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Nuclear and Heavy Ion Physics –

1998 - 2005

• High energy nuclear physics – Exploring the phases of nuclear matter

• ISOLDE physics / High spin nuclear structure

• Nuclear theory (since 2000)

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Project Budget

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

All subprojects incl. stipends

1230 1795 1827 2020 1980 1980 1340 1100

• Overall funding (in kNOK)

• Share of the subprojects in 2005

Heavy Ion Physics 70%

ISOLDE / High Spin Studies 14 %

Theory 16 %

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ISOLDE physics

• Isotope Separator On-Line DEvice

• Norwegian participants– UiO -

Dept. of Chemistry

– UiO -Dept. of Physics

• Experiments– Nuclear structure of very

neutron-rich Sn-nuclides (IS387)

– Q -value of r-process waiting-point 130Cd

– Octupole deformation (masses 226, 229)

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High Energy Nuclear Physics

Studying the properties of the Quark-Gluon PlasmaNA57 at SPS and BRAHMS at RHIC

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NA57 at SPS

• End of data taking in 2001

• Norwegian contribution– Software

infrastructure

– Acceptance and efficiency correction

• Main result: strangeness enhancement in PbPb

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• BRAHMS at RHIC– cf. Trine Tveter’s presentation

• Nuclear Theory– cf. Laszlo Csernai’s presentation