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Monday 21 October 2024
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FLTR: Alberto Del Guerra, Alessandra Fantoni and Laura Harkness-Brennan - image credit: A. Fantoni
Author: Alessandra Fantoni
The 2024 EPS Nuclear Physics Division applied-nuclear-physics prize
was awarded at the recent EPS applied nuclear physics conference held in
Thessaloniki, Greece from 23rd-27th September 2024 https://hnps.eu/ANP2024/.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
Prof. Alberto Del Guerra from the Department of Physics University of Pisa and INFN Sezione di Pisa, Italy “in
recognition of his outstanding and seminal contribution to the
development of new radiation detectors and methods for clinical and
preclinical molecular imaging systems and applications”
and Prof. Laura Harkness-Brennan from the University of Liverpool, UK “in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the application of advanced
gamma-ray spectroscopy together with imaging technology and techniques
to the areas of nuclear medical imaging, homeland security, nuclear
decommissioning and environmental monitoring.”
At the prize ceremony, Prof. Del Guerra and Prof. Harkness-Brennan gave entertaining and thought-provoking talks entitled “A life for radiation medical physics” and “Next Generation Gamma-ray Imaging”,
respectively. Together the presentations gave an excellent perspective
on the applications of nuclear physics knowledge and techniques to
addressing real-world challenges.
The attached photos show
the prize recipients and them receiving their certificates from EPS
nuclear-physics-division-board chair Dr. Alessandra Fantoni.
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Posted By Administration,
Friday 14 June 2024
Updated: Friday 14 June 2024
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Author: Ariane Wenger
Are you a researcher planning to attend scientific conferences?
Please
consider participating in and distributing this survey on researchers’
expectations of conferences that Ariane Wenger – a doctoral student at
the Transdisciplinarity Lab (TdLab), ETH Zurich – is conducting as part
of her dissertation on changing research exchange practices. The short
(10 minutes) online survey is aimed at researchers of all scientific
disciplines and career stages who are planning to attend scientific
conferences. In particular, opinions and views of researchers from all
around the world are appreciated. Participation in the survey will not
only enrich this study, but will also help to identify avenues for
enhancing current conference practices, benefiting the wider academic
community.
The survey can be accessed here: https://ww3.unipark.de/uc/cexp1/.
Thank you very much for your support!
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Posted By Administration,
Friday 14 June 2024
Updated: Friday 14 June 2024
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Nominations are sought for the Fritz London Memorial Prize for Low
Temperature Physics, which will be presented at the International Low
Temperature Conference (LT30) in Bilbao, Spain, in August 2025.
The
Fritz London Memorial Prize is an international prize supported by the
endowment created at Duke University by John Bardeen, a generous gift
from the late Horst Meyer, and donations from Oxford Instruments. It is
awarded once every three years and is intended to recognize outstanding
experimental and theoretical contributions to low temperature physics.
Background information and a list of previous London Prize winners can
be found at: https://physics.duke.edu/fritz-london-memorial-prize
The
members of the 2025 London Memorial Prize Committee are: P. Hakonen
(Chair, Aalto U., Finland), Eva Andrei (Rutgers U., USA), Laura Greene
(FSU and MagLab, USA), H. Mooij (TU Delft, Netherlands), and Y. Okuda
(Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan).
Nominations and supporting letters should be sent to the Chair of the Prize Committee:
Prof. Pertti Hakonen
pertti.hakonen@aalto.fi
Subject: London Memorial Prize
The deadline for the receipt of nominations and supporting letters is November 15, 2024.
The nomination letter should clearly state all of the following:
- The basis for the proposed prize.
- Publications on which the nomination is based.
- An assessment of the impact on the low temperature community.
- Relevant biographical information and institutional affiliation.
- Supporting letters (no more than 4) should be submitted together with the nomination materials.
There
are no restrictions on who could receive this award. It has been the
policy of the committee to avoid giving the award for work that has
already been recognized by the Simon Memorial Prize or by other
comparable awards. The committee also looks more favorably on recent
work as compared to work whose significance has been apparent for a long
time.
