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Three major scientific poles

Three major scientific poles. ILIAS: coordinates and enhances all infrastructures of the Astroparticle Physics Community in Europe. Phys ics in Underground Laboratories and Low Background Techniques Gravitational Wave Detection, Theoretical Astroparticle Phys ics. Institute of Underground

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Three major scientific poles

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  1. Three major scientific poles ILIAS: coordinates and enhances all infrastructures of the Astroparticle Physics Community in Europe • Physics in Underground Laboratories and Low Background Techniques • Gravitational Wave Detection, • Theoretical Astroparticle Physics

  2. Institute of Underground Science in Boulby mine, UK Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane, France LSC Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc, Spain LNGS Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy 1. Physics in deep Underground Laboratories

  3. 1. Physics in deep Underground Laboratories ☺One Transnational Access: Deep Underground Science Laboratories (A1/TA-DUSL) 1. Four Underground Labs, coordinated European policy, transnational users ☺ Three Networking Activities 1. Deep Underground Science Laboratories (N2/DUSL) 2. Direct Dark Matter Detection (N3/DMD) 3. Search on Double Beta Decay (N4/DBD) ☺ Two Joint Research Activities 1. Low Background Techniques for Deep Underground Science (JRA1/LBT-DUSL) 2. Integrated Double Beta Decay European Activities (JRA2/IDEA)

  4. VIRGO (Pisa) GEO600 (Hannover) 2. Gravitational Wave Detection ☺ One Networking Activity • Gravitational Wave Antenna (N5/GWA)Link groups working on two large European interferometers and three resonant cryogenic detectors (GEO, VIRGO). Provide links to optical-, gamma- and neutrino-astronomy ☺ One Joint Research Activity • Study of thermal Noise Reduction in Gravitational Wave Detectors (JRA3/STREGA)(ten fold reduction of thermal noise – the limitation of present GW antennas - using new materials and new techniques)

  5. 3. Theoretical Astroparticle Physics • ☺ One Networking Activity • Theoretical Astroparticle Physics (N6/ENTApP)Cooperation between theoreticians on different phenomenological and theoretical aspects of the fieldNeutrinos, dark matter, gravitational wavesHelping to understand existing data and to define future projectsVisitor program, training sessions

  6. Contractors - Budget 20 contractors from 12 countries Main participants: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK Other labs foreseen to contribute: > 70 from 20 countries with 6 outside EC • Total budget: 10 M€ • EC support: 7.5 M€ • Networking Activities : 2.7 M€ • Joint Research Activities : 4.1 M€ • Transnational Access: 0.7 M€

  7. ILIAS list of participants • 1 Commissariat à CEA France l’Energie Atomique, Paris • 2 Centre National de la CNRS France Recherche Scientifique, Paris • 3 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Frascati INFN Italy • 4 Universidad de Zaragoza UNIZAR Spain • 5 The University of Sheffield USFD UK • 6 Czech Technical University in Prague CTU Czech • 7 University Of Southern SDU Denmark Denmark, Odense • 8 University of Jyväskylä JYU Finland • 9 Max-Planck Society for MPIK Germany the advancement of Science, represented by Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg • 10 Technische Universität München TUM Germany • 11 Eberhard Karl, Universität Tübingen EKUT Germany • 12 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki AUTH Greece • 13 Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie IFN Italy CNRSezione di Trento • 14 European Gravitational EGO Italy Observatory, Cascina • 15 Leiden University – MiniGRAIL Netherlands LION Institute of Physics • 16 Faculty of Mathematics, FMFI-UK Slovakia Physics & Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava • 17 European Organisation CERN Int. Org. for Nuclear Research, Geneva • 18 Bogazici University, Istanbul BU Turkey • 19 University of Glasgow U.Glasgow UK • 20 University College London UCL UK

  8. directors of the four deep underground laboratories • reinforce cooperation and coordination • share information • make sure there is no duplication of research effort • set up sub-committees for user selection • co-ordinate security measures • Scientific Coord., ILIAS Coord., Coordinators of Activities • checks progress off activities • controls implementation of decisions of the GC • co-ordination of report preparations • financial aspects of projects • management of information exchange (inside and outside) • 8 Members, nominated by the GC • monitors overall progress of ILIAS • approval of working plans proposed by EB • examines budgetary requests, approves overall budget • approves necessary technical and financial adjustments to the activities upon proposal by the EB • handling of potential conflicts • approves changes in the structure proposed by EB • approves final termination of project • composed of scientific experts in Astroparticle Physics, chosen in consideration of their individual competence, independent of nationality etc. • periodic review of scientific and technical work in JRA‘s and TA • monitors co-ordination achievements of the networks • evaluation of ILIAS implementation plan and results • may be consulted by other ILIAS committees on scientific issues • ILIAS Coord., Administrative Staff, Financial Staff • ensure day-to-day management • administrative, financial, legal and other non-technical aspects • assist EB (planning, scheduling) • authorized representatives of each contractor • monitor overall framework of ILIAS • readjustment of research program • political and strategic orientation of ILIAS • general project policy, ILIAS Implementation plan, plan for using and disseminating the knowledge • budgetary appropriations,financial allocation of EU contribution between activities and contractors, • upon proposal by the SC vote on inclusion/exclusion of new participants • ensures commitments proposed by EB are consistent with EC contract

