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“European Nuclear Science and Applications Research”

(ENSAR)

Muhsin N. Harakeh

NuPECC Meeting

7-8 October 2011

Budapest, Hungary

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ENSAR = Integrating Activity (IA) of European Nuclear Scientists

Targeted CallA project under this topic should aim at integrating the key research infrastructures in Europe for studying the properties of exotic nuclei, and turning advances in nuclear physics experimentation into new applications.

Major subfields of Nuclear Physics:• Nuclear Structure• Nuclear Astrophysics• Applications of Nuclear Science.

Purpose:•Networking Activities•Transnational Access•Joint Research Activities

Ensure qualitative and quantitative improvement of the access to the seven infrastructures, and advanced technology for the new large-scale projects & applications.

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Transnational Access Facilities in IA ENSAR

TNA1 (Access to GANIL) TNA2 (Access to GSI) TNA3 (Access to INFN-LNL&LNS) TNA4 (Access to JYU-JYFL) TNA5 (Access to KVI) TNA6 (Access to CERN-ISOLDE) TNA7 (Access to ALTO)

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N° Part Name Part TOTAL T&S User fee AGATA Indirect Costs Request

1 GANIL 338,800.00 350,000.00 80,000.00 23,716.00 792,516.00

2 GSI 264,620.00 372,138.00 99,534.00 18,523.40 754,816.00

3 INFN 234,320.00 382,261.03 63,542.00 16,402.40 696,526.00

4 JYU 300,800.00 271,788.00 21,056.00 593,644.00

5 RUG 86,160.00 252,797.20 6,031.20 344,988.00

6 CERN 252,000.00 291,380.32 17,640.00 561,020.00

7 CNRS 73,720.00 151,998.00 - 5,160.40 230,878.00

1,550,420 2,072,363 243,076 108,529 3,974,388.00 Total

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N° Part Name PartUnit Cost

€

Min Access to be provided

Estimated # of projects Estimated # of users

1 GANIL 100 3500 40 280

2 GSI 99.2 3750 33 230

3 INFN 86.4 4424 52 204

4 JYU 90.6 3000 50 200

5 RUG 316 800 6 48

6 CERN 56 5200 60 400

7 CNRS 103.4 1470 76 116

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Network Activities in ENSAR (2nd Call)

NA01 FISCO (FInancial & Scientific COordination) M. N. Harakeh

NA02 ECOS (European Collaboration On Stable ion beams) F. Azaiez

NA03 EURISOL NET (EURopean ISOL NETwork) Y. Blumenfeld

NA04 ATHENA (Advanced THeory & Experiments for Nuclear Astrophysics) K. Sonnabend

NA05 EGAN (European Gamma & Ancillary detectors Network) S. Lenzi

NA06 EFINION (European Forum for Innovative applications of Nuclear ION beams and tools) S. Harissopulos

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Joint Research Activities in ENSAR (2nd Call)

The JRAs deal with all aspects of experimental activities from sources and targets, to detectors, to simulations of experimental set-ups, data analysis and a development of adequate theoretical tools.

• JRA01 ARES (Advanced Research on Ecr ion Sources) G. Ciavola

• JRA02 ActILab (Actinide ISOL target R&D Laboratory) T. Stora

• JRA03 PREMAS (Low-energy beam PREparation, MAnipulation & Spectroscopy) A. Jokinen

• JRA04 INDESYS (INnovative solutions for nuclear physics DEtector SYStems: “From basic R&D to applications for the society”) D. Cortina Gil

•JRA05 SiNuRSE (Simulations for Nuclear Reactions and Structure in Europe) N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki

• JRA06 EWIRA (East West Integrated Research Activities) D. Balabanski

• JRA07 THEXO (THeoretical tools in support of infrastructures)P.-H. Heenen

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Partners of

GANILGANILGSIGSI

LNL-INFNLNL-INFN

LNS-INFNLNS-INFN

JYLJYL

RUG-KVIRUG-KVI

CERN-ISOLDECERN-ISOLDE

ALTO-CNRSALTO-CNRS

TUWTUWULBULB

KULKUL

CEACEA

INRNE-BASINRNE-BAS

RBIRBI

NPINPI

TUDTUD

NCSRDNCSRD

ATOMKI-HASATOMKI-HAS

ECT*ECT*

UWARUWAR

IFJ-PANIFJ-PAN

FFCULFFCUL

IFIN-HHIFIN-HH

USCUSC

CIEMATCIEMAT

UCMUCM

PSIPSI

UNIBASUNIBAS

JOGUJOGU

UNIMANUNIMAN30 beneficiaries30 beneficiaries

7 TNA Facilities7 TNA Facilities

18 countries53 associated partners18 countries53 associated partners

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ENSAR Timeline Negotiation with EC opened on 26 March 2010.

First negotiation meeting with EC on 18 May 2010.

