NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER, PLASMA AND RADIATION PHYSICS Institute for Space Sciences

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER, PLASMA AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER, PLASMA AND RADIATION PHYSICSRADIATION PHYSICS

Institute for Space SciencesInstitute for Space SciencesP.O. Box: MG-23, RO 76911 Bucharest ROMANIA

Tel./Fax (4021) 457.44.71

E-Mail: [email protected]

http://venus. nipne.ro

IISSSS

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Main directions for R & D activityMain directions for R & D activity

Cosmic physics cosmic rays, nuclear astrophysics and particles

cosmic plasma and magnetometry

astrophysics

Cosmology

General theoretical and mathematical physics

Gravitation and Microgravitation

Space technology engineering for space research and remote sensing

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Total 86

R & D personnel 68

– Ph.D. 21– Ph.D. students 21– Master students 12

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33%31%

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Average age = 36 yearsAverage age = 36 years

Personnel structure - 2003Personnel structure - 2003

1 - senior researchers I, II and III

2 - scientific researchers

3 - assistant researchers

4 - assistants

5 - services and workers1%

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STRUCTURESTRUCTURE

LaboratoriesLaboratories

1. Space Research Laboratory

2. Space Engineering Laboratory

3. Gravitation Laboratory

AdministrationAdministration

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International R & D partnersInternational R & D partners (1)

Belgium1. Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy.

Czech Republic1. Institute of Atmospheric Physics of Czech Academy, Prague;

2. Karlovo University, Prague.

France 1. Laboratoire de Physique des Atomes, Lasers, Molecules et Surfaces, CNRS;

2. Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et Moleculaires, Universite Paris Sud, Orsay;

3. Laboratoire Aime Cotton, Universite Paris Sud, Orsay.

4. University of Cergy-Pontoise, Department of Mathematics, Cergy-Pontoise.

Germany1. Max Plank Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching.

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International R & D partnersInternational R & D partners (2)

Italy1. C.N.R – I.A.S.F. Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna;

2. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita di Bologna;

3. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita, Gran Sasso;

4. Laboratorio per lo Studio degli Effetti delle Radiazioni sui Materiali Speciali (SERMS), Terni.

Russia1. Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna.

Turkey1. Cankaya University, Ankara.

USA1. EMBRY - RIDDLE Aeronautical University, Florida. 2. Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh.

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Mobility 1999 - 2002Mobility 1999 - 2002

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Satellites and space stations with our participationSatellites and space stations with our participation

(own experiments or in cooperation)

1. Magnetometry and cosmic plasmas

– 1978 INTERKOSMOS 18

– 1980 INTERKOSMOS 20

– 1981 INTERKOSMOS 21

– 1989 INTERKOSMOS 24 AKTIVNII - MAGION 2

– 1991 INTERKOSMOS 25 APEX - MAGION 3

– 1995 INTERBALL 1 - MAGION 4 - TAIL

– 1996 INTERBALL 2 - MAGION 5 - AURORAL

– 1996 FAST

– 1997 EQUATOR - S

– 2000 CLUSTER II

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Satellites and space stations with our participationSatellites and space stations with our participation (cont.)(own experiments or in cooperation)

2. Cosmic rays– 1972 INTERKOSMOS 6– 1974 COSMOS 690– 1975 COSMOS 782– 1977 INTERKOSMOS 17 & COSMOS 936– 1979 COSMOS 1129 & SALIUT 6– 1981 Scientific Program of Romanian cosmonaut -

SALIUT 6– 1982 COSMOS 1514 & SALIUT 7– 1985 SALIUT 7– 1986 COSMOS 1781– 1989 COSMOS 2044– 1993 COSMOS 2229

3. Remote sensing

1996 MIR - PRIRODA

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Space experimentsSpace experiments

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1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000

Year

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MAGION 2 - AKTIVNYI satellite

500 km x 2 500 km820

1989

MAGION 4 - INTERBALL TAIL satellite

315 km X 200 000 km650

1995

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INTERBALL Project

AURORAL

TAIL

INTERBALL - AURORAL

770 x 20.000 km

INTERBALL - TAIL

315 x 200.000 km

Austria Bulgaria Canada

Czechia Finland France

Germany Greece

Italy

Poland RomaniaRomania Russia

Slovakia Sweden Ukraine

Hungary, ESA/ESTEC

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MAGION 4 - INTERBALL TAIL satelliteMagnetic field, medium energy particles, low-energy particles, and

current in plasma

April 12, 1997

ISS

Slovakia

Germany

Poland

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CLUSTER II mission CLUSTER II mission European Space Agency - ESAEuropean Space Agency - ESA

4 identicalsatellites intetrahedral

arrangement

1. RUMBA2. SALSA 3. SAMBA4. TANGO

Institute for Space Sciences – BucharestInstitute for Space Sciences – Bucharest Momentum and energy transphere at the magnetosphere boundary: - kinetical models and mathematical simulations Auroral acceleration mechanisms:

- theoretical models and comparison with experimental data

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ISTOK - 1 Project

Module PRIRODA Space Station MIR

Remote Sensing Complex

PRIRODA

Space Station MIR

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Automated Pointing SystemAutomated Pointing System

forforspace and airborne experimentsspace and airborne experiments

in cooperation with:

1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita di Bologna, Italy

2. National Institute for Aero-Space Research -INCAS, Bucharest, Romania

3. Ministry of National Defence, Romania

Tested duringthe Total Solar Eclipse

in August 1999

(several supersonic flights on MIG 29)

Project Project NOTTENOTTE

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Future Future Space MissionsSpace Missions

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International Space StationInternational Space Station

USA, Russia, Japan, ESA, Canada, Italy and Brazil

Alpha Magnetic SpectrometerAlpha Magnetic Spectrometer

- AMS -- AMS -

Aim: Cosmic Ray studies

• Cherenkov counters

• scintillators

• Silicium trackers

Institute for Space SciencesInstitute for Space Sciences is involved in:

- electronic design for the tracker

- assembling of the silicon ladders for the Tracker. - works to qualify the components for operating in a cosmic radiation environment

by activities at: INFN Perugia, Italy and GSI installation, Darmstadt, Germany

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PLANCKMission

EuropeanEuropeanSpaceSpace

AgencyAgency

ISSISS is involved in the investigations of the implications of the CMB measurements on the structure formation models, addressing the following scientific problems:

Constraints on the total density of Dark Matter components.

The imprint of the Hot Dark Matter component on the CMB power spectra.

Determination of cosmological lepton and baryon asymmetries.

Implications of neutrino oscillations on the CMB angular power spectra.

The implications of unstable neutrino on the CMB anisotropy.

Constraints on the fundamental cosmological parameters from Planck data.

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Planck/LFI Data - House Keeping and Science Telemetry

Raw classes data from ground and Space based instrument:

House keeping telemetry - a set of data where all information about instruments and its devices are stored;- is aimed at:

- understanding if the instruments and devices are working correctly;- giving the possibility to modify the instrument set-up in real time to quickly avoid error or device breakdown - Real Time Analysis (RTA).

Science Telemetry - the real science data- is aimed at understanding the goodness of science data obtained; - its output should be a set of parameters necessary to tune the instrumentation

as best as possible.

INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, C.N.R – I.A.S.F. Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna, I.S.D.C. – Integral Science data Center, Geneva

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On-Ground On-Ground Astrophysics Astrophysics ExperimentsExperiments

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MACRO

Gran Sasso, Italy

NOTTE

Experiments carried out in: 1999 - Romania

2001 – Zambia 2002 –

South Africa

Parang, Romania+ 2 200 m

MACRO underground infrastructure- 3 500 m

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ALICE

A Large Ion Collider

Experiment

CMS

Compact Muon Solenoid

Large Hadrons Collider - CERN, GenevaLarge Hadrons Collider - CERN, Geneva

Contributions of ISSISS in ALICE collaboration(MoU between ISS-Bucharest

and JINR-Dubna)

Common activities within

ALICE Off-Line groupALICE Off-Line group on the development of the simulation framework and

analysis tools

ISSISS is involved through collaboration - with CMS group from Perugia, Italy - since 1997

(one of the Quality Test CentresQuality Test Centres where the quality tests will be carried out)

An ISS computer cluster An ISS computer cluster is certified by CERN in is certified by CERN in

GRID net.GRID net.

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On-Ground Astrophysics ExperimentsOn-Ground Astrophysics Experiments

BRAHMS - Broad RAnge Hadron Magnetic Spectrometers RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider) -

Brookhaven National Laboratory

SLIM (Search for LIght Monopoles)Chacaltaya, Bolivia

ANTARES (Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyssenvironmental RESearch)

Mediterranean Sea

OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion tRAcking) National Laboratory Gran Sasso, Italy – CERN, Geneva

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BRAHMSBRAHMS - Broad RAnge Hadron Magnetic Spectrometers

RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider) - Brookhaven National Laboratory

2:00 o’clock

4:00 o’clock6:00 o’clock

8:00 o’clock

10:00 o’clock

STARPHENIX

RHIC

AGS

LINACBOOSTER

TANDEMS

9 GeV/uQ = +79

1 MeV/uQ = +32

HEP/NP

g-2

U-lineBAF (NASA)

PHOBOS

Institute for Space Sciencesinvolved in:

development of software for the off-line module;

preliminary analysis of global physical quantities for interactions at 130 AGeV and 200 AGeV;

studies on the characteristic signals of the QGP (Quark Gluon Plasma);

preliminary analysis on the gluonic condensate state (Color Glass Condensate) of nuclear matter;

studies of nuclear matter under extreme conditions of energy densities.

