Proposal for the ESF Research Networking Programme on Advanced Research
in Theoretical Nuclear Structure for Applications at European Infrastructure
Facilities (ARTHENSA)
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Programme
title: |
Advanced Research in
Theoretical Nuclear Structure for Applications at European Infrastructure
Facilities |
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Programme
acronym: |
ARTHENSA |
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Standing
Committee: |
PESC |
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Principal
Applicants: |
1. Jacek Dobaczewski (contact person), University of
Warsaw, Hoża 69, PL-00-681 Warsaw, POLAND, tel. +48 22 5532 248, e-mail: dobaczew@fuw.edu.pl, WWW: http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~dobaczew/. |
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Keywords: |
· Density Functional Theory |
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Abstract: |
The present proposal will
organise the European nuclear-structure theory around a focused common goal,
allowing for developing a joint strategy required for experimental
infrastructure in Nuclear Physics in Europe. It will enable the Nuclear
Physics community to capitalise on this investment and become a leading
player in this field. The development of high-accuracy Density Functional
Theories or Energy Density Functionals and dissemination of computer
programmes that allow the field to advance as a whole is the main purpose of
this application. Hands-on Book series and summer schools allowing the Ph.D.
students and young researchers in Europe to advance into new areas of
knowledge and providing new skills is a central part of this research
programme. Connections with related fields in Atomic, Molecular, and
Condense-Matter Physics, where similar methods are used, will be established.
To provide forum for deeper understanding of the physics of self-bound
systems and supporting generic approaches to quantum many-body problems is
the focal objective of the proposal. The proposed activities link into the
international community and build closer ties with American, Japanese, and
Chinese researchers, aiming, in particular, at attracting young talent to
Europe. |
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ESF
applications: |
None |
Status of the relevant research
field; scientific context; objectives and envisaged achievements of the
proposed Programme
The
community of nuclear physicists worldwide has developed a focused research plan
for the near future, which has been formulated within several documents in the
form of White Papers or Long-Range Plans, both in Europe and in the United
States, see, e.g., Refs. [LRP,NT,NUPECC,RIA,NSAC,SPIRAL2,FAIR,TM07]. Within
this plan, it is clear that the contemporary Nuclear Science is driven by basic
physics questions, which have to be addressed both experimentally and
theoretically, such as [RIA]:
Although
in this basic area of Science, a lot of information has already been
accumulated over many years of investigations, the complexity of many-fermion
systems in conjunction with complexity of basic inter-nucleon interactions
leaves many fascinating scientific question still unanswered. At the same time,
knowledge of fundamental properties of nuclear systems is required in order to
properly solve open questions in other domains of Science, such as, e.g., in
astrophysics [RIA]:
Nuclear
Science has also numerous societal and economical implications, and answers to
basic scientific questions help us addressing the question of
Undoubtedly,
Nuclear Science has numerous important implications for Life Sciences, Material
Sciences, Nuclear Energy, and Security.
The
present proposal is focused on Nuclear Structure, a sub-domain of Nuclear
Science, which strives to find ways by which nucleons bind into nuclei. Atomic
nuclei are self-bound many-particle objects of Nature, and have many features
in common with other similar systems, like atomic clouds or metallic clusters.
Numerous theoretical many-body methods that were originally developed for
Nuclear Structure have now been successfully used and applied in other domain
of Physics as well as Nuclear Physics has adopted methods from other areas. At
present, there is a strong and urgent need to link current efforts in
theoretical Nuclear Structure to those in Atomic, Molecular, and
Condensed-Matter Physics. On the one hand, we must profit from striking
similarities between different self-bound objects in Nature, and learn in a
unified way on what are the best and most efficient ways to describe them. On
the other hand, atomic and molecular systems are bound by relatively simple
Coulomb forces, and thus they can be studied and manipulated experimentally
often in a much more efficient way than atomic nuclei. Therefore, the focus of
the present proposal is augmented by networking with the best groups performing
advanced theoretical studies in these sister branches of many-body Physics.
The
main goal of the present proposal is in sharing knowledge and expertise, developing
new techniques, and training young scientists in one specific class of methods,
which are used to describe many-body systems, namely, methods based on the
Density Functional Theory (DFT) or Energy Density Functional (EDF). These
methods are particularly well suited for networking activities across different
branches of Physics, because they address general and universal properties of
very different classes of systems and are, in principle, generically valid,
independently of a particular realization. They were originally defined and
introduced for electronic systems, but presently also provide the set of
toolboxes of choice for describing global properties of atomic nuclei, and can
be applied for all numbers of nucleons and isospin. This aspect of generality
is extremely important in Nuclear Structure, where very exotic, experimentally
inaccessible nuclei must be described on the same footing as those that can be
studied in laboratories. Although other, more precise methods have been
developed for small number of constituent or valence nucleons (e.g., the
shell-model and configuration-mixing approaches), the EDF methods can be
efficiently applied also for arbitrarily heavy systems. Methods of DFT have
recently been applied also for both bosonic and fermionic atoms confined in
traps, as well as self-bound helium clusters. In these areas the situation is
related to that of Nuclear Physics since the Coulomb interaction is replaced
with the effective short-range interaction between the atoms and the energy
functionals beyond the local approximation are not yet much studied.
