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Current Developments in Nuclear and Particle Physics in Malaysia

Current Developments in Nuclear and Particle Physics in Malaysia. W.A.T. Wan Abdullah, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ACFA 11/08 Tsukuba. Activities. High Energy Physics (Experimental) Theory Nuclear Physics Research Reactor Particle Accelerators. High Energy Physics.

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Current Developments in Nuclear and Particle Physics in Malaysia

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  1. Current Developments in Nuclear and Particle Physics in Malaysia W.A.T. Wan Abdullah, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ACFA 11/08 Tsukuba

  2. Activities • High Energy Physics (Experimental) • Theory • Nuclear Physics • Research Reactor • Particle Accelerators

  3. High Energy Physics • ZEUS collaboration [Universiti Malaya, Agensi Nuklear] • Electron-proton collision at HERA • Baryon production • Microelectronics • FPGA-based Readout Control • JPARC [Agensi Nuklear] - Possible participation

  4. Theory Phenomenology [Universiti Malaya] Exact calculation of photon-penguin, Z-penguin and Higgs-penguin. Rare decays of heavy flavour, s to d and b to s transitions, with emission of lepton-antilepton pair. Production of dissimilar quark-antiquark pairs from electron-positron collision. Decay of Z boson into dissimilar quark-antiquark pair Effective quark masses in hadrons. Field theory [Science University of Malaysia] Studying the SU(2) Yang-Mills-Higgs field theory for different monopoles and antimonopoles configurations Studying the solitonic solutions of the 2+1 SU(2) Yang-Mills Field Theories

  5. Nuclear Physics • Nuclear structure [Technology University of Malaysia, Agensi Nuklear] - heavy elements • Nuclear astrophysics (theory) [Universiti Malaya] - solar neutrinos, cosmological neutrinos • Neutron scattering [National University of Malaysia, Agensi Nuklear] - materials structure

  6. Research Reactor • TRIGA PUSPATI (RTP) 1MW [Agensi Nuklear] • Operating mode: • Pulse: maximum total pulsed energy1360MWs • Steady/square wave mode: 1MW thermal • Uses: training, R&D, isotope production

  7. Research Reactor (cont) • Current neutron beam facilities: neutron radiography (NR), small angle neutron scattering (SANS) • Planned beam facilities: neutron diffractometer, Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA). Boron Neutron Capture (BNC) for medical and industrial R&D • Current R&D include: instrumentation (FPGA-based readout control/digital signal processing (DSP), neutron tomography), material testing, fundamental research, Monte Carlo simulation with MCNP5

  8. Particle Accelerators • Electron Beam Machine (EBM) [Agensi Nuklear] • EPS-3000 (3 MeV, 30 mA) • For dosimetry • polymer testing • microbiology services • CURETRON (200 KeV,20 mA ) • Baby EBM (160 KeV, 10 mA) • Lab scale test • ELV-4 RUSSIA (1 MeV, 50mA) • Under construction EPS-3000 (3 MeV, 30 mA)

  9. Particle Accelerators [contd] • Plasma devices [Universiti Malaya, Agensi Nuklear] - soft X-ray laser - neutron source • Medical [Agensi Nuklear] • Synchrotron (16.5 MeV) • For radioisotope production • Linear Accelerator (LINAC) • Cancer treatment

  10. Challenges • Science policy • Budget • Human capital

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