  9. ILIAS N2/DUSL - Deep Underground Science Laboratories N3/DMD - Direct Dark Matter Detection Networking Activities • Cosmology & Particle Physics • Direct Dark Matter Search (are Particles Cold Dark Matter) • Search Double Beta Decay • (Neutrino-mass) • => Rare Event Searches N4/DBD - Search on Double Beta Decay • Rare Event Searches: • Underground Laboratories • Low Background Techniques • Gravitational Waves • new window for observations • neutron stars, black holes • supernovae • link to optical-, gamma-, and neutrino astronomy Governing Council N5/GWA - Gravitational Wave Antenna Peer Review Committee A1/TA-DUSLTransnational Access Activities N1/Mgmt – Management of the I3 N6/ENTApP - Theoretical Astroparticle Physics Consortium Management Executive Board Management Team SteeringCommittee Underground Labs Co-ordination & Management Users Selection Panel Joint Research Activities JRA1/LBT-DUSL - Low BackgroundTechniques for Deep Underground Science JRA2/IDEA - Integrated Double-Beta-Decay Laboratorio Nationale del Gran Sasso (LNGS) JRA3/STREGA - Study on Thermal NoiseReduction In GW Detectors Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM) Underground Labs facilities Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC) Boulby Mine Underground Laboratory (IUS) Rich interaction between the ILIAS activities

  10. Interdependency of the ILIAS activities

  11. Expected Science:1.Gravitational Wave Astronomy • Milky Way • Study of the instability in the neutron stars (glitches in the radio emission) – test for neutron star models • Galactic Astronomy • Coalescence of dense objects (Neutron Stars or Black Holes) • BH/BH coalescence can be used as a distance yard stick • Cosmology • Stochastic background – signature of the distribution of mass at the early age of the Universe – selection of inflation models • Detection of BH/BH coalescence out to z=2 (3rd generation detectors) – measurement of the expansion rate of Universe

  12. STREGA (JRA)Study of Thermal noise Reduction for European Gravitational Wave Detectors 10 times reduction of TN w.r.t. the best level achievable with the current technology(TN is the major limit for the GW detection) ~120 physicists (IT, F, NL, UK) GWA (NW)Gravitational Wave Antennas - To promote the collaboration between the European Experiments (data exchange and detectors upgrade)- To support the joint observations with the traditional astronomy ~300 physicists (D, IT, F, NL, ES, UK) VIRGO (Pisa) GEO600 (Hannover) Expected Science:1. Gravitational Wave Astronomy (Continued)

  13. Expected Science:2. Direct Dark Matter Search • Possibly linked to particle physics • Supersymmetry (WIMPs) • Axions Observational evidence for cold non-baryonic Dark Matter in the universe Direct WIMP search by elastic scattering on nuclei (nuclear recoils)

  14. Expected Science:2. Direct Dark Matter Search (Continued) • Search for very rare nuclear recoil events • Sensitivity today ~ 1 cts / kg / week • Ultra-pure Ge-Detectors, NaI-Detectors (HDMS, DAMA, NaIAD) • With high statistic: look for annual modulation of recoil spectrum (relative speed varies as earth orbits around sun) DAMA Evidence ???

  15. rare decay allowed by the Standard Model already observed – t 1019 y (A,Z)  (A,Z+2) + 2e- + 2ne   neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (0n-DBD) never observed – t > 1025 y (A,Z)  (A,Z+2) + 2e- • Lepton number non conservation: DL = -2 • new physics beyond the Standard Model • neutrinos are massive Majorana particles mn 0 n  n • After the discovery of neutrino flavor oscillations, 0n-DBD has got an excellent discovery potential The only viable experiment capable to extend sensitivity to neutrino mass down to ~10 meV Expected Science:3. Double Beta Decay (DBD): A rare Nuclear Transition Two Possibilities are usually discussed:

  16. Bordeaux (F) • Caen (F) • Firenze (I) • Gif sur Yvette (F) • Heidelberg (D) • Como (I) • Jyväskylä (SF) • Leiden (NL) • Praha (CZ) • Legnaro (I) • Milano (I) • Orsay (F) • Strasbourg (F) • Tübingen (D) • Gran Sasso (I) • Zaragoza (E) • London (GB) • Bratislava (SK) Expected Science:3. Double Beta Decay (DBD): (Continued) Network and Joint Research Activity for DBD in the framework of ILIAS DBD-NW IDEA-JR2 17 European Institutions – 9 countries • 7 experimental tasks • Bank of Pure Isotopes • 82Se project • 150Nd project • Study of cosmogenics • Rejection of surface activity • Ge shielding with LN2 • Clean crystallization foundation of aEUROPEAN OBSERVATORY FOR DBD

  17. A1 : Transnational Access FP5 17 Poland 11 Germany 10 France 4 Portugal 3 Hungary 3 Romania 3 Russia 1 Finland 1 UK FP5 (2002-2004): 53 TA users 1500 person-days (900 in 2004) 20 Research Projects FP6 Anticipated TA during FP6 ILIAS (2004-2008): 3000 experimental person-days

  18. Thank You

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