The
present proposal will create an interdisciplinary forum across several branches
of many-body Physics, in order to exchange knowledge, methods, and ideas
pertaining to the EDF techniques. The scientific questions, which will be
addressed, are:
·
How to formulate a
consistent EDF formalism for self-bound systems?
·
How to establish a
coherent hierarchy of terms in the EDF?
·
Which experimental
data constrain particular terms in the energy functional?
The
scientific project of providing answers to these important questions will
require concerted effort of many researchers over several years. The present
proposal aims at bringing together scientific groups scattered across Europe,
channelling their efforts toward the common goal, and facilitating their work
through better planning and shared resources.
Research
on the EDF theories will be of immediate use and application for the existing
and planned experimental facilities in Nuclear Physics. Indeed, the
nuclear-structure studies conducted at these facilities are presently focused
on investigating exotic nuclei far from stability. Reliable and predictive
theories, which would allow for calculating properties of exotic nuclei, are
not available yet. The EDF methods have a strong potential of providing such a
missing element. Since exotic species can be experimentally produced only in
small numbers or weak-intensity beams, only very basic properties thereof can
possibly be measured, like masses, lowest-state excitation energies and
transition rates, and reaction cross sections. These simple observables must
suffice for adjusting theoretical methods in order to increase their predictive
power, so as to extrapolate nuclear properties to those exotic nuclei that will
not be reachable in Earth laboratories, but exist in stellar environments.
Therefore, our proposal aims at networking theory activities towards building
reliable, predictive, and global EDF description of atomic nuclei, and thus
providing experiment with tools to calculate basic observable properties of
stable and exotic nuclei, and giving on-site expertise in describing and
analysing results of current experiments as well as planning future ones.
Facilities
and expertise which would be accessible to the Programme
The
present proposal brings together the best European groups that have expertise
and potential in the research on the EDF theories. Programme collaborations
(see Appendix) combine groups active in Nuclear Structure with those doing
research in other branches of physics. Several participants are experts in
using the EDF methods in interdisciplinary research across different branches
of Physics. The proposal includes also networking activities with several
partner networks from the U.S.A., Japan, and China.
Programme
collaborations active in the present proposal involve over 130 researchers
holding Ph.D. and nearly 60 Ph.D. students.
These
research groups have at their disposal numerous computer facilities, which are
essential in conducting studies within the EDF theories, and in particular:
Bruxelles:
One HP XC Cluster Platform 4000, composed of 32 nodes. (http://www.vub.ac.be/BFUCC/hydra/);
30-nodes HP Proliant DL585, each composed of 4 CPUs. INRNE: 200 computers, computer cluster connected to CERN with
Globus Toolkit™ (http://www.inrne.bas.bg).
Řež & Prague:
12-CPU PCs. Zagreb:
352-CPU cluster Isabella (http://www.srce.hr/isabella).
Erlangen: IA32/EMT64-cluster with 200 nodes Orsay: 60-CPU belonging to GRIF (http://www.grif.fr/).
CNRS: IDRIS, NEC SX-8 with 10 nodes
and 8 CPU/node, cluster of 1024 IBM Power-4 processors (http://www.idris.fr/). Toulouse: CALMIP, SGI ALTIX 3700, 128-CPU Itanium II cluster (http://www.calmip.cict.fr/). Athens: (Uranus) 48-CPU HP-Superdome;
(aegean): 24-CPU HP-V2600; cluster of 8 HP Workstations. Thessaloniki: Hellas Grid (http://www.hellasgrid.gr);
(GR-01-AUTH) cluster of 15 computers; cluster of 10 Linux computers. Ioannina: clusters of PCs. Catania: 70-CPU cluster connected with
the GRID network. Milano: 1 PC farm
with possible parallel computing. Trento: 32-CPU cluster Oslo: Supercomputing centre (http://www.notur.no). Bergen: Tier 1 Centre: CRAY XT4 - 51 Tflops, 5000 quad units at the
Computer Centre of University of Bergen. UMCS:
24-CPU (3.2 GHz) computer cluster maria (http://kft.umcs.lublin.pl). Warsaw:
55-CPU cluster. NIPNE: 20-CPU cluster at the NIHAM - Tier 2 center (http://niham.nipne.ro/it.html). Instituto de Estructura de la Materia: 11
nodes HP Proliant cluster. Huelva:
3 nodes with 8-CPU cluster. Sevilla:
2 nodes with 4-CPU cluster. Madrid: 92-CPU
Opteron cluster (fiswulf.fis.ucm.es). KTH: Computational Science and
Engineering Centre (http://www.kcse.kth.se/index.html)
and centre for parallel computers (http://www.pdc.kth.se/)
equipped with the IBM Blue Gene Hebb, the HP Itanium Cluster Lucidor,
and the Dell Xeon cluster Lenngren. Manchester: 64-CPU beowulf cluster. Surrey: 64-CPU beowulf cluster.
