1.
GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA Structural Instruments
2007-2013
Sectoral Operational Programme
„Increase of Economic Competitiveness”
“Investments for Your Future”
Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics
(ELI-NP)
Stadiul Implementarii si Perspective
EUROPEAN UNION
Project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund
Nicolae-Victor Zamfir

2.
Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI)
1024W~ 10% of Sun’s
total power on 1 cm2
1 PW ~ Highest Power
today

3.
2006 – ELI on ESFRI Roadmap
ELI-PP 2007-2010 (FP7)
ELI-Beamlines (Czech Republic)
ELI-Attoseconds (Hungary)
ELI-Nuclear Physics (Romania)
EU Competitiveness Council December 2009
ELI-DC (Delivery Consortium): 2010
Legal entity: April 2013
Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania,
Italy, Germany, UK
Extreme Light Infrastructure

4.
ELI-NP
NUCLEAR
Tandem accelerators
Cyclotrons
γ – Irradiator
Advanced Detectors
Biophysics
Environmental Physics
Radioisotopes
ring rail/road
BUCHAREST
Bucharest-Magurele
National Physics Institutes
Lasers
Plasma
Optoelectronics
Material Physics
Theoretical Physics
Particle Physics
Information Technologies
ELI-NP

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From IFA to ICEFIZ
Institutul de Fizica Atomica (IFA)
1949 Horia Hulubei

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ION AGÂRBICEANU (1907 – 1971)
October 20, 1962 – the first Romanian (He-Ne) Laser was obtained by the team of
Prof. Ion Agârbiceanu at the Institute of Atomic Physics, Bucharest

7.
Major Research Infrastructure
Linear (Tandem) Accelerators
1MV Mass Spectroscopy3MV for Ion Beam
Analysis
9MV Basic Research
Cyclotron for radiopharmaceuticals studies

8.
Detector Laboratory
for CERN and FAIR
GRID Computing (CERN)
Multipurpose γ-Irradiator
Repository for Radioactive
Waste (Baita-Bihor)
Major Research Infrastructure
Underground Laboratory
for ultralow radioactivity
(Slanic Prahova)

9.
ELI-NP Milestones
January 2012: Project submitted to the EC
July 2012: Romanian Government Decision
Construction of the New Research Infrastructure ELI-NP: 293 M€
September 2012: EC Project Approval
European Regional Development Fund
Financial Support (83%) of the First phase (2012-2015) 180 M€
December 2012: Contract with Romanian Managing Authority

10.
White Book (Scientific Case)
Preparation of the Application
Cost estimate 293M€
E.C. Evaluation & Approval
Building
Major Equipment
Experimental set-ups
Recruitment
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Project implementation
2018

11.
Light
Study of matter with new powerful probes
BCS Brillant Gamma Beams
Two 10 PW lasers, 1023 W/cm2
Extreme E-M fields
Laser +e- Acc
Femto scale
Two machines of extreme performances
Large discovery potential

12.
ELI–NP High Power Laser System
Based on the principle of OPCPA
2 x 0.1 PW 10Hz
2 x 1 PW 1 Hz
2 x 10 PW 0.1 Hz
THALES – France
THALES - Romania
2013-2018

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High Power Laser System
2014

14.
Laser-Acceleration of Electrons
typical setup for electron
laser acceleration studies:
Nature 431 (Sept. 2004):
3 groups report on laser acceleration
of (low-emittance) electron beams with
(quasi-monochromatic) 70-200 MeV
Pioneering work:
rapidly expanding field :
since 2000 : >150 x PRL
> 10 x Nature
Today ~3 GeV electrons

15.
Laser-Ion Acceleration
Radiation Pressure Acceleration RPA
Electrons and ions accelerated
at solid state densities 1024e cm-3
never reached before
(Classical beam densities 108e cm-3)
on very short distance (μm-mm)
E~ I laser
Energy reached equal to a 400m up-
to-date accelerator (reduction of
scale of 109)
 thin targets (~ nm thick diamond-like carbon foils)

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Compton backscattering:
Eγ =4γe
2 EL
Ee=720 MeV => γe~ 700 => Eγ ~20 MeV
but very weak cross section: 6.6 10-25 cm2
Therefore for a powerful γ beam, one needs:
- high intensity electron beams
- very brilliant optical photon beams
- very small collision volume
- very high repetition frequency
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‘Photon accelerator’

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ELI–NP Gamma Beam System
2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
year
PLEIADES
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HIGS
ELI–NP
Bandwidth
Dynamitron
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1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
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LNBL
PLEIADES
HIGS
T-REX
ELI–NP
Brilliance
ph/(mm2・mrad2・s・0.1%bw)
1013
1015
1017
1019
1021
EuroGammas Consortium
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica
Nucleare, INFN Italy
Research Institutes and
HighTech Companies
from 8 Countries