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Posted By Administration,
Friday 14 June 2024
Updated: Friday 14 June 2024
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Author: Luc Bergé
On 25th and 26th March, the EPS organised its second Forum at the Henry
Ford Building of Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Prepared for more
than a year, the EPS Forum welcomed 405 registered participants taken in
charge by 8 EPS staff members and 9 student helpers. 213 master, PhD
students and postdoc fellows from 35 different countries attended this
second edition of the Forum. Unlike its first edition in Paris (2022),
this event hosted a majority of young researchers (53.2% of attendees),
mainly coming from outside the EPS community.
The EPS Forum (www.epsforum.org)
proposed a series of conferences and workshops on the following topics:
Atomic, molecular and optical physics for quantum technologies;
applications of nuclear and particle physics to society; condensed
matter and applications to industry; energy management, pollution and
climate; artificial intelligence, brain inspired processing systems and
applications; and photonics.
The first day (“Physics Meets
Industry”, 25th March) was devoted to the employment of early career
physicists in Europe and fostered direct exchanges with stakeholders of
many industrial companies working in the above fields. It was opened by a
plenary speech given by Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner for
Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.
The second day
(“Fundamental Physics”, 26th March) hosted a general conference on
physics, addressing the same fields from a fundamental perspective and
starting with a plenary session that welcomed the Nobel Laureates Anne
L’Huillier, Klaus von Klitzing, Stefan Hell and the ERC Scientific
Council representative Nicola Spaldin. 64 early-career researchers,
including several EPS Young Minds, could present their research during a
poster session organised in the afternoon.
On the whole 70
invited speakers and round table panelists accepted our invitation to
participate in the Forum. The preparation of this major event involved
40 representatives of the EPS Member Societies, Divisions and Groups,
Associate Members, members of the EPS Executive Committee and of the EPS
Secretariat. It also led to an efficient cooperation with the EPS Young
Minds, who held a very successful Leadership Meeting, and the
International Association of Physics Students.
This edition of the
EPS Forum was financially supported by 19 sponsors and 11 exhibitors.
It again demonstrated the possibility to make all the EPS components
regularly work together over a year to promote the young generation of
European physicists, to bridge the gap between academic research and
industry, and to still advertise the latest developments in fundamental
physics at the highest level.
Image credit: Bernhard Wannenmacher
A discussion between Klaus von Klitzing and Stefan Hell
Anne L’Huillier’s plenary talk
Coffee break at the exhibitors’ booth
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Posted By Gina Gunaratnam,
Thursday 18 April 2024
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Text: Anne Pawsey, photographs: Gina Gunaratnam
The EPS Forum and Council meeting were held at the Freie Universität Berlin 25th to 27th of March. This lively event brought together 400 physicists from 35 separate countries and involved over 200 students in a sessions of conference sessions, round tables and formal and informal networking.
First day at the EPS Forum 2024 in Berlin
Anne L'Huillier with participants of the forum
Second day with the plenary session of Anne L'Huillier
Mairi Sakellariadou takes over from Luc Bergé as EPS President
at the EPS Council meeting 2024
APS President Young-Kee Kim and EPS President Mairi Sakellariadou
at the EPS Council meeting 2024
more images in EPN issue 55-2
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Posted By Administration,
Monday 19 February 2024
Updated: Monday 19 February 2024
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Author: Luc Bergé
After Paris in 2022, Berlin will host the second Forum of the European Physical Society (EPS) on March 25 and 26, 2024 at the Henry Ford Building of Freie Universität Berlin.
What is the EPS Forum?
The Forum is an exceptional meeting prepared by all EPS bodies, Member Societies, Divisions and Groups, and Associate Members.
Opened by European Commissioner Iliana Ivanova, the first day (March 25) "Physics meets Industry" will propose various tutorial talks and many round tables on the industrial developments in different fields of physics.
The second day (March 26), starting with a Nobel session, will address the latest scientific advances in the same physics topics. Anne L'Huillier, Klaus von Klitzing, Stefan Hell will be there to deliver plenary talks.
What are the topics of the EPS Forum?