Expected
benefit from European collaboration in this area
Current
and future European involvement in maintaining and constructing experimental
facilities for Nuclear Structure studies is very substantial. There are several
Large Scale Facilities operating today in this domain of physics, such as GANIL
in France (http://www.ganil.fr/), GSI in
Germany (http://www.gsi.de/), REX-ISOLDE at
CERN (http://rextrap.home.cern.ch/rextrap/),
JYFL in Finland (http://www.jyu.fi/accelerator/),
and others. Future plans for building new facilities are truly impressive. In
particular, new facilities Spiral2 (http://www.ganil.fr/research/developments/spiral2/index.html)
in France and FAIR (http://www.gsi.de/fair/index.html)
in Germany are now under construction. In a longer run, advanced planning is
now being performed for a new-generation future facility EURISOL (http://www.eurisol.org/).
Such
massive investments in experimental investigations are not yet followed by
matching European efforts in building new advanced theoretical approaches. This
is at variance with the situation in the United States and Japan, where
substantial theoretical programs are already running, such as UNEDF (http://unedf.org/) or TDFP (http://www.phys.utk.edu/witek/fission/fission.html).
Moreover the US-Japan efforts have already been networked within the JUSTIPEN
programme (http://www.phys.utk.edu/JUSTIPEN).
These
current and future developments call for immediate concerted action within the
European theoretical Nuclear Structure Physics. The time for new initiatives,
like the one put forward in the present proposal is ripe, and proper steps
should be taken without delay in order not to put European Science at a
disadvantaged position. The present Programme aims at organising European
nuclear-structure theorists around the common goal of defining and constructing
the best possible EDF approaches, which can be used for describing and
analysing experimental data obtained at present and future experimental
facilities. It also aims at networking with JUSTIPEN and other initiatives
outside Europe, in order to keep close contacts and exchange ideas with these
intense and well funded scientific programmes. As its main projected activity,
the present Programme will organize workshops, conferences, and schools that
will provide advanced training to young scientists and allow them to compete
with their colleagues from outside Europe. The Programme activities will also
work towards helping European nuclear-structure theorists to gain new research
funds and develop more important and strong research groups.
The
goal of developing modern EDF approaches for nuclear physics goes largely
beyond capabilities of any small national or institutional scientific group. It
requires new thinking and new collaborative efforts, which can only materialize
on the trans-national level. Only by combining expertise in data analysis,
numerical methods, advanced theoretical tools, and computational resources one
can provide useful predictive technology that will be capable of describing
global nuclear properties in a unified way. The Program will act on a European
level to foster collaborations between national partners and intensify their
involvement in this focused research direction.
European
context
The
present proposal is strongly connected to several existing and planned European
initiatives, and in particular:
·
European Centre for Theoretical Studies in
Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*) (http://www.ect.it/)
is the main European site for organising scientific meetings and training
students. The centre has a truly interdisciplinary dimension covering all aspects
of physics relevant to the present proposal and constitutes one of the most
valuable Programme participants. We plan
using ECT* as the principle site for organising Steering Committee Meetings,
Workshops, and Schools, as well as the most suitable site to conduct the work
related to writing the EDF Hands-on Books. ECT* will also be preferred when
selecting the site for hosting the EDF interactive database.
·
The Joint Research Activity (JRA) will be
proposed within the proposal that is now being prepared for the Integrated
Infrastructure Initiative (I3) Call 3 of the European Commission (http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/home.html),
which will be published by the end of 2007. This one JRA will cover a much
wider range of nuclear-structure-theory topics than those covered by the
present proposal, but in particular may also provide research funds for topics
covered by the present proposal. In this perspective, networking activities of
the present proposal will be a perfect match for a part of research activity
proposed to the I3 Call.
·
Topics covered by the present proposal are
currently intensely studied within the so-called FIDIPRO project (http://www.jyu.fi/accelerator/fidipro/),
jointly funded by the Academy of Finland and University of Jyväskylä within the
Finland Distinguished Professor Programme. This one project will use and
develop most advanced theoretical methods in studies of exotic nuclei, as well
as train young theorists within the M.Sc. and Ph.D. educational programmes. The
FIDIPRO project works in synergy with experimental studies conducted within the
nuclear and accelerator based physics at the University of Jyväskylä, which in
turn is a part of the EURONS I3 Structuring the ERA in EU-FP6 proposal to the
European Commission.
Proposed
activities
Science
meetings
Organisation
of workshops, conferences, and schools will be the main thrust of the present
Programme. We consider scientific meetings of this kind to be of primary
importance for exchanging ideas, promoting collaborations, and training
students. The Programme will support up to 10% of speakers from non-ESF member
countries and give very strong preferences to young participants. All meetings
will be organised in strict compliance with ESF rules and guidelines.
