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ALICE
ALICE is the only LHC experiment fully dedicated to study the Quark Gluon Plasma in heavy ion collisions. The DAPNIA is involved in the study of the muon pairs coming from the decay of heavy resonances (ϒ and J/ψ), one of the most striking probes of the quark gluon ... Alice - Dimuon arm ALICE - Experimental means
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Antares, a high energy neutrino telescope
Overview
Most of our current knowledge of the Universe comes from the observation of photons.
Photons have many advantages as cosmic information carriers: they are copiously produced, they are stable and electrically neutral, they are easy to detect over a wide energy range, and ...
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ArTeMiS bolometer array
Latest news
First 450 micron imaging of star-forming regions and protoplanetary disks with p-ArTéMiS on APEX telescope
The first wide-field maps were obtained with the prototype camera of ArTéMiS, a wide-field new generation bolometer camera, on APEX telescope on the Chajnantor ... Presentation First Science Performances
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ATLAS
Atlas is one of the general purpose detectors which will start operation in 2008 at the the CERN proton collider, to study the Higgs boson.
Goals:
Unifying the elementary constituants of matter and their interactions.
Atlas is one of the two general purpose detectors installed at ... ATLAS-Calorimeter ATLAS-Muon Spectrometer ATLAS-Toroid
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BAO
L’essentiel du contenu de l’Univers, soit environ 70%, est dominé par une composante énergétique qui n’est ni matière ni rayonnement : l’énergie noire. Cette composante mystérieuse observée pour la première fois ...
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CLAS/DVCS
Objectives
Study of deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) at Jefferson Lab, at 6 GeV, as part of the general program to determine generalized parton distributions (GPD) in the nucleon.
Recent theoretical advances resulted in the definition of these new ... Projet ANR PARTONS
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CLAS12
Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering experiment at Jefferson Lab Hall B , with CLAS12, large acceptance spectrometer.
Goals:
New theoretical concepts, Generalized Parton Distributions (GPD), enable to probe with a dramatic accuracy the nucleon structure, and access the quark ... Projet ANR PARTONS
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CMS
CMS is the detector of one of the 2 out of 4 multi-purpose experiments located on the LHC at CERN. It should start to take data in 2008.
Main goals :
During the last decades, research in particle physics has made tremendous progress and succeeded in validating the theoretical ... CMS-solenoid
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COAST COmputational ASTrophysics
Web site of the COAST project
Presentation
The COAST project is a DAPNIA program of high performances computing in astrophysics. It includes developments of codes, numerical methods, visualization tools, distributed databases, ...
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Detectors for linear collider
FELICE (acronym for "Future Electron LInear Collider Experiment") is a group of physicists and engineers working for the physics and detectors at the ILC (International Linear Collider). An electron-positron linear collider, with a centre-of-mass energy up to 1 TeV, has been chosen by a ...
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Double-Chooz
Scientific goals :
Neutrinos are elementary particles produced abundantly in stars, in the Earth's atmosphere and in the cores of nuclear power plants. In 2006 CEA/IRFU and CNRS/IN2P3 have decided to officially launch the construction of the Double Chooz experiment. Two identical ... Série de posters décrivant l'expérience Double Chooz
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ECLAIRs
ECLAIRs
A telescope dedicated to the study of gamma ray bursts
The ECLAIRs telescope is the key element of the SVOM mission (Space-based multi-band Variable Object Monitor), a ...
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Edelweiss
Objectives
The goal of Edelweiss is to detect the dark matter of our Galaxy through its interactions in detectors operated in underground laboratory.
The EROS experiment, searching for massive compact objects in our galaxy, showed that at most 7 % of our local missing mass could be ...
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Euclid
EUCLID
A space telescope for the study of the Dark Universe
The purpose of the Euclid mission (before named DUNE acronym for "Dark UNiverse Explorer") is to shed light on the "dark" components of the ... CEA and EUCLID
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EURISOL (Design study)
Context of the experiment The EURISOL design study will produce detailed engineering-oriented studies and technical prototyping work for the next-generation ISOL Radioactive Ion Beam (RIB) facility in Europe. Such a world-class facility, complementary to the in-flight facility envisaged ...
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FERMI-GLAST
FERMI-GLAST
FERMI- GLAST successfully launched on 11th June, 2008 : see Actualités
The GLAST telescope was renammed the FERMI telescope after its launch on Augudst 26th, 2008 as a tribute to ...
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GOLF-NG
GOLF-NG
GOLF-NG (Global Oscillations at Low Frequencies - New Generation) est le successeur de l’instrument GOLF qui se trouve à bord du satellite européen SoHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) construit par l’ESA et lancé par la ...