The scientific topics of the Forum will cover a wide range of fields in physics:
- Atomic, molecular and optical physics for quantum technologies
- Applications of nuclear and particle physics to society
- Condensed matter and applications to industry
- Energy management, pollution and climate
- Artificial intelligence, brain inspired processing systems and applications
- Photonics
Who is the EPS Forum for?
Early-career and senior researchers are invited to participate in the Forum. Young researchers (master, PhD students and postdocs) are particularly invited to come to Berlin, discover the most recent employment opportunities in the physics-based industry sector and exchange with world-renowned researchers.
The EPS will support the travel and lodging expenses of 100 physics students.
Check the programme at https://epsforum.org/programme/
 There is still time to register until March 3 at https://www.epsforum.org/register/
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Thursday 23 March 2023
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The European Physical Society’s Accelerator Group (EPS-AG) has
announced the winners of its 2023 prizes, which are awarded every three
years for outstanding achievements in the accelerator field. The prizes
will be presented at an awards session during the International Particle
Accelerator Conference (IPAC’23), which takes place from 7th to 12th
May in Venice, Italy.
The EPS-AG Rolf Wideröe Prize for
outstanding work in the accelerator field has been given to Katsunobu
Oide, KEK and visiting scientist at CERN / University of Geneva, for his
many conceptual contributions to linear and circular particle
colliders. Examples include the Oide limit of final focus systems and
the design of the final focus test beam at SLAC, crab crossing in
circular colliders, the beam optics design code SAD, design work for
KEKB and KEK-ATF, advanced lattice design for the FCC study, and his
leading role in design, commissioning and performance optimization of
KEK accelerators.
The EPS-AG Gersh Budker Prize for a
recent, significant, original contribution to the accelerator field has
been awarded to Mikhail Krasilnikov, DESY/Zeuthen, for his achievements
in the development of high brightness electron beams and a high power,
tunable THz SASE free electron laser based on those beams, demonstrating
lasing at the PITZ facility in 2022.
The EPS-AG Frank Sacherer Prize for
an individual in the early part of his or her career goes to Xingchen
Xu, Fermilab, for his contributions in demonstrating the effectiveness
of the internal oxidation method in Nb3Sn wires to strongly improve the
performance of this superconductor by using artificial pinning centers,
opening the way to the next generation of high field accelerator
magnets.
More info
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Posted By Administration,
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Updated: Thursday 15 September 2022
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Author: David Lee
The 11th Conference of the Balkan Physical Union (BPU11 Congress) was held in
Belgrade, Serbia, from 28th August to 1st September 2022. Most of the
sessions were held in the beautiful building of the Serbian Academy of
Sciences and Arts – SASA, in downtown Belgrade.
BPU11 was
organised by the Balkan Physical Union, local co-organisers from Serbia
and the European Physical Society. The members of BPU are the National
Physical Societies of Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Montenegro,
Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.
BPU11 was organised in the tradition of prior conferences, with an international participation addressing all fields of physics.
During
the meeting, there were many high level international talks. Luc Bergé,
the EPS President, gave a plenary talk on THz waves generated by
laser-plasma interactions. David Lee, the EPS Secretary General
participated as a speaker in the Round Table on Careers in Physics
organised by representatives of the EPS Young Minds Programme. Beside the 12 plenary and 20 invited lecturers, more than 100 oral talks and about 200 posters were presented, and 5 Round tables were held. The BPU11 Congress was followed by 4 satellite events, 2 workshops and 2 Schools.
BPU11 was a hybrid event that attracted almost 450 participants from around the world, with around 300 onsite and about 150 online participants. This
conference is a valuable addition to the panoply of physics conferences
in Europe as it highlights the excellent research in Balkan states. It
is a practical measure to address the issue of how to increase
participation of countries that are under-represented in EC funded
research.
Attendees at the Opening Ceremony of BPU11 - image: David Lee
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Monday 27 June 2022
Updated: Monday 27 June 2022
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Author: Luc Bergé
On June 2 and 3, the EPS held its first Forum at the International
Conference Center of Sorbonne University (SU) in Paris, France. Prepared
for more than a year with our Member Societies and our Divisions and
Groups, the EPS Forum welcomed 487 participants among whom 184 students
coming from 30 different countries.
