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Head:Head:

Alfred Švarc, Ph.D.Alfred Švarc, Ph.D.

Theory

Particle accelerator Experiment

1960

Analytical methods

Experiment

Radioactive isotopes

1970

Particle accelerators

Theory

Analytical methods

Experiment

Radioactive isotopes

1980

Particle accelerators

Theory

Analytical methods

Experiment

Radioactive isotopes

1990

Particle accelerators

Theory

Experimentintermediate energy particle physics

2008

Tandem Van de Graaf

Particle accelerators

Analytical methodsTheory

Neutron generator

nuclear physics of light nuclei

heavy-ion physics

electro-weak interactions;

astroparticleshigh energy particle

physics

Radioactive isotopes

I

Research activitiesResearch activities

• Higgs search• Supersymmetric particle search• Quark gluon plasma properties• proton proton, proton lead reaction mechanisms

Experimental physics at LHC energiesExperimental physics at LHC energies

Contracts/collaborationsContracts/collaborations

Croatian Ministry of ScienceSwitzerland- CERN

NA49 (Large acceptance hadron detector)ALICE (A large ion collider experiment) CMS (Compact muon solenoid)

Mikrotrend (Croatia)

Projects and collaborationsProjects and collaborations

ResearchResearch activitiesactivities

• in-medium dependence of hadron masses in Standard model • understanding and determination of symmetry violation • goal: CP and C violation

HADRONIC PHYSICS AND QCDHADRONIC PHYSICS AND QCD

• Croatian Ministry of Science• International Collaboration RBI -Mami• International Collaboration RBI – University of Viginia on PIBETA experiment

Projects and collaborationsProjects and collaborations

Experimentintermediate energy particle physics

Tandem Van de Graaf

Particle accelerators

Analytical methodsTheory

Neutron generator

nuclear physics of light nuclei

heavy-ion physics

electro-weak interactions;

astroparticleshigh energy particle

physics

Radioactive isotopes

I

II

Research activitiesResearch activities

Heavy-Ion PhysicsHeavy-Ion Physics

Low energies• Properties of nuclear surface multi-nucleon transfer reaction exotic structures nuclear rainbow• Reaction mechanism fusion-(quasi)fission & subbarrier fusion from quasi-elastic to deep inelastic • Nuclear matter under extreme condition nuclear clusters and molecules structure towards neutron drip line

10Be10Be

Intermediate energies, Fermi energy• Nuclear matter properties• In-medium effects• Binary dissipative collisions interplay of the nuclear mean field and residual n-n collisions

Intermediate energies, elementary collisions• Proton virtual bremsstrahlung and g-g coincidences• Pion-induced fusion

Research activities Research activities (cnt.)(cnt.)

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Relativistic energies, heavy-ion reactions• Mass asymmetric systems

ordered motion of nucleons better participant / spectator resolution

• Isospin dependence production of charged pions entropy production

• Strange meson production strange mesons at threshold

Relativistic energies, pion reactions• Strange meson production

Ultrarelativistic energies (GSI FAIR project)• Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM)

Research activities Research activities (cnt.)(cnt.)

Contracts / collaborationsContracts / collaborations

Croatian Ministry of ScienceGermany (Darmstadt - GSI, Berlin)France (Strasbourg, Nantes, Caen - GANIL)Italy (LNL Legnaro, LNS Catania, Universita di Padova and Torino)CRC Louvain-la-NeuveGB – University of BirminghamThe Netherlands (Groningen - KVI)FP6 I3 EURONS and HADRON PHYSICS

FP7 project – Zagreb - Catania – Birmingham coordination and support actions – REGPOT07

Projects and collaborationsProjects and collaborations

Responsibilities in collaborationsResponsibilities in collaborations

Projects and collaborationsProjects and collaborations

Spokesperson of experiments in Legnaro – LNL Catania – LNS CRC Louvain-la-Neuve IReS Strasbourg ANU CanberraCo-spokesperson of an experiment in Groningen – KVIResponsibility for Plastic Wall of FOPI detector in GSI, DarmstadtResponsibility for PRISMA spectrometer focal plane – LNL Legnaro

Experimentintermediate energy particle physics

Tandem Van de Graaf

Particle accelerators

Analytical methodsTheory

Neutron generator

nuclear physics of light nuclei

heavy-ion physics

electro-weak interactions;

astroparticleshigh energy particle

physics

Radioactive isotopes

I

II

III

EXPERIMENT:EXPERIMENT:-Neutrino oscillations Neutrino oscillations ( CERN - Gran Sasso) OPERA ( CERN - Gran Sasso) OPERA - Solar axions ( CERN, RBI ) CAST- Solar axions ( CERN, RBI ) CAST- Large extra dimensions ( RBI )- Large extra dimensions ( RBI )

