ECT A 15 year perspective

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ECT A 15 year perspective

• 24 September 2008

Jean-Paul Blaizot, CNRS and ECT
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Some historical backgroundWhat is ECT
?Scientific activities at ECT ?Who uses ECT
?Scientific policyFunding issuesStructural
issuesFinal remarks
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Some historical background
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The European answer to the INT (Institute for
Nuclear Theory) in Seattle
ECT
INT
Established in 1993
Established in 1990
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A  bottom-up  creation

• Initiative came from a scientific community
• The Trento project was chosen (among several
  others) at a meeting in Orsay (France) in 1992
• The Centre received from the beginning a strong
  support from the PAT (through ITC)
• New sources of funding were gradually obtained
  (MoU with France, Germany, Italy, Denmark (open
  to other partners) ad-hoc agreements with other
  countries)
• ECT was recognized as a major infrastructure by
  the EU and received support within the last FPs

A beautiful example of an international
(european) realization made possible by the
strong support of a european region and the
personal dedication of its founders, in
particular Renzo Leonardi.
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(EURONS)
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What is ECT ?
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European Center for Theoretical Studies in
Nuclear Physics and Related Areas
ECT

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Theoretical Studies .

• Research done at ECT is theoretical
• But most meetings involve experimentalists, some
  collaboration meetings invole mostly
  experimentalists
• Some ECT researchers have very close contacts
  with experimental groups
• Large variety of topics, related to various
  aspects of nuclear physics in a broad sense. Also
  cross-disciplinary activities
• Theoretical tools common to many branches of
  physics
• Large scale numerical calculations (BEN)
• Library (on site, and access to that of the Phys.
  Dept.)

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in Nuclear Physics and
Related Areas
FUNDAMENTAL SYMMETRIES NEUTRINOS
PARTICLE PHYSICS
ASTROPHYSICS
QCD HADRON PHYSICS
NUCLEAR STRUCTURE AND REACTIONS
EXTREME STATES OF MATTER
COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
MANY-BODY SYSTEMS
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Scientific activities at ECT ?
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The goals of the ECT

• a) to arrange in-depth RESEARCH on topical
  problems at the forefront of contemporary
  developments in theoretical nuclear physics
• b) to foster INTERDSICIPLINARY CONTACTS between
  nuclear physics and neighbouring fields such as
  particle physics, astrophysics, condensed matter
  physics and the quantal physics of small systems
• c) to encourage TALENTED YOUNG PHYSICISTS by
  arranging for them to participate in the
  activities of the ECT, by organising training
  projects and establishing networks of active
  young researchers
• d) to strengthen the INTERACTION BETWEEN
  THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL studies.

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(from Charlotte Ester, NSAC meeting, 05/16/07)
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Scientific activities at ECT

• International workshops and
• collaboration meetings

- Local research (ECT, Univ, BEC)
- Visiting scientists
- Postoctoral program
- High performance computing (BEN)
- Doctoral training program(s)
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Nuclear structure and reactions
Some recent examples 1

• The Physics Opportunities with EURISOL (jan 06)
• The Physics of Halo Nuclei (nov 06)
• Num. Sim. of Heavy Ion Reactions in the Fermi
  Energy Domain (Apr 06)
• Experiment-Theory Intersections in Modern Nuclear
  Structure (Apr 07)
• Correlations in nuclei beyond mean-field and
  shell model (Jun 07)
• Mass olympics (May 2008)

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Hadrons / High energy Nuclear Physics
Some recent examples 2
Generalized Parton distributions The Present
Status (Jun 06) Lattice QCD, Chiral Perturbation
Theory and Hadron Phenomenology (Oct 06)
Heavy Ion Reactions at Ultrarelativistic
Energies (Jun 06) The Physics of High Baryon
Density (Jun 06)
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Cross-disciplinary programs
Some recent examples 3

• Hadrons and Strings (Jul 06)
• The interface of quark-gluon-plasma physics and
  cold-atom physics (Mar 07)
• Many-body open quantum systems From atomic
  nuclei to quantum dots (May 2007)

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Training activities (ECT Doctoral Training
Programs/ Schools)
Some recent examples 4

• Computational Techniques in Strongly Interacting
  Systems (DTP 06)
• Summer School on Exotic Nuclear Beams (Sept 06)
• QCD Spin Physics (DTP2 06)
• Nuclear Structure and Reactions (DTP 07)

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(courtesy David Kaplan)
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Scientific activities at ECT Distribution of
costs
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• The ECT TFlop/s Cluster

BEN
Joint venture EXADRON PAT INFN
The Ape3D technology
Soon, new project Aurora
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Who uses ECT ?
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Visitor-days spent at ECT (workshop
participants)
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Scientific policy
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ECT is at the service of the community of
nuclear physicists (in a broad sense)
The proposals for activities at ECTcome from the
community, and are selected by the ECT
Scientific Board
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ECT Board

In particular, the functions of the Board are -
to endorse on a yearly basis the programme of
scientific activities with their expected overall
cost and personnel requirements - to establish
research projects and long terms programmes - to
approve whatever changes in programmes and their
relative budgets that are proposed by the
Director - to take the initiatives necessary to
obtain, from National and European
scientific-administrative institutions,
additional financial resources - to identify the
Director and propose him to the FBK for
appointment
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Board of ECT

• Mauro Anselmino (Univ. Torino) -from 25.09.08
• Wanda Alberico (Univ. Torino) -from 16.09.05
• Bengt Friman (Chair, GSI, Darmstadt) -from
  17.10.06
• Brian Fulton (NuPECC/Univ. York) -from 27.06.06
• H. Åke Gustafsson (Lund Univ./CERN) -from
  27.06.06
• Wick Haxton (Uni. Washington, Seattle) -from
  27.06.06
• Pawel Haensel (Copernicus Ctr. Warsaw) -from
  19.01.08
• Simon Hands (Univ. Swansea) from 19.01.08
• Piet Van Isacker (GANIL, Caen) from 16.09.05

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Board members are selected after consultation
with the Associates
Associates are all scientists that have positions
in Universities or Laboratories involved in
scientific activities within the scope of ECT,
and who have registered at ECT. Associates are
consulted for advice concerning the scientific
programmes of the Centre and identification of
scientists as Board Members. Membership in the
Body of Associates of ECT is renewed on a
tri-annual basis.
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Budget issues
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Funding
Total budget 1.4-1.5 M
Goals i) Support research activities with
external funds ii) Increase
contribution of  all other countries 
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NuPECC-Countries supporting ECT activities

• Austria
• Belgium
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• FRANCE
• GERMANY
• - (Greece)
• - (Hungary)
• ITALY
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Spain
• Sweden
• United Kingdom

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New opportunity Five year planning
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Structural issues
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Funding agencies EJFRC
ESF-NuPECC
FBK
ECT Scientific Board
ECT Director
ECT
Associates International community of
nuclear physicists (in a broad sense)
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Final remarks
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A dedicated staff
Carmen Maffei
Grazie a tutti !!
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15 years. the difficult age of teenagers
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Good Luck Achim !