General KM3NeT meeting, Pylos 15 – 18 April 2007

Institute of Space Sciences, Bucharest, Romania

Vlad Popa, ISS

INSTITUTE FOR SPACE SCIENCES - ISSSubsidiary (Legal entity) of the NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER, PLASMA AND

RADIATION PHYSICS - INFLPR

(http://venus.nipne.ro)

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ISS structureISS structure

Chief Accountant

Scientific Secretary

Scientific CouncilDirectorBoard

Accounting & Administrative

Department

Gravitation Laboratory

Space Engineering Laboratory

Space Research

Laboratory

Publicacquisitions

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Years

Nr.

Total Women Men

Average age Average age 36 years 36 years

Personnel structure - 2006Personnel structure - 2006

1 - senior researchers I, II and III

2 - scientific researchers

3 - assistant researchers

4 - technicians and workers

5 - services

Age distribution

R&D personnel 90%

26,6%22,0%

29,4%

11,9% 10,1%

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10%

20%

30%

40%

1 2 3 4 5

Total 109 R & D personnel 98

– Ph.D. 23– Ph.D. students 32*– Master students 11– Students 7

* 12 PhD students abroad

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

Space physics cosmic rays, nuclear astrophysics and (astro)particle physics

space plasma and magnetometry

Cosmology

General theoretical and mathematical physics

Gravitation and Microgravitation

Space technology engineering for space research and applications

ISS was/is/hopes to be active in several international projects:

● INTERBAL● CLUSTER 2● FAST● PLANCK● AMS 02● MACRO● ANTARES● SLIM● NOTTE● ALICE● BRAHMS● R3B● EMU 01, 18● RoALTA (EUROCOSMICS)● CTA● KM3NeT ?

International R & D partnersInternational R & D partners

BelgiumBelgium1. Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Bruxelles.

Czech RepublicCzech Republic1. Institute of Atmospheric Physics of Czech Academy, Prague; 2. Karlovo University, Prague.

FranFrancece 1. Laboratoire de Physique des Atomes, Lasers, Molecules et

Surfaces, CNRS;2. Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et Moleculaires,

Universite Paris Sud, Orsay; 3. University of Cergy Pontoise, Cergy Pontoise

GermanyGermany1. Max Plank Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching.2. Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, Technical University

Braunschweig.3. R3B Consortium, GSI, Darmstadt

ItalyItaly1. C.N.R – I.A.S.F. Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica,

Bologna;2. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita di Bologna, Bologna;3. Laboratorio per lo Studio degli Effetti delle Radiazioni sui Materiali

Speciali (SERMS), Terni. 4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Perugia

RussiaRussia1. Joint Institute of Nuclear Research Dubna.

TurkeyTurkey1.1. ÇÇankayaankaya University, Ankara.

USAUSA1. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Heavy Ion Research Group,

Upton, New York ANTARESANTARES Collaboration (from September 2006)

MobilityMobility 1999 – 2006 1999 – 2006

(PhD students not included)(PhD students not included)

Mobilitate 1999 - 2006

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Scientific publications 1992 - 2006Scientific publications 1992 - 2006

Total publicatii - Institutul de Stiinte Spatiale

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91 91

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Computing infrastructure – TIR 2 GRID cluster (in upgrading)

Today: 140 CPU’s, 6.5 TB storage

2008: 400 CPU’s, 20 TB storage

Short historyShort history

1956 ÷ 1977

Cosmic Ray Laboratory,

Institute Atomic Physics, Bucharest

1977 ÷ 1990

Center of Astronomy and Space Sciences,

Central Institute of Physics, Bucharest

1990 ÷ 1996

Institute for Gravitation and Space Sciences, Institute for Atomic Physics, Bucharest

From 1996

Institute for Space Sciences,

National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest

Most of our financial resources came from the National Research and Development Programs; contributions from international grants or institutions (EU, in the FP6 framework or ESA, in the PECS framework) contribute also to our research budget.

Our budget in the last few years:

● 2004 2.25 M RON (0.51 M Euro)● 2005 3.05 M RON (0.76 M Euro)● 2006 4.29 M RON (1.19 M Euro)

Another kind of history…

Before the early ’90’s: Some people left, no coming back intentions…

During the ’90’s: Many people left abroad, but most of them keeping the affiliation

Last few years: Nobody left (!!!), people started to came back!

We must expand, a new building is in project.

Basement: computing center, small workshopGround: clean rooms, officesFirst and second floors: offices (including for visitors)An auditorium (about 60 seats)

ROASTROPART

A newly created consortium made of:

● ISS

● IFIN-HH

● University of Bucharest

● Polytechnic University of Bucharest

In May 24 -25 we expected the visit of an ApPEC delegation…

What could we do for KM3NeT?

WP2: Astroparticle Physics

WP3: Physics analysis

● Exotica: magnetic monopoles, nuclearites, Q-balls

● Tests of relativity (“exotic” neutrino oscillations)

WP4: System and product engineering

WP5: Information technology

● Small scale tests, experimental models, etc.