The format of the EPS Forum (www.epsforum.org)
included a series of conferences, round tables and workshops on the
following topics: Energy and sustainability, accelerators, high-energy
particle physics, nuclear physics, quantum technologies and photonics,
machine learning and artificial intelligence, biophysics, technological
sequencing of biomolecules and human health, condensed matter physics:
from quantum materials to additive manufacturing.
The
objective of the EPS Forum was to showcase the latest developments in
the above fields of physics, both from their potential links with the
industry and current opportunities of employment for the young
physicists and from the most recent achievements in fundamental science.
The EPS Forum, therefore, dedicated two days for each of these goals.
Thursday June 2nd was devoted to “physics meeting industry”. This meeting fostered direct
exchanges between physicists - with a majority of master, PhD students,
postdocs and early-career researchers - and stakeholders and managers
of physics-based industrial companies. This first day of the Forum was
opened by a plenary conference given by Mariya Gabriel, European
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
about filling the gap between science and innovation. More than 60 young
researchers were able to present the results of their research during a
long poster session.
Friday June 3rd
hosted a scientific colloquium highlighting the latest achievements in
physics by the most outstanding physicists in Europe and beyond. The
morning session welcomed three laureates of the Physics Nobel prize,
namely, Prof. Barry Barish from Caltech, USA, who talked about
gravitational waves and the LIGO collaboration, Prof. Serge Haroche
from École Normale Supérieure & Collège de France in Paris, who
surveyed the history of quantum physics to its latest developments in
applied research, and Prof. Michael Kosterlitz from Brown University,
USA, who addressed theoretical and numerical issues on the solving of
nonlinear partial differential equations. All along this second day,
several round tables dealt with various societal topics, such as physics
training and the gap between schools and universities, strengthening
the EPS Member Societies through structures for mutual support, or the
European Research Council (ERC) and Widening Participation of Eastern
and Southern States, for which Andrzej Jajszczyk, ERC Vice-President for
physics, was invited to give a talk.
In
parallel to these two days, three hands-on sessions dedicated to
quantum computing and a masterclass on scientific writing trained our
students on these different topics, while the patio of the Conference
Center housed 25 stands that experienced fruitful exchanges with
students looking for job opportunities.
Also,
the EPS Young Minds held their annual Leadership Meeting, a very
successful event full of participants from all over the world. 25
representatives from the International Association of Physics Students
(IAPS) and 25 others from the 5 Universities of the SU 4Eu+ Alliance
were moreover invited by the EPS to enjoy the different conferences and
sessions of the Forum. Some of them helped our secretariat in the
logistics of the event and we thank very much these student helpers.
The
Forum was financially supported by several Member Societies of the EPS
and by many sponsors for which a wall of logos was especially prepared:
More than 70 research organisations, large industrial groups, medium and
small-sized companies, leading start-ups and learned societies
positively responded to our invitation to contribute to this event. In
particular, several EPS Associate Members were directly involved in its
organisation. The programme committee included 75 members from all the
EPS constitutive bodies who met monthly to prepare the Forum and the EPS
Secretariat managed the conference in highly professional manner.
In
summary this first edition of the EPS Forum clearly demonstrated the
possibility to make all the EPS components regularly work over a year in
order to achieve all together a place and a while to promote the young
generation of European physicists, to bridge the gap between academic
research and industry, and to still advertise the latest developments in
fundamental physics at the highest level.
The
Forum allowed all our community to meet and share mutual interests in a
pleasant and relaxed atmosphere. Installing this event over time is the
next challenge for the EPS.
A few photos extracted from the Forum, including Serge Haroche’s
plenary talk in the auditorium, a hands-on session,
the lunch break at
the patio of the Conference Center and the Young Minds Leadership
Meeting.
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Friday 10 June 2022
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Author: Mažena Mackoit-Sinkevičienė
From 14th April to the end of May, the EPS Lithuanian Young
Minds section, with the support of the Lithuanian Physical Society,
organised a series of events dedicated to World Quantum Day.
