS
• Local accelerator facility
• - strong application research in collaboration
  with researchers worldwide
• - some nuclear physics experiments in
  collaboration with European physicist (1 per 3
  years)
• - educational activities student practical
  works, diploma and PhD thesis

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Recent activities

• many IAEA projects, one of DEP largest at Tandem
  200 k
• - new sputter source at the Tandem
  accelerator
• FP6 INCO project RBI-AF 216 k
• - upgrade and renewal of 6MV Tandem
  accelerator
• FP7 REGPOT project CLUNA 370 k
• - upgrade of silicon detector array and
  scattering chamber, neutron detector array
• - partners Uni of Birmingham, INFN-LNS, Uni
  of Zagreb
• FP7 Infrastructure project HADRON PHYSICS 2
• - RBI partner in few work packages (WP23 FTOF
  etc)
• FP7 Infrastructure project ENSAR
• - RBI partner in JRA08 EWIRA
• FP7 Infrastructure project SPIRIT
• - RBI partner in JRA Improving Analysis and
  JRA Extending Analysis
• - FZD Dresden, CNRS, KUL Leuven, JSI
  Ljubljana, UBW München, CEA, Uni of Surrey, ITN
  Lisbon, UPMC Paris, ETH Zürich, RBI Zagreb
• Detector and electronics workshop at DEP
• - FP7 REGPOT proposal WONDER (1 M),
  application for national funds for large
  equipment (130 k) particle phy nuclear phy
  application groups

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Future actions

• Increased funding from international sources will
  lead up to increased national funding
• Increased impact in international collaborations
  
• 1) existing collaborations contribution in
  hardware development, more experiments and
  projects at European facilities as leaders
• 2) FAIR involvement in CBM NUSTAR,
  Croatia full partner ?
• 3) CERN Croatia full partner ?
• Increased usage of local accelerator facility
• 1) 2 nuclear physics experiments/year in
  collaborations
• 2) beam test facility for equipment for
  European large scale facilities
• 3) increased usage for education of students
  and young researchers
• Interdisciplinary research and applications
• - further development of heavy ion beam
  techniques at local facility
• - AMS 14C, 10Be etc.

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Conclusion

• insufficient number of accelerator facilities for
  present needs in Europe provides opportunity for
  small facilities in East Europe (research,
  equipment development and testing, education)
• involvement in high-quality collaborative
  research at top accelerator facilities and
  quality of local resources provide required
  background for expansion of Croatian nuclear
  physics activities
• support and help from European nuclear physics
  community would be very appreciated and highly
  desirable