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6/1/2013 1
Update on Activities in South Africa (and on the African
Continent)
Zeblon Z. VILAKAZI iThemba LABS & Univ. Cape Town, RSA
IUPAP WG.9 meeting, June 1, 2013, Rome
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Astronomy : SKA ….
Nuclear : iThemba, …
Other : ……
Inbound Outbound
South African Science at external Large Scale International Facilities
HEP/Nuclear : CERN, JINR
Interdisciplinary : Synchrotrons
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Nuclear Physics Research
iThemba LABS
Facilities
Afrodite Gamma Array
K600 Magnetic Spectrometer
Fast neutron facility
Low level Gamma counting facility
Target lab
Scientific themes
• Basic nuclear physics (reactions mechanisms/nuclear structure)
– Chirality, Tetrahedral shapes, Giant Resonances , Hoyle states , neutron rich nuclei)
• Applied nuclear physics (environmental radioactivity, neutron physics)
– Neutron Dosimetry and Calibration, Neutrino Detection)
• High energy physics (ALICE at CERN)
Program Advisory Committee approves projects User Group meetings 2x per year
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Update on RIB Developments
1+ ion – source & mass selector
RIB Production target
New Accelerator injector SSC
Experiment
Charge Breeder
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TASKS 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Laser Ion Source Mini Proposal
Construct Mini Laser Ion Source
LIS beam develop./low en. Beams
Total Facility Proposal
Design Process
Approval Process
Upgrade SSC
Construct New Cyclotron Construct New Isotope Prod. Facility
24/7 SSC Physics Programme Construction Target/Beam Transport
RIB delivery/physics
iThemba Timeline – Phased Approach
Preliminaries Phase I Phase II
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Host Institution: iThemba LABS
HOST MEMBERS ZZ Vilakazi (Director)
V Spannenbergy
(Business Manager)
ALICE Group Leader
S Förtsch
ATLAS Group Leaders
SH Connell
(UJ)
&
ISOLDE Group Leader
K Bharuth-Ram
(UKZN)
Nuclear and
Particle
Theory Group Leader
S Karataglidis
(Rhodes/UJ)
Advisory
Committee
Executive
Committee
Chairman J Cleymans (UCT)
DST
SAIP
NRF
International
Reviewer/s
Nuclear & Particle Physics SA-CERN Program
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Funding Situation: Access to international
Programmes
• CERN Participation: – Massive brain gain to RSA
– S & T Ministry commitment €2.7 M over three years to support SA participation in various projects: April 2013
• SA-JINR Associate Membership: – Renewal of SA Commitment $ 1 M p.a.
• Synchrotrons: – Agreement with ESRF for SA membership ~ €0.32 M p.a.
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Capacity Building:
Conferences/Workshops & Schools
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The Symposium will be devoted to the
investigation of nuclei in extreme states and, in
particular, at the limits of nuclear stability (from very
light neutron- and proton-rich). Topics to be
discussed are:
• Exotic Nuclei and their Properties
• Rare Processes and Decays
• Evolution of Shell Structure
• Collective Modes of the Nucleus
• Nuclear Astrophysics
• Applications of Exotic Beams in Materials
Hosted under the auspices of SA-JINR collaboration
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The topics for this Hard Probes
conference are:
•Jet Quenching and Observables
•High Transverse Momentum Light and Heavy Flavour Hadrons
•Initial State and Proton-Nucleus Collision Phenomena
•Heavy Flavour Production and Quarkonia
•Hard and Thermal Electroweak Probes
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The African School of Fundamental Physics and its Applications
On behalf of Kétévi A. Assamagan
BNL (ex Togo; W Africa)
http://africanschoolofphysics.web.cern.ch
/AfricanSchoolofPhysics/
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Objectives
• Increase capacity in fundamental physics and related applications – Organizing a biennial school rotating in different African Countries – Networking among African Students – Sharing of information on high education opportunities around the
world
• First edition of the school, ASP2010 – August 1-21, 2010 (3 weeks) in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Attended
by 65 students from 17 countries
• Second edition of the school, ASP2012 – At the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST),
Kumasi Ghana. July 15 – August 8, 2012 (3.5 weeks). Attended by 50 students from 15 countries
• School participation is free of charge to the selected students – For ASP2012 for example, we received 132 applications from all over
Africa, of which we selected 50
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The issue and the context
• Low participation of African scholars in major research labs around the world. Some examples:
• CERN users
• Users of LHC experiments
• Not limited to CERN. Broader issue
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About 0.5% of CERN users are African Nationals
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African Participation in ALICE
Only South Africa: 2 institutes with 5 members. Collaboration over 1000 members
LHCb: 60 institutes, over 800 members. No African participation. There may be a few
Africans through participating institutes.
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African Participation in ATLAS
In CMS, only Egypt with 1 institute, 10 members. Size of the collaboration: over 3,000
In ATLAS, Morocco and South Africa. Several institutes, about 35 members total. Size
of the collaboration: over 3,000
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The program • Theoretical foundation of Nuclear and particle
physics • Experimental particle physics • Applications
– Nuclear medicine – Accelerator physics – Light sources
• Simulations, data analysis • Information technology, grid computing
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http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=
True&confId=145296
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Organization
• International Organizing Committee (IOC) – Bobby Acharya – Kétévi Assamagan – Christine Darve – John Ellis – Steve Muanza
• Local Organizing Committee (LOC) • International Advisory Committee (IAC)
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How to contact us: [email protected]
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Financial Support
• Voluntary contributions from individuals and institutes. So far from
– Europe
– US
– South Africa
– Institutional representatives in the IAC
• Need to improve our fundraising and outreach efforts. Reach out to Asia
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Student Distribution
Ghana (13) Nigeria (8) Madagascar (5)
Sudan (4) Cameroon (3) Senegal (3)
South Africa (3) Algeria(2) Congo (2)
Kenya(2) Benin(1) Egypt(1)
Iran(1) Tanzania(1) Zambia(1)
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ASP2012
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ASP2012 Support from
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First Week
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ASP Follow ups • Maintaining contacts with the students ASP-Students-
[email protected] – This list contains students from ASP2010 and ASP2012 – Exchange of information on higher education around the world
• Direct contacts with individual students • Laza Rakotondravohitra, a student of ASP2010, awarded
Fermilab International Fellowship to pursue Ph.D. there http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/september-2012/african-school-of-physics-student-awarded-fermilab-international-fellowship?email_issue=23
• A few students from ASP2012 will be proposed for same Fellowship
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ASP Follow ups
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Conclusions
• The first 2 editions of the African School have been very successful and well received. Due to:
– Support from institutes and individuals in Africa, Europe and the US
– Dedication of students and lecturers
– Motivation of organizing committee
• Need to improve in outreach and fund raising
• We will start working soon on ASP2014 to take place in 2014 in Senegal.
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Footage of ASP2012: http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1472184
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