ect* a 15 year perspective 24 september 2008 jean-paul blaizot, cnrs and ect*

ECT* A 15 year

perspective

24 September 2008

Jean-Paul Blaizot, CNRS and ECT*

Some historical background

What is ECT* ?Scientific activities at

ECT* ?Who uses ECT* ?Scientific policyFunding issues

Structural issuesFinal remarks

Some historical background

The European answer to the INT (Institute for Nuclear Theory) in

Seattle

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ECT*INT

Established in 1993Established in 1990

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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What is ECT* ?

European Center for

Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and

Related Areas

ECT*

… 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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NUCLEARSTRUCTURE

AND REACTIONS

QCDHADRON PHYSICS

EXTREME STATESOF

MATTER

PARTICLEPHYSICS

ASTROPHYSICS

MANY-BODYSYSTEMS

…in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas

FUNDAMENTAL SYMMETRIESNEUTRINOS

COMPUTATIONALPHYSICS

Scientific activities at ECT* ?

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)

Scientific activities at ECT*- International workshops and collaboration meetings

- Doctoral training program(s)

- Visiting scientists

- Postoctoral program

- Local research (ECT*, Univ, BEC)

- High performance computing (BEN)

Nuclear structure and reactions

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)

Some recent examples 1

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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)

Cross-disciplinary programs

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)

Some recent examples 3

Training activities (ECT* Doctoral Training Programs/

Schools) 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)

Some recent examples 4

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(courtesy David Kaplan)

Scientific activities at ECT*Distribution of costs

The ECT* TFlop/s Cluster

The Ape3D technology

Joint venture:EXADRON

PATINFN

BEN

Soon, new project: ‘Aurora’

Who uses ECT* ?

Visitor-days spent at ECT*(workshop participants)

Scientific policy

ECT* is at the service of the community of nuclear physicists (in a broad sense)

The proposals for activities at ECT*come from the community, and are selected by the ECT* Scientific Board

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

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

Number of years/countries Board Members (1992-2008)

3 3 3 3 3 3 32

32

32

3 32

3 3 3 3

21

2

23

3

32

1

3

3

21

3

3

3

3

2

2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Germany

ItaliaFrance

USA

DenmarkFinland Spain

UKPoland

NetherlandsSwitzerlandSweden

Countries

Years (1992>2008)

Board members are selectedafter consultation with the AssociatesAssociates 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.

Budget issues

France - Germany - Italy

All other Countries

ITC

Extra Contributions

EU

Funding

Goals: i) Support research activities with external funds ii) Increase contribution of « all other countries »

Total budget ~ 1.4-1.5 M€

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

New opportunity

Five year planning

Structural issues

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FBK

ECT*Director ECT* Scientific Board

AssociatesInternational community of nuclear physicists (in a broad sense)

Funding agencies

EJFRCESF-NuPECC

ECT*

Final remarks

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Susan Driessen

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Luana Slomp

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Tiziana Ingrassia

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Ines Campo

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Cristina Costa

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Serena Degli Avancini

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Barbara Curro Dossi

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Gianni Fattore

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Mauro Meneghini

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Gianmaria Ziglio

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Donatella Rosetti

A dedicated staff

Grazie a tutti !!

Carmen Maffei

15 years….

the difficult ageof teenagers…

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Good Luck

Achim !