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Nuclear Physics : Education Infrastructure Scientific work

Experimental nuclear physics group at Department of Physics in Zagreb Damir Bosnar Faculty of Science University of Zagreb, Croatia. http://www.phy.hr/~bosnar. Nuclear Physics : Education Infrastructure Scientific work.

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Nuclear Physics : Education Infrastructure Scientific work

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  1. Experimental nuclear physics group at Department of Physics in ZagrebDamirBosnar Faculty of Science University of Zagreb, Croatia http://www.phy.hr/~bosnar • Nuclear Physics: • Education • Infrastructure • Scientific work

  2. Undergraduate physics study: New Bologna curicculum, started in 2005, 5 years – master of physics • Praktikum in modern physics, 4th year (2009 – 12 students 2010 - 26 students 2011 - 24 students ) - Gamma spectroscopy with scintillators (and HPGe) - Range of alpha particles - Gamma-gamma correlations - Mion lifetime I • Praktikum in subatomic physics, 5th year (2009 – 4 students) -Mion lifetime II, (velocity and angular distributions of cosmic mouns) -(Rutherford scattering (CAMAC)), Gamma spectroscopy with scintillators and HPGe -Compton scattering (fADC) -Positron annihilation (CAMAC) • Praktikum in nuclear physics, 5th year (2009 - 4 students , 2010 - 3 students) Gamma spectroscopy with HPGe, Induced radioactivity, Scintillation detector, Statistics. 4th year: Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, (Solid State Physics, Atomic Physics) Doctoral study – 4 years

  3. UpgradeofNuclearPhysicsLaboratory, 2003-international educational projects NaI, CsI, LSO HPGe Muonlifetime Positronannihilation Si- detector

  4. Equipment, nuclear physics lab

  5. PET model – 48 BaF2detectors diploma work I. Friščić (2008) Gate simulations: Detector assembling and testing (BaF2 + XP2020URQ) Data reconstruction MATLAB: I. Friščić at al. Vienna Conference on Instrumentation 2010

  6. ScintillationfibrewithSiPMreadoutwith signal digitizer, diploma work I. Žugec (2010) Acqiris DC282, 4 channels, 2-8 GS/s, 10 bit Root analysis Signals: Digital CFD andtiming: Root Algorithms: Energies, BaF2 Time resolution, BaF2, 60Co : ~150 ps Energies, HPGe: 22Na

  7. Scientific work (PSI and MAMI) • D.B. : 1986- middle of nineties PSI, pionabsorpion in nuclei (PhD 1990), Ba-Ka-Za, LADS collaboration. • 1998 - Zagreb group member of A1- collaboration at MAMI MAINZ, electron scattering on nuclei and nucleus: - nucleon formfactors - pion production at threshold - strangenesselectroproduction - hadrons in medium and NN correlations

  8. Telescopeofsilicondetectorswith signal digitizers A(e,e’ppi)B PhDof M. Makek 2009, 12C(e,e’pp) 10Be (now postdoc at Weizmann Institute in Israel) Digitizedpreamplifier signal: CAEN V724, 100 MHz M. Makek, 18th InternationalConference on ParticlesandNuclei , PANIC 2008, Eilat, Israel

  9. Zagreb: Positron annihilation spectroscopy zeolites, membranes,… <-- Acqiris DC282, 4 channels, 2-8 GS/s, 10 bit D. Bosnar et al. NuclInstr. Meth. A581 (2007) 91

  10. n_tofcollaboration ? • Infrastructure and experience • In 2011 new doctoral student • In 2011 application for new national funding - not big contribution - other applications - national, international • Work (hardware, software) and physics (PhD) topics?

  11. Possible initial activities: • Neutron resolution function • Decreasing resolution of TAC • Diamond detectors

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