The
proposed Programme will organise one EDF workshop per year. The first one of
the series will be devoted to getting acquainted with up-to-date worldwide efforts
and projects developed within the EDF approaches, as well as to exchanging
ideas on recent developments in atomic and molecular physics. It will also
serve us as a forum for setting up new collaborations and starting new projects
between the Programme participants. The following EDF workshops will add to
these goals the presentation and summary of the results achieved by the
Programme participants. The last EDF workshop of the series will be used as a
forum for summarizing the Programme and formulating plans for future
activities. All EDF workshops will be organised directly by the Programme
participants.
The
proposed programme will co-organise one conference per year by joining an
external partner or co-sponsoring an ESF research conference. The co-organisation
or co-sponsorship will target conferences, which in their program address
topics related to the present EDF networking.
As
an extremely important part of our activity, each year we will organise one EDF
school, which will gather about 20 students and give them a comprehensive
series of lectures on a specific topic related to the EDF theory. Schools will
include hands-on training in using the EDF computer codes. They will be
organised either by the Programme participants or by external partners,
following an open call for proposals. Proposals will be evaluated with a
special emphasis on the choice of lecturers, so as to ensure the best training
effectiveness. Priority will be given to proposals that aim at organising
schools in connection with other activities. A preferred solution would consist
in organising the school at the location where the EDF-Hands-on-Book writing
team works.
Grants for short and exchange visits
Collaborative
goals of the Programme will be realized through short and exchange visits
awarded after an open call for proposals. Priority will be given to visits
between the Programme participants. All visits must be related to on-going
collaborations and aim at pursuing one of the research goals formulated within
the present proposal. Visits in connection with workshops, conferences, or
schools organised by the Programme participants will be encouraged.
Publicity
The
Programme will prepare and publish one EDF brochure each year. The first
brochure will present in layman terms the Programme goals and activities. In
the following years, the brochures will delineate the progress of the Programme
in connection with the results presented and discussed at the EDF workshops.
This will provide a popularised dissemination of the Programme results and will
mirror the publication of the EDF workshop proceedings on CDROM. All
activities, results, and reports related to the Programme will be made
available at the Programme website http://www.arthensa.eu.
Participants charged with construction and maintenance of the site will be
selected after an open call for proposals.
EDF
Hands-on Books
Calculations
performed within the EDF formalism require developing and testing very advanced
numerical codes. This is especially true when one considers several
simultaneously broken symmetries, odd fermion systems, and approaches going
beyond the mean-field level. Construction of these codes often represents the
effort of many men-years, and sharing this knowledge and expertise across the
entire domain is of fundamental importance. At present, scattered and
fragmented research groups are not able to provide this service to the
community at large. Within the present Programme we aim at filling this gap by
launching publication of the EDF Hands-on Book series.
As
examples of the EDF codes that have already been developed and widely used we
can mention the EDF codes based on non-relativistic local (Skyrme) and
non-local (Gogny) functionals, as well as those based on the relativistic
functionals (RMF). Each of these main classes is represented by codes that
allow for breaking different types of symmetries. There are also codes that
allow for restoration of the particle-number, rotational, and/or parity
symmetries. Very advanced codes are used for configuration mixing calculations
(GCM) and for solving collective equations with microscopic input, both for
low-lying states of a given multipolarity or giant resonances and for
fission-barrier penetration. There are also numerous codes that solve the
time-dependent problems based on the EDF methods.
There
is no doubt that there is a large set of potential candidate codes for our EDF
Hands-on Book series. Each book will present one specific major code belonging
to the class of EDF codes mentioned above. It will describe the physics problem
in question, provide all necessary expressions and derivations, explain all
numerical methods that are used to solve the problem, and present tests and
performances of the numerical solutions. It will also constitute a
comprehensive user guide of the code and list many examples of input data and
obtained results. Last but not least, it will not only give practical advices
and tricks of the trade required for advanced users but also will provide user-friendly
simple patterns, which are important for non-specialists interested in rapidly
obtaining specific results.
Preparation
of such a publication would require bringing several scientists together and
letting them work exclusively on this task for a specific amount of time. We
think that the most efficient team would consist of one senior researcher,
preferably one of the main authors of the code in question, two junior
researchers at a post-doctoral level, and one student. Realistically, such a
team could prepare the Hands-on Book within about three months. The proposed
stay at one location will be realized within rules applicable for Exchange
Visits. Undoubtedly, the work on preparing the EDF Hans-on Book would
constitute a perfect training for younger participants in this endeavour.
The
present Programme will issue an open call for proposals to write books
describing different existing EDF codes, and select those which guarantee the
proper execution of the task. The books will be published electronically on
CDROM together with all the accompanying files containing code and input and
output data. The Programme will also search for a publisher of paper version,
provided no extra cost is involved. Publication of one EDF Hands-on Book per
year will constitute a beginning of a truly new series of publications of very
high importance, which may in the future be continued by covering other
branches of physics. It will also become a trademark of the Programme.
