Post on 14-Dec-2015
Report on Latin-American Activities in Nuclear Physics
Alinka Lépine-SzilyInstituto de Física-USP São Paulo, Brazil
IUPAP Working Group WG.9 AGM Washington DC-SURA Headquarters, USA. June 5, 2015
News on ALAFNA:
ALAFNA http://www.alafna.net/
The “Association of Latin American Nuclear Physics and Applications” (ALANPA) was formed in Santiago, Chile on Dec. 19, 2009, by representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.
In Spanish is called “Asociación Latino Americana de Física Nuclear y Aplicaciones” ALAFNA
In Portuguese is called “Associação Latino Americana de Física Nuclear e Aplicações” ALAFNA
Objectives of ALAFNA To strengthen ties among the Latin American Communities
doing nuclear research and applications to foster collaborations and promotion of activities,
To educate the scientific community and the general public through the promotion of nuclear physics and the peaceful uses of nuclear technology,
To do periodic overall assessments of nuclear science in Latin America in the context of world wide activities, and
To discuss at a multi-national level future planning of nuclear science activities in Latin America
Chairs of ALAFNA: • Andrés Kreiner (Argentina)• Alinka Lépine-Szily (Brazil)
Executive Board • Fernando Cristancho (Universidad Nacional, Bogotá) Colombia • Raul Donangelo (Universidad de la República, Montevideo), Uruguay• Paulo Gomes (Universidad Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro), Brasil• Andrés Kreiner (Tandar, CNEA, Buenos Aires), Argentina• Alinka Lépine-Szily (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo), Brasil
ALAFNA homepage is installed: www.alafna.netNext meeting of ALAFNA: together with next XI LASNPA, Dec. 2015 in Medellin, Colombia.
The association of ALAFNA to CLAF (Centro Latino Americanode Fisica) is in negociation.
Conferences, symposia, summer schools
in 2014-2015
COLOMBIA
Latin American Symposia on Nuclear Physics and Applications (LASNPA) 1995 Caracas, Venezuela1997 Caracas, Venezuela1999 San Andrés, Colombia2001 Ciudad de México, México2003 Santos, Brazil2005 Iguazu, Argentina2007 Cuzco, Peru2009 Santiago, Chile 2011 Quito, Ecuador 2013 Montevideo, Uruguay2015 Medellin, Colombia (IUPAP support cat.B)
Scope: the dissemination of the major theoretical and experimental advances in the field of nuclear science and its applications.
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Local Organizing Committee• Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá• Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín• Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín• Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
"The 11th Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications"
• The Symposium will be held on Nov. 30 – Dec. 4, 2015 in Medellín, Colombia.
• The symposium will be preceded by a School on Medical Physics, on November 27-28, 2015.
• The symposium is supported by IUPAP as Category B
Topics of the Symposium
• Nuclear Structure, Nuclear Reactions and Exotic Nuclei
• Nuclear Astrophysics, Cosmic Rays
• Hadron Structure, Phases of Nuclear Matter, QCD
• Tests of Fundamental Symmetries and Properties of Neutrinos
• Nuclear Instrumentation and Facilities
• Applications in Medicine, Art/Archaeology, Energy, Space and Security
Andreoiu, Corina (Simon Fraser University, Canada)Aprahamian, Ani (University of Notre Dame, USA)Arellano, Hugo (Universidad de Chile, Chile)Bertulani, Carlos (Texas A&M University, USA)Bijker, Roelof (Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, México)Brandan, María Ester (Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, México)Brooks, Will (Universidad Santa María, Chile)Canto, Luiz Felipe (Universidade Federale Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)Casten, Rick (Yale University, USA)Civitarese, Osvaldo (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)Cole, Philip (Idaho State Universiy, USA)Djalali, Chaden (University of Iowa, USA)Donangelo, Raúl (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)Egido, Luis ( Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)Fahlander, Claes (Lund University, Sweden)Gadea, Andrés (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)Galindo-Uribarri, Alfredo (Oak Ridge, USA)Gomes, Paulo (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil)Granja, Carlos (Czech Technical University, Czech Republic)Hjorth-Jensen, Morten (University of Oslo, Norway)Jeraj, Robert (University of Wisconsin, USA)Koester, Ulli (Institut Laue-Langevin, France)Kreiner, Andres (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina)Lenzi, Silvia (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy)Lepine-Szily, Alinka (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)Lister, Kim (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)López, Jorge (University of Texas, USA)Macchiavelli, Augusto (Berkeley Lawrence Laboratory, USA)Medina, Nilberto (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)Napoli, Daniel (Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy)Naviliat-Cuncic, Oscar (Michigan State University, USA)Orlandi, Riccardo (Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan)Pacheco, Alberto (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina)Regan, Patrick (University of Surrey, UK)Riley, Mark (Florida State University, USA)Rubio, Berta (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)Sajo-Bohus, Laszlo (Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela)Smith, Elton (Jefferson Laboratory, USA)Stuchbery, Andrew (Australian National University, Asutralia)Tabor, Sam ( Florida State University, USA)
International Advisory Commitee
Second Andean School on Nuclear Physics http://www.gfnun.unal.edu.co/andeanschool
Speaker Theme
Dr. Jurgen Gerl Gamma Applications
Prof. Giuseppe Viesti Neutron Applications
Prof. Noemi Koller g-Factor
Prof José OliveiraExperimental
Nuclear Structure
Prof. Richard Laforest Medical Imaging
Dr Gerfried Kumbarttzki g-Factor
Dr Danas Ridikas Research Reactors
Dr Judy Vyshniauskas Research Reactors
J. Preston Research Reactors
S. Reese Research Reactors
Jaime Sandoval Research Reactors
Prof. Mark HuyseRadioactive Ion Beams
Invited Talks
Speaker Theme
Pr. Pavel Moskal
Experimental Nuclear Physics
Dr. Walter Reviol
Experimental Nuclear Physics
LECTURES
52 participants
BRAZIL
Weakly Bound Exotic Nuclei
• Workshop at International Institute of Physics (IIP), Natal, Brazil
• Date: Sunday, May 24, 2015 - Saturday, May 30, 2015
• Directors: – Carlos Bertulani Department of Physics, Texas A&M
University-Commerce (USA);– Paulo Gomes, Universidade Federal Fluminense (Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil);– Renato Higa, USP (São Paulo, Brazil);– Alinka Lépine-Szily, USP (São Paulo, Brazil);– Ubirajara van Kolck, CNRS, Université Paris Sud
(France)
http://www.iip.ufrn.br/eventsdetail?inf===wTEFUP
IIP MissionThe IIP is a research institute with an international vocation, permanently facing the frontier areas of theoretical physics. Its mission is to intensify the exchange of scientific knowledge with the international community and, in particular with the Latin American community, being a pole unifying national strategic areas of theoretical physics. The IIP should exercise national leadership and act decisively in favor of scientific development in the North and Northeast having the following permanent objectives:I – To develop and carry out scientific research on frontier theoretical physics;II – To act decisively towards the scientific development of the Country.The strategic goals of IIP are:I – to promote, periodically, international scientific meetings addressed to scientists, postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers, in topics related to theoretical physics;II – to promote basic research in theoretical physics;III – to establish international partnerships in order to strengthen Brazilian and Latin American participation in international research network;IV – to set up exchange programs involving researchers from abroad and from all regions of Brazil, through the development of scientific cooperation projects of short, medium and long range.