The
World Quantum Day (WQD) celebration in Lithuania is a part of the WQD
movement, which aims to promote the public understanding of Quantum
Science and Technology around the World. WQD is constituted by quantum
scientists who act as contact points and country representatives for the
World Quantum Day, and we are pleased to tell you that EPS Young Minds
Action Committee member dr. M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, together with J.
Sinkevičius, with the support of the Lithuanian Physical Society, were
the main organisers of this large-scale event. 65 countries around the
world, including Lithuania, celebrated World Quantum Day with various
events. On that occasion, a series of special events were planned in
Lithuania - like educational lectures, special television and radio
programs, visits to different Lithuanian cities, and even an exhibition
of science and art on this topic, which is held at the Center for
Physical Sciences and Technologies (FTMC).
In February we
officially announced the Quantum Art Competition to illustrate quantum
effects and the most influential scientists in the history of quantum
mechanics. The WQD art competition was opened to anyone who is not
indifferent to science. Over 200 participants were divided into three
age categories: children under 12; children aged 12-18 and adults.
We
discussed the drawings together with the President of Lithuanian
Physical Society and the Chair of the Quantum Art Contest prof. Gražina
Tautvaišienė: “The contest committee had a really difficult task.
Participants demonstrated great creativity and ingenuity, many with a
subtle understanding of physics. The drawings of many participants
deserved awards. I am glad that physics contributes to the development
of the depth of thinking and inspires the creation of masterpieces of
art. I wish everyone success and creativity in all areas of life."
FTMC
director prof. Gintaras Valušis: “We are the first country in the world
to organize such a large-scale event within the framework of World
Quantum Day. Science and art have gone hand in hand since time
immemorial. Today, guests from Palanga, Jonava, Jieznas, Kaunas,
Raseiniai, Tauragė and other cities visit here, in a special place, in
the sanctuary of science - FTMC. We received over 200 works, but we
selected the 50 most impressive works for the exhibition. Glad we
succeeded! Let it become a beautiful tradition. ” The authors of the
best works were awarded valuable prizes including popular board games,
drawing tablets, electronics training kits, etc. On May 20th, in the
FTMC, the exhibition "Quantum Physics in Art" with the most impressive
works of all Lithuania was opened.
On 14th April a national
broadcast on YouTube i.e., a lecture with quizzes from Lithuanian
physicists was shown. EPS YM created a special movie dedicated to WQD in
Lithuania. We recorded greetings from Lithuanian physicists from
different universities and centers: Lithuanian Physical Society,
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, FTMC and Vilnius University (VU) Faculty
of Physics. A special quiz questions were given to the participants for
whom prizes were awarded. An introductory lecture on quantum physics
was also given from the history of quantum information to examples of
concrete quantum-related projects, the discussions explored the past,
present and future of quantum science and technology.
The
second major event took place on April 25th in the Theater Hall of VU.
The interactive public lecture about the beginning of the big bang
theory and quantum physics was given to the audience gathered for the
event – VU students, Vilnius city gymnasium students and their teachers.
Participants answered all the questions. The youngest participant of
the festival, seven-year-old Ernestas Kavaliauskas, was the most active.
In the second part of this event, "Alice in the Quantum Wonderland" - a
fun interactive performance of the VU Drama Theater (directed by
Felicija Feiferė), during which the audience not only learned the secret
of science, but also saw the experiments and the discussion with dr.
Mažena Mackoit-Sinkevičienė.
At the end of May EPS YM Vilnius
travelled to Jonava, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Visaginas, etc. Young researchers
presented their scientific achievements in a simple, interesting, and
comprehensible way. In addition, they showed some educational
experiments. Instead of one day, we celebrated in Lithuania for a whole
month. We started with the virtual lecture on YouTube, after that we
traveled to the VU Theater, later we visited Lithuanian schools and
finished with a magnificent art exhibition “Quantum Physics in Art”.
4.14 - the number symbolizing Planck's constant is the beginning of
everything in quantum physics, like alpha and omega, this is exactly the
alpha for which Max Planck is the father of quantum physics.
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