Interactive
Database
The
Program aims at coupling the EDF website http://www.arthensa.eu
with a modern EDF interactive database of codes and results. This would not
only serve as a forum for disseminating information and exchanging ideas, but
also provide an on-line calculation tool where different codes could be run and
results could be analysed within advanced graphics packages. The site for
developing and maintaining the interactive database will be selected following
an open call for proposals. Proposals ensuring the portability and mirroring of
the database from one site to another will be given priority.
Key
targets, deliverables, and milestones
Duration:
60 months
Budget
estimate (in €) per year
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Steering Committee Meetings |
Travel |
6 000 |
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Accommodation |
2 040 |
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Subtotal: |
8 040 |
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Science Meetings |
Workshops |
29 400 |
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Conferences |
12 600 |
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Schools |
20 200 |
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Subtotal: |
62 200 |
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Grants |
Short Visits |
12 120 |
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Exchange Visits |
12 800 |
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Subtotal: |
24 920 |
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Publicity |
EDF Brochure |
2 000 |
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Websites |
2 000 |
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CDROM Proceedings |
1 000 |
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|
|
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Subtotal: |
5 000 |
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Publications |
EDF Hands-on Book |
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22 200 |
|
Database |
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|
5 000 |
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External Administrative Costs |
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|
2 000 |
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External
Programme Coordinator |
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10 000 |
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ESF
administration fee |
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|
10 452 |
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Total: |
149 812 |
Explanations related to budgeted items:
Steering
Committee Meetings. We assume the Steering Committee
of 16 members, who meet once per year with an average participation at the
level of 12 members per meeting, including the External Programme Coordinator
and one Advisory Expert. Travel costs of 500€ and accommodation costs (2 days)
of 170€ per meeting participant are assumed. We assume that the Executive Group
of the Steering Committee, composed of the Chair and two members, will meet
uniquely by using electronic means of communication at no extra cost, apart
from those covered by the External Administrative Costs
Science
Meetings. We assume organization of one four-day scientific
EDF workshop per year with the average of 35 participants, and with travel
costs of 500€ and accommodation costs (4 days) of 340€ per participant.
Together with one of the Programme participants or with an external partner, we
will co-organise one scientific conference per year. The Programme will fund 15
participants up to the travel costs of 500€ and accommodation costs (up to 4
days) of 340€ per participant. We also assume organisation of one one-week EDF
School per year with the average of 20 participants, and with travel costs of
500€ and accommodation costs (6 days) of 510€ per participant
Grants.
We assume 12 Short Visits per year to be funded through the present Programme,
up to the travel costs of 500€ and accommodation costs (6 days) of 510€ per
visitor. We also assume 8 Exchange Visits per year, up to the travel costs of
500€ and accommodation costs (1 month) of 1600€ per visitor
Publicity.
We assume publication of one EDF Brochure per year, with the contents prepared
by the Programme participants at no cost, with the cost of setting-up and
graphics of 1500€, and the cost of printing 300 copies of 500€. We assume the
cost of the website maintenance to require 2000€ per year. A CDROM publication
is envisaged for the proceedings of the Programme workshop; its contents will
be prepared by the Programme participants at no extra cost and the cost of 300
copies is assumed to be of 1000€ per year.
Publications.
We assume publication of one EDF Hands-on Book per year, which will require the
work of four researchers during three months with the travel costs of 500€ and
subsistence costs of 3×1600€ per researcher. We assume CDROM publication of the
electronic version of the EDF Hands-on Book, and the production cost of 300
copies is assumed to be of 1000€ per year.
Database.
We assume that the interactive database construction and maintenance will
require honoraria at the level of 5000€ per year.
External
Administrative Costs. We assume that most administrative
costs will be covered by Chair’s university or laboratory, with a small extra
contribution towards the secretarial costs, postage, fax, telephone and other
office running expenses of up to 2000€.
External
Programme Coordinator. We assume that the External
Programme Coordinator will be employed in one of the participating countries
where the salary costs are below the European average. We assume that he or she
will be an active scientist holding a regular post-doctoral position at his/her
home university or laboratory, and will be additionally funded through this
grant at the level of half-time salary of 10000€ per year.
References
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[LRP] |
2002 NSAC Long-Range Plan, |
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[NT] |
A Vision for Nuclear Theory NSAC Report, http://www.sc.doe.gov/np/nsac/docs/NSAC_Theory_Report_Final.pdf
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[NUPECC] |
NuPECC Long Range Plan 2004. |
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[RIA] |
The Science of the Rare Isotope Accelerator
(RIA), http://www.orau.org/ria/pdf/RIAFINAL.pdf
|
|
[NSAC] |
Report to the Nuclear Science Advisory
Committee, http://www.science.doe.gov/np/nsac/docs/nsac-report-final1_Tribble.pdf
|
|
[SPIRAL2] |
The Scientific Objectives of the SPIRAL 2
Project http://www.ganil.fr/research/developments/spiral2/files/WB_SP2_Final.pdf
|
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[FAIR] |
FAIR Baseline Technical Report 2006, |
|
[TM07] |
Nuclear Astrophysics and Study of Nuclei Town
Meeting (2007) http://dnp.nscl.msu.edu/nplinks/2007lrpprep/2007_lrpwp_astro_nuclei.pdf
|
Appendices
• Full
coordinates and curriculum vitae of the applicants.