Research fields at IIP
Quark, Hadron and Nuclear Physics including manybody systems
String Theory and Holography
Strong Correlated Electron Systems
Quantum Information
XXXVIII RTFNB
Brazilian Workshop on Nuclear Physics
September 8-10, 2015, Mangaratiba, RJ
Participants : ~ 160 researchers and students 16 invited speakers from abroad
Andres Arazi (TANDAR)Cem Ozen (Kadir Has University)Dmitry Vladimirovich Kamanin (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)Eliezer Piasetzky (Tel Aviv University)Eulogio Oset Báguena (Universitat de Valência)Filomena Nunes (Michigan State University)Francesco Becattini (University of Florence)Francesco Cappuzzello (Univ. di Catania e Laboratori Nazionali del Sud)Francesco Paolo Romano (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche)Frithjof Karsch (Bielefeld Universitat)Helio Takai (Brookhaven National Laboratory)Hendric Schatz (Michigan State University)İsmail Boztosun (Akdeniz University)Matej Mayer (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik)Sigurd Hofmann (GSI Helmholtz Centre e Goethe Univ. Frankfurt)Wolfgang Mittig (Michigan State University)
Airton Deppman (USP)Alexandre A. P. Suaide (USP)Alinka Lepine-Szily (USP)Antonio Delfino Jr. (UFF)Armando N. Faria Aleixo (UFRJ)Brett Vern Carlson (ITA/CTA)Carla Regina Alves Carvalho (UFF)Carlos Roberto Appoloni (UEL)Celso de Camargo Barros Jr. (UFSC)Debora P. Menezes (UFSC)Enio Frota da Silveira (PUC)Ignácio A. Bediaga e Hickman (CBPF)José Roberto B. de Oliveira (USP)Luiz Felipe U. Canto (UFRJ)Mahir S. Hussein (USP)Marina Nielsen (USP)Marcia de Almeida Rizzutto (USP)Marcos A. G. Alvarez (USP)Maurício Moralles (IPEN)Nemitala Added (USP)Odair Lelis Gonçalez (IEAv)Odilon Lourenço da Silva Filho (UFSCar)Paulo Fernando P. Fichtner (UFRGS)Paulo R. Silveira Gomes (UFF)Renato Higa (USP)Ricardo Magnus Osorio Galvão (USP)Roberto Meigikos dos Anjos (UFF)Sérgio Barboza Duarte (CBPF)Tobias Frederico (ITA/CTA)
Invited speakers
XVII Theoretical Nuclear Physics Summer School Maresias, February 22 – 28, 2015
QCD at finite temperature and density Prof. Dr. Owe Philipsen, Frankfurt University, Germany
Physics of compact stars Prof. Dr. Juergen Schaffner-Bielich, Frankfurt University, Germany
Theoretical aspects of low energy nuclear physics Prof. Dr. Antonio Moro, Universidad de Sevilla, Espanha
Effective field theories and applications in nuclear physics Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Hammer, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Participants: 52
MEXICO
List of events organized by Div. of Nuclear Physics in Mexico:
- XXXVIII Simposio de Física Nuclear, Hacienda Cocoyoc, 6-9 de enero de 2015
- XXXIX Simposio de FísicaNuclear, Hacienda Cocoyoc, 5-8 de enero de 2016
- Programa de Estancias de Verano en el Extranjero, verano de 2016
- IX Escuela Mexicana de Fisica Nuclear, Mexico DF, 22 junio a 6 julio de 2015
Participants: 46
Invited SpeakersTitle
Ani Aprahamian University of Notre Dame, USA
Sensitivity of the r-process to nuclear masses and beta decay rates in three astrophysical scenarios.
Libertad Barrón for the NPDGamma Collaboration Instituto de Física-UNAM, Mexico
Low energy-neutrons in the study of the Hadronic Weak Interaction: The NPDGamma Experiment
Roelof Bijker Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares-UNAM Mexico
Valence and sea quarks in the nucleon
Efraín Chávez Instituto de Física-UNAM, Mexico
Nuclear (astro)physics in the upgraded accelerator facilities at IFUNAM.
Osvaldo Civitarese Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina
On the definition of entropy for unstable states
Eduardo Coello Pérez University of Tennessee, USA
Electric transitions of deformed nuclei within an effective theory.
Jerry Draayer Louisiana State University, USA
Dominant Modes in Light Nuclei. Ab Initio View of Emergent Symmetries
Francisco Favela Instituto de Física-UNAM, Mexico
Progress in the characterization of the gas jet target.
