First component delivered for FAIR’s ring accelerator
Delivery of components commences for the center-piece of the future FAIR facility in Darmstadt, the 1,100-meter-long ring accelerator. The components are being developed and produced all over the world. The first component to be delivered was a bunch compressor, which was manufactured by Aurion Anlagentechnik GmbH in Seligenstadt, Germany, on the basis of advanced developments by GSI. GSI will first subject the bunch compressor to extensive acceptance tests.
Jörg Blaurock appointed new Technical Managing Director of FAIR and GSI
As of 1 February 2016, Jörg Blaurock became the first joint Technical Managing Director of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH (GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research) and the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe GmbH (FAIR GmbH) in Darmstadt. Prior to this he had been working in international large-scale plant construction for over 20 years, overseeing full planning, delivery, assembly and commissioning of large technical facilities worldwide. He is now moving from General Electric in Stuttgart to Darmstadt.
Featured in EPN
Europhysics News, Vol. 47/2 – March/April 2016 can be downloaded on the magazine’s website.
EPS Executive & Staff activity for March 2016
The EPS works to support its members. Find below the list of activities of the EPS Executive Committee and staff last month:
GraSPA 2016
Registration for the 2016 Summer School of Particle and Astroparticle Physics [GraSPA 2016] in Annecy-le-Vieux, France is now open.
The goal of the school is to introduce Particle Physics and Astroparticle Physics to 3rd and 4th year physics students while at the same time touching upon the latest results and challenges in these fields.
VUVX2016
The 39th International conference on Vacuum Ultraviolet and X-ray Physics [VUVX2016] will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, from 3-8 July 2016.
CMD26: abstract submission and registration open
The 26th Conference of the Condensed Matter Division [CMD26] is still accepting submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentations. Please click http://cmd26.eu/abstract-submission/ for direct access to the CMD26 abstract submission page.
ECOC2016: CLEO/Europe Focus Meeting
Following on from successful conferences held since 2006, the European Physical Society and CLEO®/Europe-EQEC in collaboration with the Chairs of ECOC 2016 are delighted to announce the organisation of a special CLEO Focus Meeting on Fundamental Photonics for Future Telecommunications, to be held as part of ECOC 2016 from 18-22 September 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
“Enrico Fermi” School dedicated to the Foundations of Quantum Theory
Triggered by the rapid advance of experimental techniques in quantum optics and the development of the field of quantum technology, the underlying question of the interpretation of quantum mechanics has recently received a lot of attention again.
This “Enrico Fermi” Summer School provides an overview of recent theoretical and experimental developments of the foundations of quantum mechanics to students, post-docs and scientists interested in this field.