1.
M. Borgh, M. Toreblad, M. Koskinen, M. Manninen,
S. Aberg, and S.M. Reimann, Correlation and spin polarization in quantum dots:
Local spin density functional theory revisited, Int. J. Quantum Chem. 105,
817 (2005).
2.
M. Toreblad, Y. Yu, S.M. Reimann, M. Koskinen,
and M. Manninen, Finite boson and fermion systems under extreme rotation: Edge
reconstruction and vortex formation, J. of Phys. B: Atomic, Molecular &
Optical Physics 39, 2721 (2006).
3.
M. Koskinen, S.M. Reimann, J.-P. Nikkarila, and
M. Manninen, Spectral properties of rotating electrons in quantum dots and
their relation to quantum Hall liquids, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19,
076211 (2007).
4.
M. Toreblad, M. Borgh, M. Manninen, M. Koskinen,
and S.M. Reimann Universal vortex formation in rotating traps with bosons and
fermions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 090407 (2004).
5.
K. Kärkkäinen, M. Koskinen, S.M. Reimann, and M.
Manninen, Exchange-correlation energy of a multicomponent two-dimensional
electrongas, Phys. Rev. B 68, 205322 (2003).
Ramon A. Wyss, KTH-Kärnfysik,
Frescativ. 24, S-104 05 Stockholm, SWEDEN, tel. +46 8 55378210, e-mail: wyss@nuclear.kth.se.
• List of
names and full coordinates of the envisaged Steering Committee members
|
1 |
BELGIUM |
P.-H. Heenen, CP 229,
PNTPM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B1050 Bruxelles, BELGIUM, tel: 32 2 650
55 58, e-mail: phheenen@ulb.ac.be |
|
2 |
BULGARIA |
A.N. Antonov,
INRNE-BAS, Blvd. Tsarigradsko chaussee 72, 1784 Sofia, BULGARIA, tel. +359-2-9795000-315, e-mail: aantonov@inrne.bas.bg |
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3 |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
J. Kvasil, Charles
University, V Holesovickach 2, 180 00 Praha 8, CZECH REPUBLIC, tel. +420 22191
2471, e-mail: kvasil@ipnp.troja.mff.cuni.cz |
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4 |
CROATIA |
D.
Vretenar, University of Zagreb, Bijenicka cesta 32, 10000
Zagreb, CROATIA, tel: +385 1 460 5576, e-mail: vretenar@phy.hr |
|
5 |
DENMARK |
D.V. Fedorov,
University of Aarhus, Ny Munkegade, Building 1520, DK-8000 Aarhus C, DENMARK,
tel: +45 8942 3651, e-mail: fedorov@phys.au.dk |
|
6 |
FINLAND |
M.
Manninen, Department of Physics,
P.O. Box 35 (YFL), FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, FINLAND, tel: +358 14
260 2362, e-mail: matti.manninen@phys.jyv.fi. |
|
7 |
FRANCE |
M. Bender,
Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Chemin du Solarium, Le
Haut-Vigneau, BP 120, F-33175 Gradignan Cedex, FRANCE, tel: +33 5 57 12 07
78, e-mail : bender@cenbg.in2p3.f |
|
8 |
GERMANY |
P.-G. Reinhard, Institut für Theoretische Physik II der Universität Erlangen,
Staudstr. 7, D-91058 Erlangen, GERMANY
, tel: +49 9131 85 28458 / 28462, e-mail:
reinhard@theorie2.physik.uni-erlangen.de |
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9 |
GREECE |
G.A. Lalazissis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, GREECE,
tel: +30 2310 998352. e-mail: glalazis@auth.gr |
|
10 |
ITALY |
M. Baldo, INFN Sez. Catania, Via
S. Sofia 64 - 95123 Catania, ITALY, tel:
+39 095 3785311, e-mail: baldo@ct.infn.it |
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11 |
NORWAY |
M.
Hjørth-Jensen, University of Oslo, POB 1048 Blindern, Oslo
N-0316, NORWAY, tel: +47-22856458, e-mail: morten.hjorth-jensen@fys.uio.no |
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12 |
POLAND |
J.
