NEWSLETTER 36
The Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics
JUNE 2017
Experimental nuclear physics represents the link between the study of the primordial stages of the universe, carried out with the aid of large particle accelerators, and research into star, galaxy and galaxy cluster formation mechanisms, with experiments on nuclei stability and exotic nuclei production. At INFN, research activities in this field are carried out in the four national laboratories, at TIFPA (Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics Applications) and in several divisions, with important repercussions in various fields other than fundamental research, such as medical physics, physics for the cultural heritage, energy research and development of new materials and technologies for nuclear safety.
The INFN is engaged in several projects on experimental nuclear physics, ranging from fundamental physics to medical applications. How are the various activities coordinated in the Institute?
The coordination of experimental nuclear physics research activities in INFN is carried out by the third National Scientific Commission (CSN3) which establishes the priorities and funding of individual projects. But the broad spectrum of research activities in this field doesn't end with CSN3.
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INFN has awarded a start-up grant of 20 thousand euros to each of the 73 researchers recently recruited, thanks to the Stability Law, to implement their own research project. Overall, INFN will ...
The ASTRI telescope has seen the first glimmers of Cherenkov light from the astronomical site of Serra la Nave on Mount Etna. ASTRI, a project led by the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF), and implemented in collaboration with INFN, a number of Italian universities, the University of São Paulo physics. ...
The Muon g-2 experiment studying the magnetic moment of the muon is celebrating a milestone. The first muon beams produced by the Fermilab accelerator have circulated in the large superconducting magnet: this marks the beginning of a fascinating challenge to confirm or deny an anomaly measured at the beginning of the 2000's by the first experiment of this type. ...
The agreement between INFN and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) has been signed for the launch of innovative detectors capable of measuring the polarization of the X-ray radiation of the astrophysical sources: so far a property only observed in the brilliant Crab Nebula in 1972, due to the lack of sufficiently ....
TOP PHYSICISTS GATHERING IN VENICE
One of the most prestigious physics conferences worldwide, the European Physical Society (EPS) conference on High Energy Physics (HEP), is coming back to Italy after over thirty years. The EPS HEP 2017 edition is organised by the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) Padua Division and by the University of Padua Department of Physics and Astronomy "Galileo Galilei". It will take place at Lido island in Venice, which will hence become the gathering point for the international top physicists. The conference will deal with some of the most fascinating themes in physics research: from the origin of our Universe to the Higgs Boson identikit, from the hunt for dark matter to the properties of the elusive neutrino, from New Physics to gravitational waves whose historic discovery was announced in 2016. All of these topics and many more will be discussed during the conference, where many cutting edge results and updates will be presented. ...
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Venice will host the EPS HEP 2017 conference
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