CERN Courier October 2015 Faces & Places A PPOINTMENT Reiner Kruecken named TRIUMF deputy director Reiner Kruecken, TRIUMF Science Reiner Kruecken. (Image credit: TRIUMF.) Division head since February 2011, has recently been named deputy director of the detector developments; biological and laboratory, effective from 1 August 2015. medical applications of nuclear methods; In his new role, Kruecken will support particle-induced light emission in dense TRIUMF director Jonathan Bagger to gases and liquids; and the transmutation of develop and manage the laboratory’s nuclear waste. He earned his PhD in nuclear long-term vision, as well as manage physics from the University of Cologne, and cross-divisional aspects of the ongoing worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National scientifi c programme, as set out in the most Laboratory and at the Wright Nuclear recent fi ve-year plan. Structure Laboratory at Yale, before moving Kruecken has brought to TRIUMF to Technische Universität München in 2002, worldwide expertise in nuclear physics, where he led a large group of researchers as with a deep familiarity with rare-isotope part of the federal cluster of excellence on beam facilities in the US, Europe and Asia. “Origins and structure of the universe”. His research interests include nuclear The search has begun to fi ll the (renamed) structure, reactions and astrophysics; hadron position of TRIUMF associate lab director properties in hot, dense nuclear matter; of physical sciences. O UTREACH Accelerator showcase inspires the young The international Symposium on Lasers and Accelerators for Science and Society, attracting a capacity audience at the Liverpool Arena Convention Centre, took place on 26 June. The event was a sell-out, with delegates comprising 100 researchers from across Europe and 150 local A-level students A busy poster session. (Image credit: University of Liverpool/STFC.) and teachers. The aim was to inspire young At Okazaki, our focus is on solving your problems and we understand one size does not fit all. Through the people about science, and the application CERN’s LHC, accelerator science has the skills shortage in accelerator science of lasers and accelerators in particular. applications across all sectors of industry – oPAC (Optimization of Particle use of fully trained engineers and cutting edge technology we develop the correct product configuration “Discovering the unknown”, “innovation”, and healthcare from, for example, measuring Accelerators) and LA3NET (Lasers for and design to fit each specific application. And through our global manufacturing bases in Japan and “beating cancer”, “pioneering new strain in jet engines to the accurate targeting Applications at Accelerators). Research North America our engineers ensure meticulous development of our products. technology” and “a possible career” – these of cancerous tumours fellows in these networks become experts were comments from some of the students. The event also showcased a portfolio of in their discipline and also develop skills The symposium included talks from projects by researchers at the forefront of in physics, engineering, information ● Temperature Measurement from 1.5K to 2600°C experts in the fi eld such as Victor Malka this exciting fi eld of science and engineering, technology, data analysis and project of the Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, through an interactive poster session with management. The involvement of partners ● Electric Heaters Ralph Aßmann of DESY and Brian Cox of questions and answers. This gave young from industry and academia and the ● Metal Sheathed Mineral Insulated Cables the University of Manchester, best known people the opportunity to see how scientists opportunity to work at research institutions for his television programmes about the only a few years older are pushing back the across Europe has provided training origins of the universe. Graham Blair, boundaries of knowledge. that would have been impossible by one executive director, programmes, at the UK’s The event was organized by Carsten company or one country alone. Science and Technology Facilities Council, Welsch, head of the Liverpool Accelerator ● Share the enthusiasm through the online explained the range of science in which Physics Group at the Cockcroft Institute in presentations available at http://www. accelerators now have a key role. In addition, Daresbury, who leads two pan-European liv.ac.uk/quasar/events/outreach_events/ to research at the high-energy frontier of training networks that aim to address symposium/. www.okazaki-mfg.com 37 CERNCOURIER www. V OLUME 5 5 N UMBER 8 O CTOBER 2 0 1 5 CERN Courier October 2015 CERN Courier October 2015 Faces & Places Faces & Places Around 140 physicists met in Orsay on 30 July–1 August for the 6th Higgs Hunting Workshop. They discussed the future analyses for LHC Run 2, as well as detailed studies with data from Run 1 on the boson discovered three years ago by ATLAS and CMS, and on possible deviations from the properties predicted by the Standard Model. Searches for additional bosons, prospects with future accelerators, and recent theoretical