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Medical units in Romania

Fundeni

Medical units abroad

Internetbarebone

The Fundeni Telemedicine Pilot LinksThe Fundeni Telemedicine Pilot Links

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National Research and Development National Research and Development ProgrammesProgrammes

Technologies in Aeronautics and Space - AEROSPATIAL

Fundamental Researches - CERES

Core Programme

European 6European 6thth Framework Programme Framework Programme “Integrating Space Radiation Sensing Infrastructure”

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Romania Romania ESA ESA

1. “Agreement between the Government of ROMANIA

and the EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY concerning

cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space

for peaceful purposes”

1.1. December 11, 1992

1.2. October 6, 1999

2. Plan for European Co-operating States - PECS

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Regional Network for Research and Education in Space Science and Technology for

Central, Eastern and South-Eastern EuropeCentral, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe

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Cooperation with Cooperation with the Joint Institute forthe Joint Institute for

Nuclear ResearchNuclear Research

ОИЯИОИЯИ - - ДубнаДубна

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1. Started in 1956 the first stack of emulsion was exposed in the proton beam of

9 GeV mesons of 60 GeV from Serpuhov.

2. Along 45 years of a strong collaboration many other stacks were exposed with different high energy

nuclei (He, C, N, O, Ne, Si, S) at the syncrofazotron E = 4.5 AGeV

secondary radioactive beams at the nuclotron (He3, Be7, B10, B11).

As a result over 100 articles were published in differentprestigious journals of great impact, only this year we camewith 3 papers. At present we continue to work in emulsion,

and are mostly interested in the Becquerell project,Becquerell project,because it is aimed to solve crucial problems for

nuclear astrophysics.

Laboratory of High Energy – Laboratory of High Energy – ЛВЕЛВЕ

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2. Another collaboration with ЛВЕЛВЕ begun 5 years ago, concerning ALICE experiment at LHC-CERN.

3. This year we will start the third direction =

the investigation of secondary particle production and neutron yield from heavy targets in nucleus-nucleus interaction and study of transmutation of radioactive wastes from nuclear power installations.

In order to strenghten our collaboration with ЛВЕЛВЕ we send for a long period to work in Dubna

5 very young people from our laboratory, which will arrive here next month.

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Year Experiment Accelerator IonEnergy

(A GeV/c)

1956-2003

JINR, Dubna

Serpuhov

p, mesons 28Si, 32S, 4He, 12C,

14C, 16O

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60

4.5

1986 EMU 01 CERN SPS 16O 200

1986 EMU 01 CERN SPS 16O 60

1986 E 815 BNL 16O 14.6

1987 EMU 01 CERN SPS 32S 200

1988 E 815 BNL 28Si 14.6

1990 EMU 01 CERN SPS 32S 200

1992 E 863 BNL 197Au 11.6

1993 E 863 BNL 197Au 200

1994 EMU 12 CERN SPS 208Pb 158

1996 LBL Berkeley 40Ar 1.2

Heavy ion experiments in nuclear emulsionsHeavy ion experiments in nuclear emulsions

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Laboratory for Neutron Physics – Laboratory for Neutron Physics – ЛНФЛНФMicrostructure of ferrofluids studied by SANS on YUMO

at IBR-2, Dubna

FERROFLUIDS = ultrastable colloidal suspentions of ferro/ferrimagnetic particles ( 100 Å) in various carrier liquids.

Components: Fe3O4, etc. Adsorbed surfactant layer Liquid carrier

The use of thermal neutrons makes it possible to study the structure of ferrofluids under

a wide variety of experimental conditions

VIEW of YUMO spectrometer

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Microstructure of ferrofluids studied by SANS on YUMO at IBR-2, Dubna

Results of the activity at LNPh- JINR in the field of ferrofluids 1996-present publications:

papers in international journals = 21 international conferences and symposiums = 17

Ph.D.Thesis: “On the microstructure of ferrofluids”

In the frame of user policy, cooperations with:

- Research Institute for Solid State Physics, Budapest, Hungary;

- Paul Scherer Institute, Swiss Spallation Neutron Source, Switzerland;

Scientific contacts:

- Shemyakin-Ovchinikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry,

Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow;

- Moscow State University, Physical Department, Moscow.

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Laboratory for Nuclear Reactions – Laboratory for Nuclear Reactions – ЛЯРЛЯР1. Studies of the charge spectrum of the very heavy cosmic ions (Z > 50) from the galactic radiation in meteoritic crystals

2. Nuclear physics - The heavy ion radioactivity

the spontaneous emission of Neon 24 nuclei from the isotopes of: Thorium 230, Protactinium 231, and Uranium 233

the upper limit of the branching ratios for Magnesium 30 and Silicium 32 emission by the spontaneous decay of the isotopes Neptunium 237 and Americium 241 was set with the highest sensitivity achieved at that moment in the world.

1984 1984 : the I-st Prize of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Researches, Dubna: the I-st Prize of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Researches, DubnaFrom Romania:

- Prof. Dr. Aurel Sandulescu, Member of Romanian Academy- Dr. Dumitru Hasegan