Ruben Fossion Instituto Nacional de Geriatría and Centro de Ciencias de
la Complejidad-UNAM, Mexico
Data-adaptive unfolding of nonergodic spectra in spectral fluctuation studies.
Arturo Gómez-Camacho Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Mexico
CDCC calculations of elastic scattering angular distributions for 6 Li with several targets using global
potentialsPeter Hess
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares-UNAM, Mexico Neutron stars with dark energy
Tonatiuh Jiménez-Bustamante Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares-UNAM, Mexico
Identified particle production in pp, p-Pb, and Pb-Pb collisions measured with ALICE at the LHC energies
Arturo Menchaca Instituto de Física-UNAM, Mexico
Asymmetric vs. symmetric heavy ion fusion: an old riddle solved using macroscopic liquid drop collisions.
Stuart Pittel University of Delaware, USA
Exact solution of the pairing hamiltonian in atomic nuclei
W. Michael Snow Indiana University, USA
Searching for Dark Energy Using Neutron
Interferometry
Scott Suchyta NSCL, Michigan State University USA Shape coexistence in 68Ni
Adam Szczepaniak Indiana University, USA Hadron Spectroscopy: past, present and future.
Carlos Vargas Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
Microscopic study of collectivity in 160−170Dy nuclei
Victor Velázquez Facultad de Ciencias-UNAM, Mexico
Complexity, decoherence and quantum chaos in the nuclear shell model.
Michael Wiescher University of Notre Dame, USA Nuclear Astrophysics Challenges at Threshold
Energies.
Kathrin Wimmer Central Michigan University, USA Single-particle structure of neutron-rich N=40
isotopes.
Tochtli Yépez Indiana University, USA
Charmonium meson and hybrid radiative transitions
Kai Zuber Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Status and perspectives of double beta decay
Exchange programs
Ciência sem Fronteira -- Science without Border orBrazil’s Scientific Mobility Program
http://www.cienciasemfronteiras.gov.br/web/csf-eng/
Goals: • Promote expansion of science, technology and innovation in Brazil by
means of international exchange and mobility.• increase the presence of students, scientists and industry personnel from
Brazil in international institutions of excellence• encourage young talents and highly qualified researchers from abroad
to work with local investigators in joint projects, contributing to the capacitation of human resources and promoting the return of Brazilian scientists working overseas,
• induce the internationalization of universities and research centers in Brazil by encouraging the establishment of international partnerships.
Engineering and other technological areas 24.260Exact Sciences 4.445 Health and Biomedical Sciences 9.769Information and Communication Technologies 3.570Aerospace 252Pharmaceuticals 1.199Sustainable Agricultural Production 2.195Oil, Gas and Coal 428Renewable Energy 687 Biotechnology 1.411Nanotechnology and New Materials 455Technology for prevention and mitigation of natural 218disastersBiodiversity and bio-prospection 801Marine Sciences 540Minerals 105New technologies for constructive engineering 399Formation of technical personnel 110
Areas No of fellowships implemented
Some highlights in Nuclear Physics activities
Brazil
Radioactive Ion Beams in Brazil (RIBRAS), first in Southern Hemisphere, only in Latin America.
In-flight production of pure (99%) radioactive ion beamsusing 2 superconducting solenoids + degrader. Connected to8MV Pelletron Tandem. Beams of 6He,8Li,7Be,8B,10Be,17,18F etc, energies close to Coulomb barrier.Program: Fusion reactions, break-up reactions, transfer reactions of astrophysical interest.
Applied Nuclear physics activity: Irradiation of electronic Circuits to qualify for satelits. Medical physics. Surface studies, Dating of archeological objects.
Strong theory groups in nuclear structure(3-body halo nuclei)Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions astroparticle physics.
Argentina
20 MV Pelletron Tandem, stable beams, nuclearReaction studies, fusion, break-up reactions.
Strong activity in Medical Physics: construction of a high intensity low-energy proton accelerator and a SPECT tomograph for accelerator-based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT).