developments were also H UNGARY covered. Among those attending were Fabiola Gianotti and Joe Incandela, back LEP cavity takes row centre and right, the two former PT2026 NMR Precision Teslameter spokespersons of ATLAS and CMS, respectively, who announced the discovery pride of place at on 4 July 2012. Eleni Mountricha, back left, Reach new heights and Nansi Andari, front left, passed their Wigner RCP thesis examination only a few weeks after the discovery, while Christophe Goudet, in magnetic eld front centre, and Julie Rode, front right, are On 30 July, CERN’s director-general, two newcomers in the fi eld. (Image credit: Rolf Heuer, inaugurated a special exhibit measurement L Fayard.) at the Wigner Research Centre for Physics (Wigner RCP) in Budapest – a high-frequency accelerator cavity used in The Metrolab PT2026 sets a new P UBLISHING CERN’s Large Electron–Positron (LEP) standard for precision magnetometers. 3 collider. After the ceremony, Heuer visited Leveraging 30 years of expertise building SCOAP delivers the high-energy physics laboratories of the Wigner RCP, where different projects for the world’s gold standard magnetometers, open access in the LHC upgrade programme have begun, it takes magnetic eld measurement to as well as the Wigner Datacenter, where new heights: measuring higher elds with CERN’s parallel Tier-0 unit is operated high-energy by the Wigner RCP (CERN Courier July/ better resolution. August 2015 p7). An extension of the Tier-0 physics host service contract had been signed a few The PT2026 offers unprecedented exibility weeks previously. CERN had donated the LEP cavity to the in the choice of parameters, interfacing Since starting in January 2014, the Wigner RCP last year as part of Hungary’s and probe placement, as well as greatly Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access celebrations for CERN’s 60th anniversary. improved tolerance of inhomogeneous Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) Among other CERN 60 events in Hungary, has allowed more than 7000 articles on the Colourful Physics Bus (“Boson elds. And with Ethernet & USB interfaces high-energy physics to be published as Bus”) – a travelling exhibition – started and LabVIEW software, it ts perfectly into “open access” at no cost to authors. These its roadshow in April 2014, visiting cities, modern laboratory environments. articles are accessible to anyone to read and Representatives from all over the world met recently at CERN to discuss the continuation of universities and high schools to introduce 3 3 re-use, and their copyright stays with their the SCOAP collaboration. (Image credit: SCOAP Collaboration.) the latest results on “Higgs hunting” le - Photo: Scott Maxwell, Master www.agence-arca.com authors, meeting the expectations of an and related investigations in particle increasing number of funding agencies and journals, are available immediately and continuation of this successful open-access physics. Flyers, books and articles were policy makers for open access. free-of-charge to the entire scientifi c initiative beyond its fi rst three-year period. distributed at the various locations. Later Initiated and hosted at CERN, SCOAP3 community, by reusing already existing Scientists will continue to enjoy the in the year, at the CERN-Wigner Open is a global collaboration of about 3000 funds formerly spent on subscriptions. advantages of open access at no cost and Days in September, some 1000 visitors university libraries, library consortia, Each of the 46 participating countries with no administrative burden, thanks to the were guided between tents presenting research organizations and funding and intergovernmental organizations support of their libraries and institutions. current experiments at CERN and related agencies. Working with leading publishers, contributes to a common fund at a level ● Journals participating in SCOAP3 are: Hungarian activities. The visitors could SCOAP3 has converted key high-energy commensurate with its scientifi c output Acta Physica Polonica B, Advances in also enjoy a virtual visit to the CMS physics journals to open access, without in high-energy physics. SCOAP3 journals High Energy Physics, Chinese Physics C, underground area at CERN, as well as an any changes for authors. SCOAP3 pays are open for any scientist to publish in, and European Physical Journal C, Journal actual visit to the Wigner Datacenter. participating publishers centrally for the more than 18,000 individual authors have of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Pantone 286 Pantone 032 costs of open access, and the publishers in benefi ted from free open-access conditions. Journal of High Energy Physics, New Top: The LEP cavity outside the Wigner turn eliminate or reduce subscription fees Membership of SCOAP3 has grown by Journal of Physics, Nuclear Physics B, RCP, with CERN’s director-general, Rolf for these journals to libraries worldwide. As more than 50% during the past year, and Physics Letters B, Progress of Theoretical Heuer, second from right, and Péter Lévai, a result, all fi nal versions of peer-reviewed the SCOAP3 governing bodies together and Experimental Physics.