Shanghai, February 24th, 2009 CEA and IRFU presentation Madeleine Soyeur

CEAthe French Atomic Energy

Commission

IrfuInstitute of Research

into the Fundamental laws of the Universe

Madeleine Soyeur (CEA/Irfu) Doris Neumann (CEA/DRI)

Shanghai, February 24th, 2009 CEA and IRFU presentation Madeleine Soyeur

CEA, French Atomic Energy Commission

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Public research organization created in 1945 with the aim of studying atomic nuclei and the applications of nuclear reactions for energy production, industry and defense.

Present activity: Research, development and innovation (2/3)

● Fundamental research in physics and life sciences ● Research on energy (future nuclear reactors, nuclear waste recycling, other energies without greenhouse gas emission) ● Technological research (information and health technologies) ► Close links between fundamental and applied research, between research and industry

Defense and global security (1/3)

● Education and training to share the CEA’s knowledge and know-how ● Technology transfer and involvement in the creation of companies based on technologies developed at the CEA

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Civilian research key figures

Personal: ~ 10 500 permanent employees ~ 1 000 PhD students ~ 300 Post-docs Budget: ~ 2 billion €

~ 3 500 scientific publications per year

~ 400 priority patents filed per year

~ 700 active partnership agreements with

industries

More than 100 spin-off start-ups created from

the CEA since

1984

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Personal ~ 800 people (the largest research institute of the CEA)

Physics divisions: Astrophysics and space technologies Nuclear physics (+ nuclear expertise) Particle physics

Technical divisions: Accelerators, supraconducting magnets Detectors, electronics, computing System engineering IFMIF-EVEDA (ITER – Collaboration with Rokkasho) (International Fusion Material Irradiation Facility - Engineering Validation Engineering Design Activities) Project oriented organization with strong national and international collaborations

Institute of Research into the Fundamental laws of the Universe (Irfu)

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Physics issues

Elementary constituents of matter

Standard model and its extensionsNeutrino oscillationsStructure of hadrons

Matter under extreme conditions

Nuclei far from stabilityQuark-gluon plasma

Cosmology, cosmic radiationsFormation of stars and galaxiesDark universe, antimatter

Structure and energy content of the universe

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The CEA and Asia in fundamental research

China: Framework-Agreement with the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Involvement in the French-Chinese Particle Physics Laboratory (FCPPL with the CNRS and IHEP)

Japan: Agreements with KEK, RIKEN, Kyoto and Tokyo Universities

Involvement in the French-Japanese Particle Physics Laboratory (FJPPL with the CNRS) Korea: Agreement with the Korean Institute for Science and Technology (KIST)

India: Agreement with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)

Numerous Irfu MoU’s involving Asian countries

n_TOF (India, Japan), ALICE (China, India, Japan), COMPASS (India, Japan), LHC Computing Grid (China, India, Japan), KEK E362 (Japan, Korea), …