The workshop “HELIUM25 – Helium burning and perspectives for underground labs” is hosted at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf and aims to bring together experimentalists, theorists, and astrophysicists to address open questions for the study of helium-burning reactions. July 24, 2025, will be dedicated to a career development day, with talks and discussions on diverse career paths, scientific …
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ChETEC-INFRA supports the project “Stars on Earth – Inclusive dissemination paths of Nuclear Astrophysics”. Founded at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Padua, the project pursues the goal to broaden the target audience of scientific dissemination activities through the development of inclusive methods of communication, adopting techniques to improve accessibility of …
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We are delighted to announce the 2nd ChETEC-INFRA Observational School (“ChINOS2”). This school will bring together Master’s students, PhD students and young postdocs who want to learn about the thrills and challenges of stellar spectroscopic observations, analysis and interpretation from experts in the field. To this end, we have secured 4 half nights with the …
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Spanish‐German WE-Heraeus-Seminar Date: 29 Jun – 04 Jul 2025Location: Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany Scientific organizers:Prof. Dr. Daniel Bemmerer, HZDR Dresden‐Rossendorf • Prof. Dr. Markus Roth, Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg • Dr. Aldo Serenelli, ICE, CSIC Cerdanyola del Valles/E The physical understanding of our Sun is in many ways foundation science. Its applications range from the Sun …
The ChETEC-INFRA scientific community and consortium announce with great sadness the passing of its General Assembly member and PI of the ChETEC-INFRA infrastructure at the Rozhen telescope, Professor Evgeni Hristov Semkov, on December 29, 2024, after a brief illness. Evgeni Semkov graduated from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in Bulgaria with a degree in astronomy. …
The European Union has informed the ChETEC-INFRA consortium that based on our request, the project duration of ChETEC-INFRA is extended to 54 months, with a new formal end date 31 October 2025. The total amount of funding does not change. Also, the Bellotti Ion Beam Facility (Gran Sasso LUNA-MV) has now formally been added to …
After a very well-received presentation by Dr. Matthias Junker at the ChETEC-INFRA 4th General Assembly in Strasbourg, France, the Bellotti Ion Beam Facility by INFN is provisionally added as a 14th Transnational Access facility to ChETEC-INFRA. The Bellotti Ion Beam Facility was inaugurated at the deep-underground Gran Sasso National Laboratory in October 2023. Its 3.5MV …
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On May 27 and 28, the ChETEC-INFRA consortium met in Strasbourg. Hosted by IPHC, the 4th General Assembly brought together consortium members and nuclear astrophysicists from outside the consortium, to discuss developments in nuclear astrophysics and catch up on developments of the Research and Networking activities within ChETEC-INFRA, as well as the Infrastructures in the …
A workshop on the state of the art for 12C(α,γ)16O, 12C+12C fusion, and 22Ne(α,n)25Mg in nuclear astrophysics will be held on May 29, 2024, in Strasbourg. Participant registration to join the workshop on-site or online is now open.
The fourth ChETEC-INFRA General Assembly will be held in Strasbourg from May 27 to 28, 2024. As for previous Assemblies – online, in Padua and in Debrecen – the program will feature progress reports from within the project, as well as scientific talks in the field of nuclear astrophysics in general. Registrations on the conference …
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