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Vol. 25, No. 3, 2015, Nuclear Physics News 1 Nuclear Physics Volume 25/No. 3 News Contents Editorial ENSAR, a Nuclear Science Project for European Research Area by Ketel Turzó, Marek Lewitowicz, and Muhsin N. Harakeh ...................................................................... 3 Laboratory Portrait A Dream Come True: Our 80-Plus-Year History with Nine Cyclotrons at RIKEN by Hideto En’yo ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Feature Article A New Experiment to Search for Neutron–Antineutron Oscillations at the European Spallation Source by Camille Theroine .................................................................................................................................... 13 Facilities and Methods Nuclear Physics Research at the High Intensity Gamma-Ray Source (HIgS) by Henry R. Weller, M. W. Ahmed, and Y. K. Wu ......................................................................................... 19 The g-Ray Beam-Line at NewSUBARU by Hiroaki Utsunomiya, Satoshi Hashimoto, and Shuji Miyamoto ............................................................. 25 Meeting Reports 11th International Spring Seminar on Nuclear Physics—Shell Model and Nuclear Structure: Achievements of the Past Two Decades by Angela Gargano ...................................................................................................................................... 30 15th International Conference on Nuclear Structure: NS2014 by Greg Hackman and Iris Dillmann .......................................................................................................... 32 News and Views Extreme Light Infrastructure–Nuclear Physics (ELI–NP) by Victor Zamfir ........................................................................................................................................... 34 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Nuclear Physics by Alinka Lépine-Szily ................................................................................................................................. 39 Calendar.......................................................................................................................................................... 40 Cover Illustration: RIKEN Nishina Center, RIBF Building—see article on page 5. 2 Nuclear Physics News, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2015 editorial ENSAR, a Nuclear Science Project for European Research Area During the period from September munity, using as main criterion • Numerous workshops, schools 2010 to December 2014, the European scientific and technical promise, and town meetings were orga- project European Nuclear Science combined with a rather rapid ap- nized on essential topics for the and Applications Research (ENSAR) plicability; and last but not least, community such as physics with coordinated research activities of the • to stimulate multidisciplinary and high-intensity stable beams– Nuclear Physics community perform- application-oriented research. ECOS, EURISOL techniques ing research in three major subfields: and methods, nuclear astrophys- Nuclear Structure, Nuclear Astrophys- To pursue its objectives ENSAR ics, gamma detectors and appli- ics, and Nuclear Applications. comprised 20 work packages: 6 Net- cations of nuclear science. Such ENSAR has been an “integrated working Activities (NAs) including events are especially important activity” funded for 8 M€ by the Eu- that of the management of the project, for young researchers. ropean Commission within the Sev- FISCO; 7 Joint Research Activities It is also interesting to note some enth Framework Programme (FP7), (JRAs); and 7 Transnational Access significant figures connected with EN- meaning a project offering support for Activities (TNAs). Among all suc- SAR during its running period: networking activities, joint research cessful results that came out of EN- activities and transnational access SAR, we may distinguish some main • Around 40 persons were hired to major infrastructures in Europe. features: specifically for ENSAR activi- Therefore, it has profited the commu- ties. • ENSAR core aim was to provide nity at large, much beyond the thirty • About 1800 users were sup- access to seven of the comple- official beneficiary institutions that ac- ported during their experiments mentary world-class large-scale tively participated in this project. at ENSAR infrastructures, which facilities: GANIL (F), GSI (D), ENSAR’s top-priority objectives corresponds to more than 34,000 joint LNL-LNS (I), JYFL (FI), were: hours of beam delivered. KVI (NL), CERN-ISOLDE • More than 200 articles were • to ensure that the European com- (CH) and ALTO (F). These fa- published in high-impact peer- munities of Nuclear Structure, cilities have provided stable and reviewed journals. Nuclear Astrophysics and Ap- radioactive ion beams of excel- • About 100 scientific events, for plications of Nuclear Science lent qualities ranging in ener- scientists or civil society, were concentrate on the most essen- gies from tens of keV/u to a few organized by the ENSAR partici- tial Joint Research Activities, GeV/u for European scientists to pating institutions to present and for further improvements and perform their research projects. discuss Nuclear Physics and its extensions of the infrastructure • A large part of the ENSAR proj- applications. facilities; ect was dedicated to R&D in • to focus on activities that are in order to improve functionality With all these successes, ENSAR general relevant to more than one of and access to the European fulfilled completely the foreseen de- facility; research infrastructures: impor- liverables promised in its application • to benefit from the R&D poten- tant progress has been achieved to the European Commission. But tial of the European University on ECR sources, actinide targets, such a project is much more than a groups, often in leading posi- ion-beam production, detectors, contract with the European Com- tions; simulations, instrumentation for mission. It has provided important • to promote the most needed rare nuclear processes and theo- and essential support to the Nuclear R&D, as identified by the com- retical models. Physics community, especially at a The views expressed here do not represent the views and policies of NuPECC except where explicitly identified. Vol. 25, No. 3, 2015, Nuclear Physics News 3 editorial time of tight financial budgets. For in- many activities and large offer of ser- stance, ENSAR was by far the main vices. funding for scientists from European The support for the nuclear science countries with financial difficulties to research infrastructures and for their perform experiments at the ENSAR users’ communities with benefit to Eu- research infrastructures from 2010 to ropean society at large will continue 2014. ENSAR