18.
ELI–NP Gamma Beam System
2014

19.
ELI–NP Experiment Building
HPLS
GBS
Laboratories
Experimental
caves
±1 mm @ < 10 Hzg
anti-vibration slab

20.
Buildings, 33000 m2 total
• Experimental area building
• Guest house
• Canteen
• Office building
March 30, 2015

21.
• Nuclear Physics experiments to characterize laser –
target interaction
• Exotic Nuclear Physics and astrophysics
complementary to other ESFRI Large Scale Physics Facilities (FAIR- De,
SPIRAL2- Fr)
• Applications based on high intensity laser and very
brilliant γ beams
ELI-NP in ‘Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan in Europe’
as a major facility

22.
Nuclear Photonics

E1 strength distribution
NRF
Nuclear structure
• Modes of excitation below the Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR)
Impact on nucleosynthesis
• Gamow window for photo–induced reactions in explosive stellar events
Understanding exotic nuclei
• E1 strength will be shifted to lower energies in neutron rich system
GDR

23.
NRF γ-ray spectroscopy
ELIADE array
05.12.2014

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Astrophysics: s- and p - process
Production of heavy elements in the Universe
a central question for Astrophysics
• Neutron Capture Cross Section of s-Process Branch
in Inverse Reactions (γ, n)
• Measurements of (γ, p) and (γ, α) Reaction Cross Sections
for p –process-Nucleosynthesis
key reaction γ+16O 12C+α

25.
Potential Nuclear Photonics Applications
from C. Barty (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

26.
Radioisotopes for medical use
• New approaches and methods for producing
radioisotopes urgently needed
• Mo-99 and other medical isotopes used globally
for diagnostic medical imaging and radiotherapy
• 195mPt: In chemotherapy of tumors it can be
used to exclude ”non responding” patients from
unnecessary chemotherapy and optimizing the
dose of all chemotherapy
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Materials Science and Engineering
• study of materials on the nano- and femto-scales
• novel experimental studies of material behavior – thanks to
extreme fields intensity provided by the laser and gamma-ray
beams
• understand, at the atomic scale, the behavior of materials
subject to extreme radiation doses and mechanical stress
• polarized positron beam – new microscopy

28.
Exciting Perspectives in Accelerators field
Enormous reduction in scale

29.
ELI-NP Industrial Forum
Body promoting relationships, for mutual benefits,
with local and foreign companies
• Consulting in elaborating the TDRs for experiments
and auxiliary equipment
• Promotion of contractual research, technology transfer, etc.
• Consulting services provided by ELI-NP experts
• Creation of a cluster of high-tech companies in Magurele
- “Măgurele High Tech Cluster”
Magurele Science Park

30.
ELI-NP Academic Forum
• to secure the fulfillment of ELI-NP needs in terms of PhD
students, junior researchers, engineers, and technicians (training
programs, specific MSc and PhD programs, etc.);
• to assure the education of engineers for the companies part of the
high-tech cluster at Magurele;
• to support the ELI-NP Project in the achievement of its objectives
in terms of scientific excellence;

31.
Obiectivele ELI-NP
în Planul resurselor umane
• Crearea unui Centru de specialiști în domenii de cercetare și
dezvoltare tehnologică la limita cunoașterii
• Formarea resursei umane de înaltă calificare necesară implementării,
operării și utilizării eficiente a viitoarei infrastructuri pan-Europene
• Atragerea celor mai bune competențe,
• 2018:
25 Cercetători seniori
107 Cercetători juniori
50 Asistenți de cercetare (doctoranzi)
36 Ingineri și tehnicieni
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50
100
150
200
250
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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1 Head of Research Activities (5)
Project
integration
and
execution
setup
Phase A Phase B Phase C
Junior researchers (107)
Senior researchers (20)
PhD students (50)
Technical Staff –
Higher education (18)
Technical Staff (18)
Phase D Phase E Phase F

32.
Criterii de recrutare
• Concurs de ocupare a posturilor pe bază de criterii de pregătire
profesională, cunoștințe solide, abilități de învățare, aptitudini de
comunicare și înțelegere
• Candidații:
• Cunoașterea limbii engleze
• Cunoștințe solide în domeniul în care au absolvit
• Înțelegerea atribuțiilor postului pentru care aplică
• Posturile scoase la concurs, Regulamentele de selecție și Descrierea
posturilor: www.eli-np.ro/jobs.php
• Aplicațiile: human.resources@eli-np.ro

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Specializări, oportunități
Ingineri, Tehnicieni
Domenii de specializare:
 Laseri
 Acceleratoare de Particule
 Electronică rapidă
 Instrumentație și Control
Oportunități:
 Perfecționare de nivel înalt în cadrul unor institute de cercetare și
universități de prestigiu din întreaga lume
 Specializare debut (training post) și continuă (life-long learning)
 Participare la manifestări științifice internaționale
 Perfecționare în domeniul transferului tehnologic

34.
Multumesc!