WP2 – Research Infrastructures for Nuclear Physics
Coordinator Adam Maj (IFJ-PAN)
This activity aims at providing TA to various RIs providing stable ions, radioactive ions and neutrons at various energies, combined with state-of-the-art equipment to explore nuclei under extreme conditions. Virtual access (VA) to a theoretical repository will also be provided, to access model calculations, both for planning and interpretation of experiments conducted at the TA facilities. The broad access offer provided to users of EURO-LABS is expected to provide a crucial support to address emerging new challenges in the fields of nuclear and HEP.
The scientific goal of the WP2 is to provide enhanced opportunities for exploring nuclei under extreme conditions: at high temperatures (T), at high angular momentum (L), at large isospin (N/Z), i.e. nuclei close to the proton or neutron dripline with extreme masses (A).
The general approach of WP2 is to offer potential users the transnational and virtual access to those RIs, which in a complementary way span opportunity for investigation of important nuclear physics phenomena that are pertinent to answer Big Questions.
The RIs included in WP2 provide access to an extremely broad range of installations and services, focused on delivering excellence in fields including, but not limited to:
Fundamental Nuclear Science, Nuclear Astrophysics, Neutron Physics, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Interdisciplinary Research, Applications of Nuclear Science, Atomic Physics, Biophysics, Medical Physics, Materials Science.
TASKS
Task | Task Name | Objectives/Activities | Task Leader |
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2.1 | Stable ion beams | Promote/facilitate the access to stable beams with extremely high intensity and the matching target technology, that is essential to investigate extremely small production cross-sections, e.g. for the synthesis of new chemical elements and specific isotopes | Paul Greenlees (JYU) |
2.2 | Radioactive ion beams | Promoting and/or facilitating transnational access to an extremely wide spectrum of radioactive ion beams, including the use of the new facilities at SPES and S3 at SPIRAL2, for path breaking research on nuclei far from stability | Iulian Stephan (CNRS) |
2.3 | Neutron beams | Measurements of high-resolution neutron-induced reactions in an extremely wide range of kinetic energies (from sub-meV up to GeV), for the modelling of processes taking place in astrophysical sites and for applications in advanced nuclear technology developments | Alberto Mengoni (CERN) |
2.4 | Theoretical support | Foster a stronger synergy between theory and experiments by opening up virtual access to established computing codes and theoretical tools for planning and analysing experiments performed at TA Ris and for the wider community. | Ubirajara van Kolck (IJCLab) |
2.5 | Service Improvements | Improve remote access, improved access for biomedical applications, efficient sharing of traveling detectors, improved ion beam variety and stability, targets for high intense beams
Provide improvements of the services offered by the RIs: |
Marco Durante (GSI)
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DELIVERABLES
D# | Task | Deliverable Name | Due date | Leader | Type |
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D2.1 | 2.1 | Report on Access to Stable Beam Facilities | 30 Jun 2026 | JYU | Report |
D2.2 | 2.2 | Report on Access to Radioactive-ion Beam Facilities | 30 Jun 2026 | CNRS-ALTO | Report |
D2.3 | 2.3 | Report on the research activities and the main results obtained in each of the RI providing neutron beams | 30 Jun 2026 | CERN | Report |
D2.4 | 2.4 | Report on access to the Theory for Experiments facilities | 30 Jun 2026 | FBK-ECT* | Report |
D2.5 | 2.5 | Report on the Service Improvements | 31 Aug 2025 | GSI | Report |
MILESTONES
MS# | Task | Milestone Name | Delivery date | Leader | Means of verification |
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MS2 | 2.1 | Calls of proposals/projects to access facilities completed | 28 Feb 2023 | JYU | Survey / questionnaire to stable beam access facilities |
MS3 | 2.1 | All provision of access offered completed | 30 Jun 2026 | JYU | Access to stable beam facilities (Survey / questionnaire) |
MS4 | 2.2 | Calls of proposals/projects to access facilities completed | 28 Feb 2023 | CNRS-ALTO | Survey / questionnaire to radioactive-ion beam access facilities |
MS5 | 2.2 | Completion of all the experiments proposed | 30 Jun 2026 | CNRS-ALTO | Access to radioactive-ion beam facilities (Survey / questionnaire) |
MS6 | 2.3 | Calls of proposals/projects to access facilities completed | 28 Feb 2023 | CERN | Survey / questionnaire to neutron beam access facilities |
MS7 | 2.3 | Completion of all the experiments proposed | 30 Jun 2026 | CERN | Access to neutron beam facilities (Survey / questionnaire) |
MS8 | 2.4 | Calls for proposals to be hosted at ECT* | 29 Feb 2024 | FBK-ECT* | ECT* web page |
MS9 | 2.4 | EURO-LABS-related workshops carried out at ECT* | 28 Feb 2026 | FBK-ECT* | Workshop programs at ECT* web page |
MS10 | 2.4 | Contracted personnel for Theo4Exp VA in place and first codes available for users in the virtual facility | 29 Feb 2024 | FBK-ECT* | Available software validated by the IRP |
MS11 | 2.4 | All codes installed at Theo4Exp VA and interoperability among different nodes established | 28 Feb 2026 | FBK-ECT* | All software released and validated by IRP |
MS12 | 2.5 | Completed database containing selected features of remote-access toolkit | 29 Feb 2024 | UNIWARSAW (ŚLCJ) | Database validated and web interface released |
MS13 | 2.5 | Production of a report to define the state of the art in the field (targets for NP) and collect the requests from the community | 30 Nov 2022 | INFN | Report complete and available |
MS14 | 2.5 | Reports on FLASH detectors for different facilities | 29 Feb 2024 | GSI | Report complete and available |
MS15 | 2.5 | Conceptual plan for online monitoring of long-term operation beam stability | 31 Aug 2023 | JYU | Report of conceptual plan released |
MS16 | 2.5 | Organisation of hands-on workshops & training schools | 28 Feb 2025 | GSI | Website for training events available |