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The ultimate constituents of matter

The ultimate constituents of matter

Basic research in the subnuclear realm deals with tiniest entities in our Universe. Dapnia strives to answer unsolved questions about these: What is the origin of mass? Is there a single, universal force? What are the properties of neutrinos? ...

The Standard Model

Physics at the LHC

Neutrinos

Hadron structure

Energy content of the Universe

Energy content of the Universe

We now know that we observe but a small fraction of the Universe’s content. What are its main building blocks? Dark matter, dark energy, the fate of primordial antimatter are at the core of this research. ...

Dark matter

Dark energy

Antimatter and CP violation

Structure formation in the Universe

Structure formation in the Universe

From the Big Bang to galaxies and stars, the Universe has been evolving for 13 billion years. Dapnia researchers want to understand how matter was distributed in the first moments, and how galaxies and clusters originated and evolved from this initial state. ...

Cosmology and structure formation in the Universe

Galaxy formation and evolution

Structure and evolution of celestial bodies

Structure and evolution of celestial bodies

Whereas the birth of stars can be quiet, their demise may be cataclysmic, leaving remnants with extraordinary properties: pulsars, black holes, micro-quasars… Dapnia is interested in all stages of their life cycle, including our own Sun. ...

Formation of stars and planets

Stellar an laboratory plasmas

Compact objects and their environment

Cosmic ray sources

Nuclear matter in extreme states

Nuclear matter in extreme states

In extreme conditions, new nuclei are formed and new states of matter may appear. Neutrons and protons display different arrangements in nuclei that puzzle Dapnia physicists: what rules do they obey? Which models are best suited to describe the nucleus? What are the astrophysical implications? ...

Quark-gluon plasma

Exotic nuclei

 
Innovation for detection systems

Innovation for detection systems

New instruments for physics research require state-of-the art knowledge, as well as untried technologies. Researchers-engineers and technicians at Dapnia are designing and building, in collaboration with industry, the necessary equipment for physics experiments at laboratories around the world, be ...

Development of detectors

Signal processing and real time systems

Intensive computation and simulation

Magnets and accelerators

Magnets and accelerators

New instruments for physics research require state-of-the art knowledge, as well as untried technologies. Researchers-engineers and technicians at Dapnia are designing and building, in collaboration with industry, the necessary equipment for physics experiments at laboratories around the world, be ...

Particle accelerators

Superconducting magnets

New developments for magnet and accelerator instrumentation

Physics for nuclear energy

Physics for nuclear energy

Basic research in nuclear physics paves the way for new developments in the field of nuclear energy. The teams at Dapnia are providing CEA with basic nuclear data; they are also studying the possible transmutation of long-lived nuclear waste, and contributing to projects in nuclear fusion. ...

Nuclear data measurements and modelling

Technological research for fusion energy

Dapnia expertise working for the society

Dapnia expertise working for the society

 Knowledge and technology developed for basic research prove to be useful in many other fields: Dismantling of nuclear installations, development of sophisticated medical imaging tools or climate studies benefit today from the expertise at Dapnia. ...

Physics and health

Expertise in decommissioning and design of nuclear facilities

Light sources

Environment