Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2021
Volume 66, Number 5
Saturday–Tuesday, April 17–20, 2021; Virtual; Time Zone: Central Daylight Time, USA
Session K06: Engaging the International Physics CommunityInvited Live Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FIP Chair: Joseph Niemela, ICTP |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live |
K06.00001: Precision Studies of Reactor Neutrinos: International Collaborations for Discovery Science Invited Speaker: Karsten Heeger Reactor neutrino experiments have played a key role in the discovery and precision study of neutrino oscillations. The KamLAND reactor experiment in Japan made the original discovery of reactor neutrino oscillation and confirmed neutrino flavor change with terrestrial neutrinos. Subsequently the Daya Bay experiment in China made a precision measurement of the last unknown neutrino mixing angle opening the path to search for CP violation in the lepton sector. Following the success of Daya Bay an ambitious new reactor neutrino experiment, JUNO, is now under construction in China to determine the neutrino mass ordering. International collaborations and partnerships have played a key role in the recent discoveries in neutrino physics. This talk will survey recent results and discuss the role of international partnerships in enabling fundamental and applied reactor neutrino science. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live |
K06.00002: IAEA Activities in Support of Nuclear Physics Research and Applications Invited Speaker: Danas Ridikas Facilitation of development and promotion of nuclear applications for peaceful purposes and related capacity building are among the IAEA missions where Physics Section contributes most. The relevant activities fall under the IAEA's sub-programme nuclear science and cover four main thematic areas: research and applications of particle accelerators, sustainable utilization of research reactors, controlled fusion research and technology, and nuclear instrumentation. The Section also operates the Nuclear Science and Instrumentation Laboratory (NSIL) at Seibersdorf, located approximately 40 km south of Vienna. NSIL's primary mission is to assist IAEA Member States to establish, operate and maintain various nuclear instrumentation and spectrometry-based techniques in support of a wide range of applications such as materials research, energy, environment, food, agriculture, health care, cultural heritage, forensics, and some others. This presentation will illustrate through a number of selected examples how the IAEA supports nuclear physics research and diverse applications in order to address key development priorities in many areas of societal importance and economic growth of the developing countries. In addition, some future plans on enhancing capabilities of the NSIL as part of Physics Section will be highlighted, in particular by establishment of the neutron science facility and considerations for an ion beam accelerator in Seibersdorf. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live |
K06.00003: Physics Development in Iran Invited Speaker: Reza Mansouri Teaching Physics at the university level in Iran started by Taghi Erani, a chemist educated in Berlin, in the years 1928-1930 before the University of Tehran was established. A regular BSc program in physics, however was initiated by Mahmoud Hessabi in 1934 at the University of Tehran. In 1979 just before Islamic Revolution, after half a century, Iran had about 15 departments of physics, some of them with a graduate program at the MSc level, with less than 1000 students and 200 faculties most of them having just a MSc degree. There was almost no research, no public impact, no corporations, and no social or societal engagement. Now, everything has changed to more than 2700 faculties with more than 90 percent having a PhD degree, 25000 students, having considerable social impacts, public engagement, many corporations, big projects, and international collaboration. Notwithstanding this development, physics in Iran is still lacking a roadmap to have a rational societal impact and international recognition. [Preview Abstract] |
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