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Mexico
• Nuclear structure (symmetries, cluster models,
nuclear masses, double b decay) T
• Hadronic physics (LE QCD, quark models) T
• Cosmic rays (Pyramid of the Sun, HAWC) E
International collaborations: T, E– ALICE (IFUNAM, ICNUNAM, Cinvestav, BUAP, UAS)– Auger (ICNUNAM) – RIB ORNL, Notre Dame (IFUNAM, ICNUNAM)– LANL (IFUNAM)
• Medical physics (IFUNAM, ICNUNAM, School of Medicine UNAM, UAZ) E• Radiation physics E
– RBS, PIXE, other techniques
VenezuelaApplications only- Promotion of the Latin American Environmental Radiation Network to draw a Regional Radiological Map.- New equipment for multiphase fluid monitoring in oilfield exploitation. - Geochronology (IAEA project VEN/2012- Radiobiology
ChileUniversidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria – ValparaisoTheory: study of the origin of the proton spin. Neutrino physics. Analytical calculation of Feynman diagrams.Experimental: Activity at Jefferson Laboratory USA.Santiago : Applications
Colombia, Peru, Cuba: Applications
Conclusions
• ALAFNA is becoming formalized
• Next LASNPA-Medellin,Colombia, come over
• No new facilities
• International Institute of Physics in Natal
• Brazil’s Scientific mobility program-success
High Energy Physics :
The São Paulo Research and Analysis Center (SPRACE) implemented in 2003, financial support from FAPESP, participation of high energy physics researchers from the State of São Paulo in DZero Collaboration at Fermilab and in Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.
http://www.sprace.org.br/sprace-project
SPRACE associated to Heavy Ion group which explores the properties of the theory of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), such as the confinement of quarks and gluons, and the asymptotic freedom, that explains the existence of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), a state of matter present at the birth of the Universe.
The SPRACE computing center provides more than ten Teraflops of computing power. In 2005, SPRACE became part of the Open Science Grid (OSG), a consortium of universities, national laboratories and computing centers, which share a grid infrastructure over research networks via a common middleware.
It has become a Tier-2 in the hierarchical computing structure that is being used by the CMS experiment.
Date # Nodes #Cores HEP-SPEC06
TFlops (theoretical)
Storage (TB Raw)
Storage (TiB)
Mar/2004 22 44 113 0.233 4 3.4 Jun/2005 54 108 485 1.001 12.4 10.6 Sep/2006 86 172 1,475 2.025 12.4 10.6 Aug/2010 80 320 3,255 3.02 144 102.6 Mar/2012 80 320 3,255 3.02 504 378.6 Jun/2012 144 1088 13,698 10.085 1,044 787.0
Production Time History
SPRACE has a strong commitment to teaching and outreach activities.
At the São Paulo Research and Analysis Center (SPRACE) the International MasterClass event has been organized since 2008, always with increasing number of schools and participants. In 2014, SPRACE hosted more than 20 high schools from São Paulo and vicinities, bringing around 250 students and teachers for taking part in the three days of the event.
Conclusions
• ALAFNA is becoming formalized
• Next LASNPA-Medellin,Colombia, come over
• International Institute of Physics in Natal
• Brazil’s Scientific mobility program-success
• SPRACE
Total number of implemented fellowships: 55.657(may 2014)
Distribution per modality:
PhD “sandwích” 15.000 / 5.763
Full PhD 4.500 / 1.615
Post-doctoral 6.440 / 3.088
Under-graduate “sandwích” 64.000 / 45.054
Country of destination:
USA 14.983 UK 6.756Canada 5.596France 5.243Australia 4.168 Germany 4.149Portugal 3.138 Spain 2.980Italy 2.254Ireland 1.756Hungary 1.446Holland 1.133 South Corea 374Belgium 319 Japan 194China 193Sweden 188etc
Gender:
44% female56% male
Second phase, announced in 2014/06/25 by president Dilma Rousseff
Ciência sem Fronteiras 2.0 beginning in 2015:Federal government will offer 100 thousand new fellowships.