The ChETEC-INFRA community strongly denounces the heinous, terrorist assault that was launched against Israel on October 7, 2023. The scientific community in the field of nuclear astrophysics in Europe expresses its solidarity with the Israeli people, particularly the scientists and their families who have been impacted, and especially to our ChETEC-INFRA partners at the Hebrew …
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Call for Transnational Access Proposals: Visitor and Service Mode at Facilities
ChETEC-INFRA’s Transnational Access program offers access to 13 facilities in the field of nuclear astrophysics, spanning from accelerator laboratories for accelerator mass spectrometry (at DREAMS and VERA), accelerator facilities for ion beam experiments (Felsenkeller Accelerator Laboratory, Tandem Accelerator at the University of Cologne, Cyclotron at Atomki, van-de-Graaff accelerator at the University of Frankfurt, Tandetron accelerator …
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High School Students Visit Camp on Astrophysics at TU Dresden
24 students from schools of the national Excellence School Network MINT-EC conducted research on astrophysics at the TUD Dresden University of Technology from October 23 to 26, 2023. For four days, they worked together with scientists from the Institute for Nuclear and Particle Physics of TU Dresden and from the DeltaX School Lab at the …
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Transnational Access to 13 Facilities: Next call closing November 17, 2023
The Transnational Access program of ChETEC-INFRA supports access to 13 European infrastructures for nuclear astrophysics studies. Facilities include observatories, ion-beam accelerator laboratories, and a high-performance computing cluster. Access can be provided in different ways, depending on the facility, either in service-mode, or hands-on. Facility access is provided free of charge to the user, and awarded …
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ChETEC-INFRA Observational School (ChINOS) Concluded Successfully
The first edition of the ChETEC-INFRA Observational School (ChINOS 2023) was held at the Ondřejov Observatory near Prague in the Czech Republic. Participants of the school followed a program of lectures, scientific discussions and hands-on activities. As a special opportunity, the hands-on experience included three nights of remote observations at the Nordic Optical Telescope. Favorable …
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Nuclear Astrophysics Masterclass Aboard the “MS Wissenschaft”
The MS Wissenschaft, an initiative by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research describes itself as “a floating science center with exhibits for testing and participation”. At anchor in Vienna, the ship offered a unique environment for more than 100 high school students to follow the ChETEC-INFRA Masterclass on astrophysics. Led by Stephanie Adler …
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Carpathian Summer School of Physics 2023 in Sinaia
The Carpathian Summer School of Physics (CSSP), is a traditional scientific event, with wide international participation, organized by the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering for over 50 years. The 2023 edition of the school, held from July 2 to 15, marked the 30th edition of the school in Sinaia, Romania. The subject of the …
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Transnational Access Proposal Collection Date on August 17
ChETEC-INFRA’s Transnational Access Program provides access to 13 infrastructures – telescopes, accelerator laboratories and an HPC cluster – for research in nuclear astrophysics. Access is free of charge to the user and the program is open to proposers from institutions in and outside of Europe. The next collection date for scientific proposals closes August 17, …
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New Part of Course on Galactic Chemical Evolution Available
A new part of the course on Galactic Chemical Evolution is available now. This second part follows up on the use of NuPyCEE and JINAPyCEE for two applications: constraining galaxy models, and identifying trends in chemical evolution to tune model parameters relative to observations. The video presents the interactive Jupyter notebooks, which allow to follow …
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Online Event: Transnational Access and the Molėtai Astronomical Observatory (Jan. 30)
Continuing our series on virtual events on Transnational Access, next Monday – January 30, at 16:00 CET, will feature a general overview of transnational access in ChETEC-INFRA, and a facility presentation of the Molėtai Astronomical Observatory in Lithuania. The meeting will be held on Zoom (meeting link). The next collection date for Transnational Access (TA) …