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Belgium REPORT – RECFA visit

2010. Belgium REPORT – RECFA visit. Evolution since the RECFA visit to Belgium in May 2003 An update of the midterm report by C. De clercq in 2007. Catherine Vander Velde IIHE, Université Libre de Bruxelles For the Belgian HEP community Brussels, 5 March 2010.

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Belgium REPORT – RECFA visit

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  1. 2010 Belgium REPORT – RECFA visit Evolution since the RECFA visit to Belgium in May 2003 An update of the midterm report by C. De clercq in 2007 Catherine Vander Velde IIHE, Université Libre de Bruxelles For the Belgian HEP community Brussels, 5 March 2010

  2. Belgium : Federal state with Decisions at different levels  Federal government 3 regions : Flanders, Wallony, Brussels-Capital matters bound to “soil” 3 communities : Flemish, French, German speaking 10,7 = 6,3 4,3 0.07 million people matters bound to “people and culture”  Flanders Wallony University teaching and public research is run totally independently by the 2 main communities in the regions in which they have authority: Flemish : Flanders, Brussels-Capital VL[aams] French : Wallony, Brussels-Capital FR[ançais] with some noticeable exceptions for public research Brussels-Capital Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  3. Teaching

  4. Higher education since 2003 • 1 October 2004 (academic year 04-05) start of the Bachelor-Master system (Bologna agreements) • Physics: from 2+2 years (candidate, licentiate) to 3+2 years (bachelor, master). • Most science and technology domains now have a 3+2 structure • Schools for higher education are now associated to universities and deliver bachelor and master degrees  Academic and professional bachelors and masters Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  5. The belgian universities Flemish community(7) Universiteit Gent - UGent Vrije Universiteit Brussel – VUB Universiteit Antwerpen - UA Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, campus Kortrijk – KULAK (only Ba) Universiteit Hasselt – UHasselt Katholieke Universiteit Brussel - KUB French Community(9) 2003 Université de Liège – ULg Université Catholique de Louvain – UCL Université Libre de Bruxelles – ULB Université de Mons-Hainaut – UMH Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix à Namur – FUNDP Faculté Polytechnique de Mons – FPMs Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis – FUSL Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons – FUCaM Faculté universitaire des sciences agronomiques de Gembloux – FUSAGx A lot for 4.3 million people! Italic = no physics Bold = HE physics 9 universities deliver Master in physics diploma 8 universities train HE physicists Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  6. The belgian universities Flemish community(7) Universiteit Gent - UGent Vrije Universiteit Brussel – VUB Universiteit Antwerpen - UA Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, campus Kortrijk – KULAK (only Ba) Universiteit Hasselt – UHasselt Katholieke Universiteit Brussel - KUB French Community(9) 2010 Académie Wallonie-Europe: Université de Liège – ULg Académie Louvain: Université Catholique de Louvain – UCL Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix à Namur – FUNDP Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis – FUSL Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons – FUCaM Académie Bruxelles-Wallonie: Université Libre de Bruxelles – ULB Université de Mons – UMons Italic = no physics Bold = HE physics 9 universities deliver Master in physics diploma 8 universities train HE physicists Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  7. University students (Science+Tech)/total : 15.4%(02-03) to 14.4%(07-08) Students in Belgian Universities Total Science & technology RECFA 2003 *#of PhD students in science & technology missing for Vlaanderen in 2008-09 Sources: www.cref.be, www.ond.vlaanderen.be and BE-midterm-30nov07.pdf by C. Declercq Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  8. Physics students New inscriptions : 186 in 02-03 to 337 in 08-09 Masters/licentiate degrees : 100 in 02-03 to 79 in 08-09 1st Bologna students arriving in 5th year RECFA 2003 ? 1st Bologna students arriving in 4th year Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  9. Physics students New inscriptions : 186 in 02-03 to 337 in 08-09 Masters/licentiate degrees : 100 in 02-03 to 79 in 08-09 1st Bologna students arriving in 5th year 79/234 125/186 RECFA 2003 ? 1st Bologna students arriving in 4th year Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  10. Physics students Diploma/1st gen. 67/92  52/137 The effect is there for both communities ! 58/94  27/97 Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  11. Universities with HEP theses HEP theory (7) Vrije Universiteit Brussel Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Université de Liège Université Catholique de Louvain Université Libre de Bruxelles Université de Mons Universiteit Gent HEP experiment (6) Vrije Universiteit Brussel Université Catholique de Louvain Université Libre de Bruxelles Université de Mons Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: ISOLDE All large universities in Belgium have experimental and/or theoretical HE physics activities and/or LE experiments at large accelerators Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  12. Students in HE physics 26% 26% 22% 27% 40% 30% HE Ma thesis/Ma degrees HE physics master theses HE physics PhD theses average time for PhD thesis 4.5 years : 4.2 TH and 4.9 EXP Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  13. The HEP groups and projects

