ChETEC-INFRA extended and Bellotti Ion Beam Facility formally added as Transnational Access Facility

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 …

14th Transnational Access Facility provisionally added to ChETEC-INFRA

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 …

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 …

3rd ChETEC-INFRA General Assembly and Transnational Access User Meeting Held in Debrecen

The ChETEC-INFRA General Assembly and TA User Meeting took place on June 6-7, 2023 at the Institute for Nuclear Research (Atomki) in Debrecen, Hungary. 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 …

Solar Fusion III Workshop

The Solar Fusion III workshop (SF-III) took place from July 26-29, 2022, at Berkeley (USA) under the sponsorship of ChETEC-INFRA, the NSF network N3AS and the Institute for Nuclear Theory (USA). Initially scheduled for 2020, ten years after the previous SF-II workshop, SF-III brought together experimentalists and theoreticians working on hydrogen burning nuclear reactions with …

ChETEC-INFRA Meets for Second General Assembly in Padova

One year after the first general assembly of ChETEC-INFRA in 2021 was held online, the second assembly now took place in hybrid mode. Held in the center of Padua (Italy), the program of the meeting included presentations on developments in nuclear astrophysics, as well as talks on highlights of the individual ChETEC-INFRA Work Packages and …

ChETEC-INFRA TA Event on February 28: Trans-national Access and the Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering

On Monday, February 28, 2022 at 15:30 – 16:30 (Brussels time) the 4th edition of the „ChETEC-INFRA TA event“ will take place on Zoom: Meeting Link. After an introduction outlining TA in ChETEC-INFRA, the Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH) will be presented. The rest of the session will …

ChETEC-INFRA Project Starts with Kick-Off Meeting

The ChETEC-INFRA project started on May 1. The first kick-off meeting took place virtually on May 4-5. Invited presentations by representatives of other COST actions – ChETEC, PHAROS, and MW-GAIA – and Advanced Communities – OPTICON, Europlanet and RADIATE – provided details on successfully running community projects in related fields, and offered advise that ChETEC-INFRA …