The Nuclear Physics Division

LEARN - Study and Applications of Nuclear Reactions

LEARN staffs study the process and mechanisms at work in nuclear reactions and provide expertise to address issues in related topics or societal issues.

LENA group - Structure of the Atomic Nuclei

The LENA group laboratory conducts experimental programs on the structure and spectroscopy of the nucleus in extreme states, following three research axes: • the structure of exotic nuclei with neutron halos or skins, low energy resonances, modifications of the standard shell structure, • shapes and deformations of nuclei, which may have very different shapes in the vicinity of their ground state, • and the spectroscopy of very heavy nuclei (region of transfermium nuclei and beyond).

Nucleon Structure Laboratory (LSN) - The internal structure of hadrons

The Nucleon Structure Laboratory leads research programs in hadron physics and Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) with a specific focus on the internal structure of hadrons.

Quark-Gluon Plasma Laboratory

LQGP

The quark-gluon plasma laboratory studies ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions to create and characterize the new state of nuclear matter in which the quarks and gluons are deconfined, the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). A few micro-seconds after the Big Bang, the Universe was in such a QGP state.

Nuclear Physics Division

Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe