A naukri.com initiative
Interactions
1M
324
CNRS and TRIUMF join forces to create the French-Canadian NPAT laboratory dedicated to research in nuclear physics and astrophysics
- The French research organization CNRS and Canada's particle accelerator centre, TRIUMF, have agreed to create an international research laboratory named NPAT for ‘Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics and Accelerator Technologies’. The lab will open in Vancouver on 1 January 2025. The new IRL will draw on existing facilities in both institutions to facilitate the construction and operation of innovative new instruments in research into ‘exotic’ nuclei and nuclear astrophysics. The field of investigation will also include research and development on ion accelerators that underpin the synthesis of exotic nuclei.
- The electrostatic ISOLDE (isotope separation online) facility at CERN and the SPIRAL1 facility at GANIL will make it possible to carry out precision manipulations such as mass spectrometry and laser spectroscopy, which will be the main focus of the DESIR facility, currently under construction at GANIL.
- NPAT will exploit the synergies between the ISOL facilities in both institutions to carry out research on ‘exotic’ nuclei to explore the mechanisms of nucleus cohesion and research into nuclear astrophysics, which links extreme astrophysical objects such as neutron stars with the behaviour of nuclear matter.
- NPAT will also facilitate advances in nuclear physics informing the construction and operation of innovative instruments such as DESIR and the ARIEL photofission facility currently being built at TRIUMF as well as promoting the development of innovative ion accelerators and associated techniques. The IRL will draw on existing facilities at GANIL and TRIUMF.
- Located within TRIUMF, on the grounds of the University of British Columbia, NPAT will also provide a new home for French scientists in Canada. This new structure will consolidate already thriving collaborations between the two counties’ physics communities.
- The CNRS is France's largest research organisation, with more than 1,100 research laboratories in France and abroad. TRIUMF is Canada’s particle accelerator centre.
- Through the creation of the international research laboratory, NPAT, CNRS Nucléaire & Particules aims to consolidate relationships with key players in nuclear physics research on the North American continent.
- The electrostatic ISOLDE (isotope separation online) facility at CERN and the SPIRAL1 facility at GANIL will make it possible to carry out precision manipulations such as mass spectrometry and laser spectroscopy.
- The IRL will enable exchange of good processes and know-how to achieve the research and development objectives. Both organisations stand to gain valuable from the potential resources.
- NPAT will bring together the Canadian and French nuclear physics communities around two key themes, research on ‘exotic’ nuclei and nuclear astrophysics, which will be studied through innovative new research tools and processes.
Read Full Article
19 Likes
For uninterrupted reading, download the app