The first ChETEC-INFRA Masterclass on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics is now available in 7 Languages: Bulgarian, Czech, English, French, German, Italian and Upper Sorbian.
Additionally, translations in Romanian, Swedish, Hebrew, Catalan, Hungarian, Lithuanian, and Welsh are foreseen to be available, soon.
Interested in hosting a Masterclass at your school? Participation in the Masterclass with your students is free of charge for you. The target audience are students age 15 and up, with group sizes ideally between 12 and 24 students. The classes are scheduled as one-day activity.
For any questions or booking requests please refer to the contact information on the Masterclass web page.
Participants at the Institute for Nuclear Research (Atomki) in Debrecen.
Of the 80 registered participants, about 50 signed up for on-site participation to this hybrid event, using this networking opportunity between nuclear astrophysics researchers from within and outside of ChETEC-INFRA.
In addition to reports on the activities of the Work Packages within ChETEC-INFRA, the conference program included scientific presentations from members of the consortium as well as other scientists in the field of nuclear astrophysics.
At the Transnational Access (TA) User meeting, presentations of TA users illustrated the scientific variety of user projects supported in TA program. A following round-table discussion allowed for an exchange on the practical aspects of the transnational access program in ChETEC-INFRA.
ChETEC-INFRA offers support for 20 European students and early career researchers to participate in the 2023 Nuclei in the Cosmos, NIC-XVII, school. The school is held September 10-15, in Daejeon, Korea.
The support will cover the complete registration fee, including accommodation, lunch coupons, banquet, and coffee breaks. Hence, student’s home affiliations only have to cover their travel (airfare, etc.).
Registration is open until July 7, 2023, on the Indico page for the Nuclei in the Cosmos XVII School. In order to apply for the support, please make sure to tick the check box next to “Yes” below item 6 “My affiliation is based in Europe (or an associated country) and I’m applying for financial support by ChETEC-INFRA.” in the registration form.
On June 6-7, the 3rd General Assembly and a TA User Meeting of ChETEC-INFRA will be hosted at Atomki in Debrecen, Hungary. Registration and details on the event are available on the Indico page:
Proposals for Transnational Access (TA) projects for the current call are collected until May 17, 2023. EU-funded transnational access is available at all 13 ChETEC-INFRA Partner Facilities, including the Van de Graaff accelerator at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, providing beam for the measurement of neutron-induced reactions.
TA is open to researchers worldwide, providing access to accelerator laboratories, observatories, or a high-performance computing cluster for their scientific research in the field of Nuclear Astrophysics. – Access is provided at no cost to the user, and hands-on facilities may also have travel support available for users.
More information on eligibility and the application process for transnational access is available on this site. Virtual office hours are held weekly on Zoom, available to discuss questions around the Transnational Access program.
The 1st ChETEC-INFRA Observational School (ChINOS) to take place at Ondřejov Observatory near Prague, Czech Republic, from July 24-28, 2023.
The school will provide hands-on experience with designing and executing stellar observations and analysing spectroscopic data to be collected with the Nordic Optical Telescope on La Palma, The Canaries, Spain. For this purpose, three remote observing nights are available, using the FIES spectrograph at the NOT.
Young scientists (Master’s, PhD students and early postdocs) working in the interdisciplinary field of nuclear astrophysics are encouraged to apply. All details, including the application page, can be found at the Indico page of the ChINOS 2023.
Applications are open until May 24th, 2023. The number of available places is limited to ~15.
Following the previous meeting in Padova, the next ChETEC-INFRA General Assembly will be hosted at Atomki in Debrecen, Hungary, and take place on June 6 and 7, 2023. Please save the date.
For details please refer to the Indico page of the General Assembly. Registration will be available, soon.
On March 1st 2023, the ChETEC-INFRA project successfully passed its mid-term review, which was carried out in hybrid form at the Helmholtz Association’s office in Brussels.
Participants at the (hybrid) ChETEC-INFRA Review Meeting.
After an introduction by the project coordinator Daniel Bemmerer (HZDR), the meeting took off with two highlight presentations: Maria Bergemann (MPIA Heidelberg) reported on a new determination of solar elemental abundances, and Denise Piatti (INFN Padova) about a recent transnational access experiment at HZDR Felsenkeller.
The meeting included presentations by all the ChETEC-INFRA Executive Board members and addressed all the main areas of work of ChETEC-INFRA. Topics included transnational access provision (Konrad Schmidt, HZDR), JRA on abundances (Arūnas Kučinskas, Vilnius University), JRA on nucleosynthesis computing (Marco Pignatari, Konkoly Observatory Budapest), JRA on lab improvements (Marco La Cognata, INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud).
Dissemination, outreach, and innovation were addressed (Uta Bilow, TU Dresden), the connection between the nuclear astrophysics and planetary science communities (Maria Lugaro, Konkoly Observatory Budapest), comprehensive approaches to nuclear astrophysics (Jordi José, UPC Barcelona), gender and inclusiveness aspects (Sandrine Courtin, CNRS Strasbourg), and new data products from ChETEC-INFRA (Aldo Serenelli, CSIC Barcelona).
In the feedback session, both the external expert reviewer and the project officer expressed their great appreciation for the project and of all the work done and gave a very positive feedback. They asked the Executive Board to transmit this message to all people contributing to and using ChETEC-INFRA.
Celebrating a successful review meeting with traditional Belgian fries.
Continuing our series on virtual events on Transnational Access, Monday March 6, at 16:00 CET, will feature a general overview of transnational access in ChETEC-INFRA, and a facility presentation of the Van-de-Graaff Accelerator at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
TA is open to researchers worldwide, providing access to accelerator laboratories, observatories, and a high-performance computing cluster for their scientific projects in Nuclear Astrophysics. – Without access costs to the user, and the possibility of travel support in the case of hands-on facilities.
More information on eligibility and how to apply for TNA is available here. Virtual office hours are held weekly on Zoom, available for informal inquiries around the Transnational Access program.