Negotiations ended on target date, i.e. 11 June 2010.

ENSAR started on 1 September 2010.

ENRI Agreement signed on 6 September 2010

Grant Contract signed on 3 December 2010.

EC first instalment received on 13 December 2010.

Consortium Agreement signed on 22 December 2010.

End of the ENSAR project August 31, 2014

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ENSAR Organisation Coordinator: M. N. Harakeh (KVI/GANIL)

Deputy Coordinator: M. Lewitowicz (GANIL)

Project Manager: K. Turzó (GANIL)

Financial/administrative: V. Vandevoorde/S. Dubromel Managing institution: GANIL 30 Partners

10

NA01FISCO

Meetings:2 /year

Meetings:1 /year

Meetings:1 /year

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First ENSAR Project Coordination Committee (PCC) meeting was held at GANIL, Caen, France on 3 November 2010. Discussed progress and elected PCC executive Board.

R. Julin, Y. BlumenfeldS. Lenzi, S. HarissopulosD. Cortina-Gil, D. Balabanski

Second ENSAR PCC and first General Assembly (GA) meeting was held at GSI, Darmstadt, Germany on 24-25 May 2011.Discussed progress of activitiesTNAs progressed in giving access to users.Hiring of fixed-term personnel (post-docs) by JRAs going wellOrganizing workshops by NAsElected Chair of General Assembly

Rauno Julin

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First Facility Coordinating Group (FCG)Meeting held recently on 27 September in Belgodère, Corsica. Report follows.

Third ENSAR PCC meeting is approved to become a PCC Executive Committee meeting. It will be a phone conference to be held on 11 October 2011. Milestones and deliverables achieved by each work package will be reported.

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ENSAR Research Infrastructures (ENRI):GANIL, GSI, LNL/LNS, JYFL, KVI, ISOLDE-CERN and IPNO-ALTO agree to make efforts to maintain the collaboration within research fields of common interest both fundamental and applied and to submit an application for Integrating Activity.

•Accelerator facilities

Offer a broad and high-quality palette of stable and exotic ion beams and unique equipment.

•Experiments in nuclear (astro)physics

Nuclear structure of very exotic nuclei.

Nuclear astrophysics with exotic and stable beams

•Nuclear theoryCollaborations between theorists and experimentalists of

ENRI laboratories already exist, but will be strengthened through agreement.

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• Expensive, technically advanced experimental equipmenttechnically advanced and expensive, but mobile, equipment that could be used at the different laboratories.

• CoordinationA facility coordination group (FCG) has been set up through ENSAR, consisting of directors, chairmen of the local Programme Advisory Committees (PAC’s) and coordinator of ENSAR.

Reviews working procedures of various PAC’s and participates in the definition and improvement of the criteria for access.

Makes recommendations on common policies.

Further aspects of the collaboration:Exchange of technical expertise especially in accelerator technology areas, in radiobiology, hadron therapy and other applications. Collaboration in education and training.

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Some goals of the FCG collaborative work:• Harmonization of the access procedures to the 7 ENSAR infrastructures• Harmonization of the support offered to users by the infrastructures• Recommendations on common policies

Technical collaborations are also emphasized in other ENSAR WP’s, as ECOS and EGAN.

In this first meeting, functioning of PACs (and User Selection Panels) of the 7 infrastructure was presented.• How to deal with new proposals (LoIs)?

Referees - rankings – ENSAR support, etc. • How to deal with accepted proposals?

Scheduling of beam time.• What is the policy with respect to backlogs?• What to do regarding shutdown periods at major infrastructures?

ISOLDE: November 2012 - March 2014GANIL: August 2012 - March 2013GSI: 6 months of beam time in 2013-2014

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How to harmonize the procedures in Europe?

• Main difference between the RI’s: submission, voting procedures (traditions)• Common basis: scientific excellence. More criteria exist, as

the ability to perform the experiment.• ALTO proposes a template for a good proposal: good practice to be shared?• The personal presentation could also be performed via video

or by the local contact person.

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Thank you for your attention

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Taking these recommendations into account and after consultation with the user community, the ENSAR Scientific Advisory Committee decided on 23 April to enforce the following cuts:

TNAs: a 12% cut should be realised totally at the cost of, i.e. reduction of, unit cost leaving the minimum number of hours of beam time and the travel and subsistence for users the same.

The total budget for AGATA within the three concerned TNAs should be cut by 20%. ( EC request 3.97 M€)

JRAs: were proportionally cut by 27%. It was left to the JRA work-package leaders to realise this cut in the way they find best for their community. However, it was strongly advised to cut tasks completely, if feasible. ( EC request 2.93 M€)

The NAs were cut by 30% (except FISCO which has to stay at 7% of the total budget thus applying a 20% cut). Here also, it was strongly advised to cut tasks completely, if feasible.( EC request 1.10 M€)