THEORY:THEORY:- Cosmology- Cosmology- Large extra dimensions- Large extra dimensions

MasMasssive Neutrinos and ive Neutrinos and AstroparticlesAstroparticles:: From particle physics to cosmologyFrom particle physics to cosmology

Experimentintermediate energy particle physics

Tandem Van de Graaf

Particle accelerators

Analytical methods

Theory

Neutron generator

nuclear physics of light nuclei

heavy-ion physics

electro-weak interactions;

astroparticleshigh energy particle

physics

Radioactive isotopes

I

II

III

Theory – attached to experiments

a. Hadron Spectroscopy

b. Cosmology

Hadron spectroscopy Hadron spectroscopy (Baryon resonances(Baryon resonances))

ResearchResearch activities: activities: establishing a link between experiment and theoryestablishing a link between experiment and theory

(i) neutrino dark energy

We have shown that a simple coupled system of a variable vacuum term and a gas of relic neutrinos may account not only for a right amount of dark energy at present, but also for a near coincidence between the matter and dark-energy densities to hold over a significant portion of the history of the universe [R. Horvat, JCAP 0601 (2006)015].

(ii) holographic dark energy (iii) renormalization-group running cosmology

CosmologyCosmology

Large extra dimensionsLarge extra dimensions

Experimentintermediate energy particle physics

Tandem Van de Graaf

Particle accelerators

Analytical methods

Theory

Neutron generator

nuclear physics of light nuclei

heavy-ion physics

electro-weak interactions;

astroparticleshigh energy particle

physics

Radioactive isotopes

I

II

III

IV

Accelerator centreAccelerator centre

Accelerator centreAccelerator centre(the largest experimental facility in Croatia)(the largest experimental facility in Croatia)

S1

S2

M1

M2

M3

D1D2 Q1

tQ2

Q3

QM

DM

E1E2

HV

F1F2

F3

F3

tQ1 tS2 tM2

tM3

S3

tM1

F1tS1

tE1 tL1

tHV

tS1

AlphatrossIon source

SputteringIon source

DuoplasmatronIon source

Nuclearmicroprobe

H.R. PIXE

Nuclear reactions

H.R. ERDA

PIXERBS

6.0 MV EN Tandem Van de Graaff

1.0 MV Tandetron

External beam

Croatian Ministry of Science• Core project, information technology projectsIAEA• Technical cooperation projects (aprox. 0.5 MEu)EU• INCO FP6 Project – Upgrade of accelerator facility (aprox 0.25 MEu)

Collaborations withUniversita di Torino, ATOMKI Debrecen, IJS Ljubljana,...

Projects and collaborationsProjects and collaborations

Experimentintermediate energy particle physics

Tandem Van de Graaf

Particle accelerators

Theory

Neutron generator

nuclear physics of light nuclei

heavy-ion physics

electro-weak interactions;

astroparticleshigh energy particle

physics

Radioactive isotopes

I

II

III

V

IV

1.1. Gas proportional counter techniqueGas proportional counter technique (preparation (preparation of CHof CH44))

2.2. Liquid scintillation technique Liquid scintillation technique (benzene preparation method and CO2 absorption method)

3.3. Acceleration mass spectroscopyAcceleration mass spectroscopy (AMS) (AMS) technique technique

Laboratory for MeasurementsLaboratory for Measurements of Low-level Radioactivity of Low-level Radioactivity

Measurements of cosmogenic isotopes Measurements of cosmogenic isotopes 33H H and and 1414CC

Experimentintermediate energy particle physics

Tandem Van de Graaf

Particle accelerators

Analytical methodsTheory

Neutron generator

nuclear physics of light nuclei

heavy-ion physics

electro-weak interactions;

astroparticleshigh energy particle

physics

Radioactive isotopes

I

II

III

V

IV

VI

Our main resultsOur main results

Publications 2002 – 2006Publications 2002 – 2006

Total:Total: 262 in CC Journals262 in CC Journals(28 scientists + 18 assistants and novices)(28 scientists + 18 assistants and novices)

Phys. Rev. Lett: Phys. Rev. Lett: 1414

Phys. Lett B: Phys. Lett B: 1313

Phys. Rev. C: Phys. Rev. C: 3939

Phys. Rev. D: Phys. Rev. D: 66

Nucl. Phys. A,B: Nucl. Phys. A,B: 3737

Nucl. Inst. Meth. A,B: Nucl. Inst. Meth. A,B: 3939

Journ. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys.: Journ. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys.: 1010

Head:Head:

Alfred Švarc, Ph.D.Alfred Švarc, Ph.D.