Annual Report 2009

JYFL ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL JYFL 9 0 0 2 T 2009 R O P E R JYFL L DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS A UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ U N P.O. Box 35 N A FI-40014 UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ Ä FINLAND L Y K S Ä Tel +358 14 260 2350 V Y J Fax +358 14 260 2351 F O http://www.jyu.fi/physics Y T I S R E V I N U S C I S Y H P F O T N E M T R A P E D Graphic designing Juho Jäppinen/Jussi Jäppinen Ky Visualisation Viivi Koivu • SEM imaging Lasse Taskinen Kopijyvä Oy 2010 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ ANNUAL REPORT 2009 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ P.O. BOX 35 FI–40014 UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ FINLAND Tel. +358 14 260 2350 Fax +358 14 260 2351 Department of Physics • 1 • DePartment of Physics 4 research 8 Contents nuclear anD accelerator BaseD Physics 8 Centre of excellence in nuclear and accelerator Based Physics 8 Finland Distinguished Professor – fiDiPro - Programme 10 Accelerator facilities 13 Exotic nuclei and Beams 16 Nuclear spectroscopy 22 Nuclear reactions and alice 26 Accelerator-Based materials Physics 29 Industrial applications 31 Nuclear structure, nuclear Decays, rare and exotic Processes 33 Materials Physics 36 experimental nanophysics and nanotechnology 36 2009 Computational nanosciences 45 Soft condensed matter and statistical Physics 49 High energy Physics 54 Ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions – theory 54 Theoretical Particle Physics and cosmology 56 industrial collaboration 58 education 60 Personnel 62 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ OF PHYSICS OF UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL Boards and committees 64 Peer reviewed articles 65 theses and degrees 76 theses 76 Degrees 78 Graphic Designing Juho Jäppinen Visualisation Viivi Koivu Scientific Imaging Lasse Taskinen, Tuomas Turpeinen and Markko Myllys Department of Physics • 3 • Department of Physics Jukka Maalampi, Head of Department Preface Research 2009 will be remembered in the Department of Physics The research activity and productivity in 2009 was high as a year of significant events and many positive in all three of our main research areas, Nanophysics, developments. The extension to the Accelerator Nuclear and Accelerator-based Physics and Particle Laboratory building was completed, providing plenty Physics. PhD Robert van Leeuwen was nominated of space for new research facilities. The grand entrance to Professor’s chair in nanophysics. at midnight of the new MCC30/15 cyclotron through the open roof of the building was a spectacular event The total number of peer-reviewed research articles witnessed by a good audience. The arrival of the new published in 2009 was 195, a substantial increase over technically advanced micro- and nano-tomography our earlier numbers. We are approaching the magical equipment, only the fourth of its type in the world, was limit of one publication per workday. In addition, there another important addition to the infrastructure of the were approximately 80 other publications and some Department. The personnel of the laboratories showed 250 presentations in conferences. The research activity their professionalism and high level of commitment in was very international; about 70 % of the peer-reviewed making the required arrangements and carrying out articles were based around international collaborations, the extra work in a smooth and effective way. and there were more than 300 visits by foreign scientists to the Department, and even more visits by the personnel of the Department to overseas locations. Photo: Jussi Jäppinen. Department of Physics • 4 • The active collaboration with large international students got significant nationwide recognition when infrastructures has continued. The CERN ALICE the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (KKA) experiment started to collect its first data. The local designated the Department as a Centre of Excellence Department of Physics research group carries the responsibility for ALICE in in University Education for the period 2010-2012. Finland and also has an important role to play at CERN. The quality and relevance to the labour market of the The Department also carries the main responsibility for instruction given is also borne out by the record of Finnish participation in the FAIR project, the construction almost 100 % employment of the students graduating of a new international accelerator facility for ion and from the Department. antiproton research in Darmstadt, germany. In addition, the Department has participated in the pan-European After a worrisome drop in the enrolment of new students LAgUNA project, which plans construction of a large evidenced in the previous year, the great number of new detector for low-energy neutrinos and proton decay. students (99) in 2009 was a pleasant surprise and clearly The site of the facility is currently under consideration; had a morale-raising effect in the Department. There with the nearby Pyhäsalmi mine being a candidate to may be many reasons for this positive development, act as host. such as the dramatic change in the general economic situation, but the strengthened efforts of student recruiting carried out by the Department in 2008-2009 Education were certainly not without effect. These efforts included a new summer training program for higher secondary From the point of view of teaching, many positive trends school students, which attracted a lot of interest and can be recognized from 2009. An all-time record of received good publicity in the media. 