Dobaczewski, University of
Warsaw, Hoza 69, PL-00-681 Warsaw, POLAND, tel. +48 22 5532 248, e-mail: jacek.dobaczewski@fuw.edu.pl, |
|
13 |
ROMANIA |
A.N. Petrovici, National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering - Horia
Hulubei, Street Atomistilor 407, R-077125 Bucharest - Magurele, ROMANIA, tel:
+4021 4042392, e-mail:
spetro@ifin.nipne.ro |
|
14 |
SPAIN |
J. Dukelsky,
Instituto de Esructura de la Materia.CSIC, Serrano 123. 28006 Madrid, SPAIN,
tel: 34 915616800 (Ext. 1134), e-mail: dukelsky@cfmac.csic.es L.M.
Robledo, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Modulo C-XI,
Campus Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, SPAIN. tel: 34 914975566, e-mail:
luis.robledo@uam.es |
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15 |
SWEDEN |
R.A. Wyss, KTH-Kärnfysik, Frescativ. 24, S-104 05
Stockholm, SWEDEN, +46 8 55378210, e-mail: wyss@nuclear.kth.se. S.M. Reimann: Lund Institute of Technology, PBox 118, S-22100 Lund, SWEDEN, tel:
+46 46 222 9086, e-mail:
reimann@matfys.lth.se |
|
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UNITED KINGDOM |
N.R. Walet,
University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UNITED KINGDOM, tel:
+44(0)1613063693, e-mail: niels.walet@manchester.ac.uk |
• Programme
Collaborations
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1 |
BELGIUM |
University of Bruxelles:
P.H. Heenen, N. Chamel, S. Goriely; University of Gent: D. Van
Neck |
|
2 |
BULGARIA |
INRNE Sofia: A.N. Antonov, S.S. Dimitrova, M.K.
Gaidarov, M.V. Ivanov, D.N. Kadrev, M.V. Stoitsov, Ch. Stoyanov; University
of Rousse: G.Z. Krumova |
|
3 |
CROATIA |
University of Zagreb:
S. Brant, T. Nikšić, N. Paar, D. Vretenar |
|
4 |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
Nuclear Physics Institute ASCR, Řež: J. Mares; Charles University Prague: P. Cejnar, J. Kvasil |
|
5 |
DENMARK |
Niels
Bohr Institute: T.
Døssing; University of Aarhus:
D.V. Fedorov, A.S. Jensen, R. Alvarez-Rodriguez |
|
6 |
FINLAND |
Department
of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, M. Manninen, J. Suhonen, R.
van Leeuwen |
|
7 |
FRANCE |
Université de Bordeaux: M. Bender, L. Bonneau, Ph.
Quentin; CEA Saclay: T. Duguet; GANIL Caen: D.
Lacroix, M. Płoszajczak; IPHC
and ULP Strasbourg: J.
Bartel, J. Dudek, H. Molique; IPN
Lyon: K. Bennaceur; IPN Orsay: M. Grasso, E. Khan, J. Libert, J.
Margueron, P. Schuck; Université de
Toulouse: E. Suraud, Phuong Mai Dinh |
|
8 |
GERMANY |
University
of Gießen: H. Lenske; University of Erlangen: A. Görling, P.-G. Reinhard; University of Bayreuth: S. Kümmel;
University
of Frankfurt: J.A. Maruhn; FU Berlin: E.K.U. Gross, |
|
9 |
GREECE |
National
and Kapodistrian University of Athens: E. Mavromati, F. Diakonos; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: C. Koutroulos, G.A. Lalazissis, S. Massen, Ch. Moustakidis; NRCPS
``Demokritos``: D. Bonatsos, V. Demetriou; The
University of Ioannina: G.
Pantis, Th. Kosmas; University of Crete: G. Kavoulakis |
|
10 |
ITALY |
INFN
Catania: M. Baldo, C.
Ducoin; University of Catania:
F. Catara, U. Lombardo; ECT*
Trento: J.-P. Blaizot; University of Lecce: G. Co; University of Milano: G. Colo’, P.F. Bortignon, R.A. Broglia; INFN Milano: E. Vigezzi; University
of Trento: E. Lipparini, F. Pederiva, S. Stringari;
University of Bologna: P. Finelli |
|
11 |
NORWAY |
University
of Oslo: M.
Hjørth-Jensen; University of Bergen: O. Jensen, J.S. Vaagen |
|
12 |
POLAND |
Sołtan
Institute for Nuclear Studies: M. Kowal, Z. Patyk, R. Smolańczuk, J. Skalski, A. Sobiczewski; University of Warsaw: J Dobaczewski, P. Olbratowski, G. Rohoziński, W.
Satuła, T.R. Werner; Warsaw
University of Technology:
P. Magierski; UMCS Lublin: A.
Baran, A. Dobrowolski, A. Góźdź, B. Nerlo-Pomorska, K. Pomorski, L.
Próchniak, A. Staszczak, M. Warda, K. Zając |
|
13 |
ROMANIA |
NIPNE
Bucharest: A.
Petrovici, D. Cozma, D. Delion, R. Gherghescu, M. Mirea, D. Poenaru, M.