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HERSCHEL
Herschel
An Infrared and Sub-millimetre Observatory
The Herschel telescope is a scientific space mission developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) dedicated to observing the Universe in ...
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ISEULT- INUMAC
The technique of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a diagnostic tool for research and neuroscience. Its evolution led to instruments for whole body operating at very high field from 0.5 to 1.5 tesla for medical examinations and 3 to 5 tesla for research ...
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ITER
Objective
The objective of the ITER (« way » in latine) project is to go through the steps still necessary to enable the construction of a prototype producing electricity through nuclear fusion in the years 2050's.
Context
Research activities in the ...
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JWST-MIRI
JWST-MIRI
MIRI : an infrared instrument on board JWST
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be the successor of the Hubble Space Telescope, and is planned to take over in 2018. This is a NASA led ...
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Megapie
Objectives:
Megapie (Megawatt pilot experiment) is an international project having as objectives to design, build, test and decomission the first lead-bismuth liquid spallation target functioning under 1 MW deposited power. This target is used as neutron source. Neutrons are produced ... Experimental means
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Mini Inca
Objectives
The objective of the Mini-INCA project is to study minor-actinide transmutation processes in high intensity thermal neutron fluxes, in view of proposing solutions to reduce the radiotoxicity of long-lived nuclear wastes. The fission process is the best way to reduce radiotoxicity and ... Experimental means
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Nuclear modelling
Thèmes-programmes:
Thématique et contexte du projet In parallel with the experimental activities of the MNM group at DAPNIA/SPhN some fundamental and applied modelling takes place to simulate innovative nuclear systems for nuclear waste transmutation, intensive neutron sources based ...
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PHENIX
The Dapnia contribution to the PHENIX experiment focuses on the study of the J/Ψ production in heavy ion collisions via its decay into a μ+ μ- at forward rapidity. The first results on J/Ψ production in Au+Au collisions at a center of mass energy of 200 GeV has been ...
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PhotoNuc
Goals
Recently there is a renewed interest in photonuclear reactions thanks to a number of applications, some of which require a fundamental studies of physical processes, provision of new experimental data as well as evaluation efforts of already existing ...
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S3: Super Separator Spectrometer
Introduction
Background of the ProjectS3 (Super Separator Spectrometer) is a device designed for experiments with the very high intensity stable beams of SPIRAL2. These heavy ions (from He to Ca in a first step, then up to U), will reach intensities from 1pµA up to 1pmA. They address ...
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SIMBOL-X
Simbol-X
A new generation space telescope for high-energy astrophysics
The Simbol-X project is a new generation high energy telescope operating in the 0.5 to 80 keV energy range, using in all this domain the principle of a telescope, i.e. the concentration of ...
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SNLS : SuperNova Legacy Survey
Objectives:
The objective of SNLS is to find and study high-redshift supernovae for cosmological applications. It follows in the steps of the original studies that made the surprising discovery of a non-vanishing cosmological constant or, equivalently, a vacuum energy. SNLS strives to refine ...
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SPIRAL2
Presentation:
SPIRAL2 [SPIRAL: Système de Production d'Ions Radioactifs Accélérés en Ligne, production system of on-line accelerated radioactive ions] is the project of a facility intended for the production of new beams of stable and radioactive ions at GANIL ... SPIRAL2-Cryomodule A
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Super Heavy Element Studies
Objectives
While the heaviest element on earth is 238-uranium (with traces of Pu and Np in natural nuclear reactors) whose lifetime is 5 billion years, the last 60 years have seen the synthesis of dozens of new elements in laboratory, with shorter lifetimes. In 2007, The heaviest elements which ...
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Supra HF
Généralités
Thématique et contexte du projet L’utilisation de cavités supraconductrices pour accélérer des faisceaux de particules apporte de nombreux avantages, notamment en terme de rendement, et de compacité des structures pour les ...
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T2K
T2K (Tokai to Kamioka) is an experiment dedicated to the study of neutrino oscillations over a long distance using a µ-neutrino beam. The beam will originate from the J-PARC accelerator which is under construction in Tokai. The neutrino beam will be aimed at Super Kamiokande, a detector ...
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The nucleus in all its shapes
Theme and context of the projet
This research concerns atomic nuclei under extreme conditions of deformation, spin, isospin and mass. The structure of atomic nuclei under these conditions allows to high presicsion test of state-of-the-art nuclear models. As one example the shape of atomic nuclei ...
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W7X
Le projet W7-X est un projet de l’Institut de physique du plasma de Garching (Allemagne) qui a la responsabilité de la réalisation d’une des machines de recherche du programme européen de fusion thermonucléaire par confinement magnétique. Cette ...
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Irfu
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Création : Thierry Morin et Simon Holzman