  14. Theory HEP Experiment HEP Astroparticles U.Antwerpen E U.Gent HERMES V.U.Brussel T+E+A K.U.Leuven T+ISOLDE IIHE(ULB-VUB) U.L.Bruxelles T+E+A U.Liège T U.C.Louvain T+E U.Mons-Hainaut T+E+A 2003 RECFA visit to Belgium Map of HEP groups Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  15. Theory HEP Experiment HEP Astroparticles U.Antwerpen E U.Gent E+A+HERMES V.U.Brussel T+E+A K.U.Leuven T+ISOLDE IIHE(ULB-VUB) U.L.Bruxelles T+E+A U.Liège T U.C.Louvain T+E 2010 U.Mons-Hainaut T+E+A CP3 UGent joined CMS and IceCube Center for Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3): phenomenologists and experimentalists work in close collaboration in a single group. Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  16. Accelerator based experiments2003-2010 Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  17. Neutrinos & astroparticles 2003-2010 *still working but retired! Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  18. R&D detectors and accelerators 2003-2010 Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  19. theory 108 FTE in theory 105.2 FTE in experiment Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  20. spinoff • Crystal Clear Collaboration - Spokesperson Stefaan Tavernier (V.U.Brussel) • Development of instrumentation for medical imaging • Manpower: 3.7 FTE physicists, all in V.U.Brussel • Permanent: 0.7 FTE – still working but retired since 1/10/09 ! • Postdoc: 0 FTE • PhD Students: 3 FTE • Technical support: 0.5 FTE • 392 900 € total equipment investment in 2004 - 2007 no more investment after 2007 • 217 800 € total running cost in 2004 – 2007 (54 400 € / year) 26 000 € / year in 2008 - 2009 • Funding sources: VUB university, Flemish community (FWO,IWT) Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  21. Resources for research Manpower and budget

  22. Funding of research Federal government Economic affairs: CERN fee – 2,82% - 31,3 M€ in 2010 Science policy: IAP networks – see later Flemish community FWO : fundamental research equipment, running, personnel for experiments & theory IWT : applied research but grants for HEP PhD theses Universities : mainly personel Main Agencies relevant to HEP French community FNRS : fundamental research and IISN (HEP and LEP only) equipment, running, personnel for experiments & theory FRIA : applied research but grants for HEP PhD theses Universities : mainly personel Other : EU, RW, private … Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  23. www.f-i.be A collaboration across several borders • Fundamental Interactions: at the boundary between theory, phenomenology and experiment • Structured network of all (14) Belgian groups involved in HEP • 4 European partners: NIKHEF, Pisa, Durham, Paris Sud • Board & management structure: common advertising and hiring of postdocs, meetings, seminars • Funded by the federal government (IAP, Interuniversity Attraction Poles program phase 6) • 5.8M€ for 2007-11 - used mainly for PhD + postdoc hirings • Previous phase (02-06) : 3.9M€ - mainly for postdocs hirings Future ? Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  24. manpower (Universities + FWO/FNRS + IWT/FRIA + IAP) February 2010: 213.2 FTE physicists 108 FTE theory 105.2 FTE experiment 11 Engineers/Comp. Scientists 26.3 FTE technical and administrative * mainly fixed term contracts + larger fraction for computing support (Tier2) Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  25. Equipment for experiments Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  26. Maintenance and operation Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  27. Running budget 2008 onwards! CMS commissionning and data taking Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  28. budget – funding source +IAP(manpower) 780 780 780 855 835 835 829 830 Start of Big Science program in VL Belgium report C. Vander Velde Future after 2011?

  29. HEP Budget (k€) : FNRS-IISN v.s. FWO • Steadily budget increase since 1999: OPERA, H1 upgrade, AMANDA, ICE³, CMS, Tier2, NA62 • Policy of reduction of Low Energy Programme around the U.C.Louvain cyclotron • Fixed envelope following ± inflation • No budget increase in 1999 even for CMS funding • No reduction of LowEnergy Programme: research around large accelerators: HERMES, ISOLDE • Improvement in 2006 with the creation of a new budget line for large projects • Yearly fluctuations due to the system of envelopes µ requests Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  30. SINCE 2003 recfa report Some problems found a solution!

  31. The IMPROVEMENTS • « Recruitment of young academic staff to replace substantial fraction of community that was close to retirement »  about 20 young academics recruited over a total of ~55, both TH and EXP but less on Flemisch side > no more tenure positions at the FWO (only at universities) • « Difficulties in obtaining HEP funding at FWO » new funding program « Big Science » launched in 2006 – for participation to CERN, ESRF, ESO and EMBL research – main part went to CMS and ISOLDE Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  32. SINCE 2003 recfa report Possible new problems!

  33. The NEW OR REMAINING WORRIES • « Recruitment of young academic staff is specially difficult in the Flemisch community (no tenure position at FWO) » • « No more IWT grants for HEP thesis » • « HEP funding at FWO  still fluctuating (no long term budgets)  problem for CMS M&O in 2011 running budgets might be limited too 100k€/year/project! difficulties to hire new technicians and logistic supports» • « Future of the IAP funding uncertain »  possible significant decrease of the # of postdocs from next year onwards! possible significant decrease of the theoreticians running budgets • « Future of FNRS support unknown (the rules will change this year) » • « To few R&D activitiy and not in all experimental groups (lack of manpower, lack of technical support, not encouraged » • « Probably no long term future (no more tenure position) for neutrino physics (OPERA) and spin-off activities (CC)» Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  34. Backup slides

  35. Total budget : running and equipment budget Deliverable detectors + M&O, common funds, … Total 1996-2003 k€ AMANDA/ICE3 471.3 k€ HARP 171.7 k€ OPERA 372.0 k€ CHORUS 92.6 k€ H1 417.6 k€ DELPHI 165.1 k€ CMS 658.8 k€ Groups budget : running, equipment, R/D, prototypes, … steadily decreasing 4534.8k€ Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  36. Deliverable detectors (French-speaking groups) Total 1996-2003 k€ AMANDA/ICE3 431.5 k€ Flemish contribution ~ 50 % on DELPHI, H1, CMS, CHORUS ~ 30% on ICE3 Not in HARP, OPERA Similar trend HARP 150.0 k€ OPERA 372.0 k€ CHORUS 0.0 k€ H1 198.4 k€ DELPHI 0.0 k€ CMS 619.8 k€ 1996-1998 – quiet years 1999 – start of OPERA 1999/2000 HARP 2000 - start of AMANDA 2001/03 – H1 upgrade 2001 – start of CMS Belgium report C. Vander Velde

  37. Belgian tier2 Belgium report C. Vander Velde

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