U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation

National Research Nuclear University -

Moscow EngineeringPhysics Institute

Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation

  RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER FOR

BASIC INVESTIGATIONS OF MATTER UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS

  REC-011

National Research University -Moscow Institute

for Physics and Technology

Basic Research and Higher Education

• New methods and facilities development for experimental research of matter under extreme conditions

• Fundamental interactions of elementary particles and nuclei

• Data analysis and processes modeling methods development in micro- and macroscopic scale for matter under extreme conditions

• Research of nanostructures under extreme conditions

Scientific research at REC

Major international projectsand experiments with REC participation

• ATLAS (CERN)• ALICE(CERN)• CMS (CERN)• STAR (BNL, USA)• ERL (Cornell University, USA)• TESLA (DESY, Germany)• ZEUS (DESY, Germany)• CELSIUS\WASA (TSL, Sweden)• HENDES (Finland)• FAIR (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)

Leading foreign scientific and educational centres collaborating with REC

• Stanford University (USA)• Massachusetts technological Institute (USA) • Brookhaywen national laboratory (USA) • Livermore national laboratory (USA) • Cornell University (USA) • Cambrige University (Great Britain) • Göttingen University and Max Plank Institute (Germany)• Hahn-Meitner Institute (Berlin, Germany)• Stockholm University (Sweden)• Uppsala University (Sweden)• Jyväskylä University (Finland)• International scientific research centres: CERN, DESY, BNL, TSL (Uppsala, Sweden)• University of Maryland (USA)

Leading Russian scientific and educational centres collaborating with REC

• Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics • Institute for Thermophysics under Extreme Conditions • Russian Scientific Center "Kurchatov Institute" • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research• Institute for High Energy Physics• Lebedev Physical Institute• Institute for Nuclear Research of Russian Academy of Sciences• Russian Universities at Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Saratov, Ural,

Nizhni Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Tomsk• Central Science Research Institute for Machinery (Korolev city)• Science Research Institute for Pulse Technique (Moscow)• Science Research Institute for Pulse Systems (Nizhni Novgorod)

Experiment STAR at Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)

New state of strong-interacting matter was found in experiment STAR at heavy ion collider RHIC. Matter in this state has extremely high density and

temperature. REC researchers took part in this experiment.

RHIC facility arrangement Detector for experiment STAR commissioning

Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Switzerland

Quark-gluon plasma research

General-purpose detector (search for the Higgs boson, particles that make up dark matter etc.)

Proton Energy 7X7 TeVCircumference 27 km

Experiment ATLAS at Large Hadron ColliderTransition Radiation Tracker (TRC) was created and fully tested. This detector was designed for experiment ATLAS at Large Hadron Collider, the largest accelerator in the world. Main designer is MEPhI and REC-011.

26 m

Main view of TRC

MEPhI delegation at experimental hall

TRC scheme

Experiment ALICE at Large Hadron Collider

Start detector T0 for experiment ALICE was designed and tested. In this experiment quark-gluon plasma will be researched. This detector is trigger system for all detectors at arrangement ALICE. Detector was designed in

cooperation of several Russian institutes, REC researchers took part in this work.

Fission target study

Search for new advanced target types for laser-driven fission experiments.

Linear Electron-Positron Collider TESLA (Hamburg, Germany)

TESLA collider layoutElectron and positron beams energy 500 GeVOverall facility length 33 kmResearch on quantum chromo dynamics

Devices for ceramic elements testing to be used for RF windows in

TESLA power couplers

REC scientific activity (2009)

• Overall publications – 152• Scientific publications (excl. conference proceedings) –

61• Scientific publications with students participation – 30• Scientific publications young scientists co-authoring– 18• Scientific publications joint with Russian institutes – 20• Scientific publications with foreign participation – 15• Conference reports – 94 • Conference reports with students participation – 48• Conference reports joint with Russian institutes – 18• Conference reports with foreign participation – 15• Thesis for Candidate and Doctor degree

based on REC projects – 4

Support for young researchers at REC-011

Fellowship grants for young researchers

At 2003 – 4 researchers

At 2004 – 13 researchers

At 2005 – 8 researchers

At 2006 – 4 researchers

At 2009 – 2 researchers

At 2010 – 2 researchers

Program “Young teaching assistant” at MEPhI:

about 100 young scientists and post-graduates take part in this program annual.

Trips of MEPhI delegates(average, 2006-2009)

Trips of MIPT delegates(average, 2008-2009)

107 (47.8%)

97 (43.3%)

20(8.9%)

1 2 3

26(13%)

98 (49.9%)

73 (37.1%) 1 2 3

1 - Conferences and workshops 22 - Scientific research and experiments3 - Training and education

Trips of MEPhI delegates Trips of MIPT delegates

Overall trips number

25

50

75

100

20092006 2007 2008

1

2

3 25

50

75

100

20092008

1

2

3

1 - Conferences and workshops 22 - Scientific research and experiments3 - Training and education

Development and stability elements

• organizational and financial support of BRHE

(CRDF and Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, Federal Agency of Education )

• Steady international cooperation: CRDF initiative projects, RFBR grants, direct contracts with research centers еtс. (works on science challenging frontier fields, financial and technical support, high educational standards etc.)

• Steady cooperation with Russian partners

• Field Audit (Sept. 2009) proved REC efficiency

Thank you for your attention!