1. Dominique Guillemaud Mueller
NuPECC Meeting – March 11, 2011

2. IN2P3, an Institute of CNRS
CNRS Under the authority of the ministry for higher education and research
1 200 research and service units (labs)
research in all the fields of knowledge
employees performing and accompanying research
10 thematic institutes, including 3 national institutes IN2P3 (created in 1971), INSU and INSMI
permanent staff researchers, engineers, technicians, administration
© CNRS/Dircom 2

3. IN2P3 Missions
Promote and federate research in nuclear, particle, astroparticle physics
Coordinate the programs in the name of CNRS and Universities, in partnership with CEA
Explore
the physics of elementary particle
their fundamental interactions
their bounding in atomic nuclei
the properties of these nuclei
the connections between infinitely small and infinitely large
LHC - © Cern 3

4. IN2P3 Missions Bring its competence
to other scientific domains
to contribute solving societal problems
Participate to the formation of students (University, grandes écoles)
Help the companies benefit from its expertise
IPN Orsay/IN2P3-CNRS 4

5. IN2P3 Key figures
2 400 CNRS staff, researchers, engineers ands technicians;
600 university and other staff
Budget from CNRS (excluding salaries): 50 M€
24 laboratories and platforms, most of them associated to an University or "grande école"
40 large international projects
15 associated international laboratories (LIA and LEA)
Expérience LHCb - © LHCb, Cern 5

6. Laboratories structured in a network
Sharing and optimisation of the ressources and competences of the Institute
- large laboratories, infrastructures or technological platforms in limited number
- permanent concertation and interactions
between laboratories
with other units of CNRS, CEA/IRFU, universities, grandes écoles, foreign institutes,… 6

7. Scientific themes Particle Physics Nuclear and Hadronic Physics
Astroparticles and Neutrinos
(all including Theory)
Detectors and Instrumentation
Accelerators
Nuclear Physics and Energy
Nuclear Physics and Health
Grids
Expérience Hess - © Coll. Hess 7

8. IN2P3 FTE Physicists + Postdocs +PhD

9. IN2P3 FTE

10. IN2P3 Budget Sharing
Large scale infrastructures GANILSP2 LHC ContribCERN XFEL FAIR EGO VIRGO HESS CTA R&DKM3/EMSO LSST 10

11. Fundamental research at IN2P3
Fundamental research at IN2P3
Understand the Universe its origins, its construction, its laws
ultimate components and fundamental interactions
structure of nuclear matter
composition and behaviour of the Universe
Expérience Virgo - © EGO – Virgo / CNRS Photothèque 11

12. Fundamental research at IN2P3
Structure of nuclear matter
quarks confinement in nuclei
nucleon structure
quark-gluon plasma
nuclei properties and dynamics
exotic nuclei and stability limits
search for superheavies
nuclear astrophysics
Expériences Phenix et Star - © BNL 12

13. Nuclear physics The proton and the nucleus : emergence of complexity
Experiments / projects
Ganil, Spiral, Alto
Spiral2
Riken, Jyväskyla, GSI, MSU, Dubna, Isolde, ILL
Alice (LHC)
Star and Phenix (Rhic)
JLab, GSI, FAIR,
- Agata, S3, Paris, Gaspard, Desir,
Superconducting Linac
Production of
radioactive ions
Stable beams 13

14. Accelerators Themes - superconducting cavities, cryotechnology
- ion and electron sources
- target / source for radioactive beams
- beam dynamics
- laser-accelerator synergy
Experiments / projects
- Spiral-2, XFEL, Fair, ESS, ILC, S-LHC
- Phil, Alto, Aifira, Jannus, Arronax
Spiral2 cavities at IPN Orsay IN2P3-CNRS 14

15. Nuclear physics and Energy
Themes
 transmutation of present nuclear waste by ADS
innovating nuclear systems with low wastes (thorium)
- developments in radiochemistry
- accelerator and target R&D for ADS
- accelerator-reactor coupling experiments
- measurements of nuclear data
- molten salt technology
- scenarios and simulations
Experiments / projects
- Peren, Megapie, … , MYRRHA
Guinevere Project - © CNRS 15

16. Nuclear physics and Health
 Strong involvement of IN2P3 in the fight against cancer
Themes
- radioisotopes, radiobiology, radiothérapy
- dosimetry / beam monitors R&D
- imaging, simulations (Geant, Gate)
Experiments / projects
- Aifira, Arronax, Etoile, Archade
- Maestro, Imabio
- Poci, Imhotep, Pixscan…
Composante SPECT d’AMISSA © IPHC/CNRS 16

17. Activities at IN2P3-CNRS
Accelerators technology and activity  : B. Launé
Bio-medical applications  : D. Brasse
Nuclear-Energy-related activities :  B.Grambow
Hadrons and hadronic matter : JP Lansberg
Nuclear structure, nuclear reaction and nuclear astrophysics : O. Sorlin
Status of Spiral2 project and related instrumentations : M. Lewitowicz

18. Thank you for your attention