Rizea, N. Sandulescu, V. Zamfir |
|
14 |
SPAIN |
Instituto de Estructura de la Materia - CSIC: J. Dukelsky, P.
Sarriguren, E. Garrido, R. Molina, A. Relano; Universidad
de Huelva: J.E . García-Ramos; Universidad de Sevilla:
J.M. Arias, C. Alonso; Universidad de Valencia - CSIC: J.
Navarro; Universidad Autonoma de Madrid: L.M. Robledo; Universidad
de Barcelona: X. Vinyes, M. Centelles, A. Polls; Universidad Complutense de
Madrid: E. Moya de Guerra, J.M. Gomez, J. Retamosa, J.M. Udias, M.C.
Martinez |
|
15 |
SWEDEN |
KTH-Kärnfysik: R.A. Wyss, R. Liotta;
LTH Lund: S. Åberg, R. Bengtsson, I. Ragnarsson,
S.M. Reimann |
|
16 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Manchester:
R. Bishop, N.R. Walet; University of Surrey: M. Oi, P.
Stevenson |
• International dimension
The ARTHENSA network will collaborate with several
international networks having similar research goals. In the U.S.A, the
SciDAC's Universal Nuclear Energy Density Functional (UNEDF) collaboration (http://www.scidac.gov/physics/unedf.html)
has for its purpose to formulate the next generation of nuclear structure and
reaction theory. The mission of the project is threefold: (i) find an optimal
EDF using all our knowledge of nucleonic Hamiltonian and basic nuclear
properties; (ii) apply DFT and its extensions to validate the functional using
all the available relevant nuclear structure data; and (iii) apply the
validated theory to properties of interest that cannot be measured, in
particular the properties needed for reaction theory such as cross sections
relevant to NNSA programs. The activities to be supported fall into different
areas of nuclear theory and computer science, but the goal can only be achieved
by working at the interfaces among these areas. The collaboration involves
theoretical physicists and computer scientists from six national laboratories
(Ames, Argonne, Berkeley, Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge) and eight
universities (Central Michigan U., Iowa State U., Michigan State U., UNC at
Chapel Hill, Ohio State U., San Diego State U., U. of Tennessee, and U. of
Washington). The advisory committee of
UNEDF consists of George F. Bertsch (University of Washington, Principal
Investigator), Aurel Bulgac (University of Washington), Joe Carlson (Los
Alamos), Dick Furnstahl (Ohio State),
Rusty Lusk (Argonne), Witold Nazarewicz (University of Tennessee, Oak
Ridge), and Ian Thompson (Livermore). The collaboration also involves a number
of scientists based in Europe (including several members of ARTHENSA) and
Japan. The budget of UNEDF supports those scientists by covering their
participation in collaboration meetings in the U.S.A. UNEDF is supported by the
U.S. Department of Energy.
Another international sister network is the
Japan-U.S. Institute for Physics with Exotic Nuclei (JUSTIPEN; http://www.phys.utk.edu/JUSTIPEN/)
that has been established in order to facilitate collaborations between U.S.-
and Japan-based scientists whose main research thrust is in the area of the
physics of nuclei. JUSTIPEN is located at the RIKEN RIB Experimental Facility
in Wako, near Tokyo. JUSTIPEN’s purview is
in the area of physics of or with exotic nuclei, including nuclear
structure and reaction theory, nuclear astrophysics, and tests of the standard
model using exotic nuclei. Funding for JUSTIPEN is being provided by the Office
of Nuclear Physics of the U.S. Department of Energy. Additional local support is
provided by the University of Tokyo and RIKEN. The matching activity from Japan
to US-lead JUSTIPEN activity is provided by the JSPS core-to-core program
"International Research Network for Exotic Femto Systems" (EFES; http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/core_to_core/pdf/report/r18002_h18.pdf)
directed by Takaharu Otsuka (Tokyo) as well as by the Todai-RIKEN Joint
International Program for Nuclear Physics (TORIJIN).
In addition to JUSTIPEN, EFES directly collaborates
with partners in Europe, including GSI (Germany), GANIL (France), Jyväskylä
(Finland), and Padova (Italy). Joint activities involving include workshops (http://www.jyu.fi/accelerator/fidipro/Workshop)
or http://www.phy.ornl.gov/theory/papenbro/march07.htm).
EFES supports Japan-based scientists attending joint workshops in Europe and
U.S.
A particular effort will be made to maintain close
links with the community in China, which has an exceptional large number of PhD
students Chinese Nuclear Structure Community, headed by Prof. J. Meng of Peking
University, has 120 members, including 40 faculty members from 18 institutes or
universities, among them half are under age of 45. The main topics cover exotic
nuclei, superheavy nuclei, nuclear astrophysics, rotating nuclei, etc.
Theoretical activities include both macroscopic and microscopic approaches.
Chinese Nuclear Structure Community is well organised and is about to form a
formal network as well as to apply for a grant that will fund continuation of
the international collaboration.