17 doctoral degrees were awarded. With respect to the number of MSc degrees our standard level (35 graduations) was maintained. The high productivity Administration of the Department in education, shown by these numbers, does not mean that we have sacrificed The total funding of the Department in 2007 was 13,9 the quality of our education in any respect, on the M€, about 16 % more than in the previous year. There contrary. The persistent efforts of the Department to was an 5,4 % increase in the budget to 7.8 M€. Taking improve and develop teaching and the instruction of into account the increase of rent, general costs and the Photo: Jussi Jäppinen. Department of Physics • 5 • Department of Physics • 6 • Some statistical data from 2009 salaries, the resources allocated to running costs were Personnel 183,5 about 14 % lower than in 2008. The external funding - professors incl. research professors 14,5 - lecturers 5 of 6,1 M€ represented 44 % of the total funding. - senior assistants 7 - researchers 130 The change of the administrative status of the Finnish - technicians 23 Universities in the beginning of 2010, accompanied with - administration 4 many changes in administrative practices and tools, + several research assistants (MSc students) meant a heavy extra workload on the administrative personnel. The change also brought new duties to all Undergraduate students 530 of us, including the filling of timesheets in the SOLE of which new students 99 Graduate students 85 system. It will certainly take some time before everything works smoothly and the inconveniences that disturb BSc 39 our main activities are over. MSc degrees 35 PhLic degrees 3 PhD degrees 17 Credits (national) 11070 Events Median time to complete M.Sc (years) 6,0 Our weekly event, the Friday colloquium, has been very Number of foreign visitors ~270 popular among the personnel and has attracted visitors - in visits ~340 from outside as well. The organization of the series has been in good hands, as is shown by the determined Visits abroad ~360 program planning and the active and successful recruiting of interesting speakers. The packed lecture Peer reviewed publications 195 hall has clearly impressed the speakers. Conference proceedings 62 Others (articles in books etc.) 17 The Department had the honour to organize, in the Conference and workshop contributions 75th anniversary year of the University of Jyväskylä, the - Invited talks ~85 annual University Day. The two-day event consisted of - Other talks ~90 an open door day for the general public with a lecture - Posters ~80 on cosmology, a “demo show”, demonstrations on Seminars outside JYFL ~115 the corridors, and excursions to the laboratories. The second day was devoted to the alumni of the Funding (million €) 13,9 * University budget (incl. premises) 7,8 Department, and witnessed many happy reunions. As * External funding 6,1 a part of the event, an art exhibition presenting artistic - Academy of Finland 2,4 views of our microscopic research objects was opened - EAKR 1,2 at the foyer of the Department. - Technology Development Centre, T&E Centres 0,3 Research technician Erkki Pesu retired in 2009 after - International programmes 0,5 almost twenty years’ service in the Department. - HIP 0,6 - Contract research 0,6 - Others 0,5 Department of Physics • 7 • Nuclear and accelerator based physics Centre of Excellence in Nuclear and Accelerator Based Physics Rauno Julin The Finnish Centre of Excellence in Nuclear and applications again summed up to more than 6000 Accelerator Based Physics (JYFL-CoE) nominated by hours. On 7 February 2009 the total number of beam the Academy of Finland for the period of 2006-2011 time hours of the K130 cyclotron exceeded the line covers research and development work as well as ion- of 100.000 hours. Important developments for the beam applications at the Accelerator Laboratory of JYFL facilities at the Pelletron accelerator have also been and theoretical nuclear physics activities carried out at carried out. JYFL. Highlights and activities of the JYFL-CoE teams in 2009 are summarized in the succeeding reports. The highlight of the year was the advent of the new light-ion MCC30/15 cyclotron on 10 August 2009 from The JYFL-CoE activities at CERN including ISOLDE NIIEFA, St. Petersburg and the commissioning of the and ALICE form the Nuclear Matter Programme of the new extension of the Accelerator Laboratory constructed Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP). in 2008-2009.

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