News of the LEGEND experiment from Gran Sasso: 101 germanium detectors installed!

In the fall, DLNP JINR scientists returned to the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (Italy) to continue the installation of enriched Ge-76 detectors in the LEGEND experiment. The preparatory work necessary for a full-scale launch of the experiment was carried out. This was followed by reassembly of the liquid argon instrumentation and all currently available detectors made from Ge-76. All operations were performed with the direct participation of our specialists.

“A New Species of Extremophilic Microorganism Discovered in an Underground Spring of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory of INR RAS” by Alena Yakhnenko

Researches of the DLNP Sector of Molecular Genetics of the Cell in cooperation with the Baksan Neutrino Observatory (BNO of INR of RAS) have discovered a new species of an extremophilic bacterium in an underground spring in an unused part of the BNO tunnel. To identify the microorganism, the modern whole-genome sequencing methods using the Oxford Nanopore technology and biochemical profiling systems were applied. The high resistance of the new bacterium species to heavy metals and the ability to process methanol were established.

2022 MONUMENT Data Taking Run in Switzerland

A regular data taking run of the MONUMENT experiment has been finished at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. The DLNP group was involved in the run. This year, it started in mid-September, lasted almost a month and a half, and included both online and offline measurements (later, targets removed from the beamline with the produced activity were measured at a radiochemical laboratory).

Call for Applications to Receive V. P. Dzhelepov Scholarship for Early-Career DLNP Scientists

In order to honour the memory of the distinguished scientist and science administrator, a corresponding member of the AS of the USSR and RAS V. P. Dzhelepov and also to reward and motivate young scientists, the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research established annual V. P. Dzhelepov Scholarships. According to the Competition Regulations, not more than one scholarship can be granted per year and the young scientist can be granted it only once.  

Call for Applications to Receive Bruno Pontecorvo Scholarship for Early-Career DLNP Scientists

In order to honour the memory of the distinguished scientist Academician Bruno Pontecorvo and to reward and motivate young scientists, the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research established annual Bruno Pontecorvo Scholarships. According to the Competition Regulations, not more than one scholarship can be granted per year and the young scientist can be granted it only once.  

Aleksandr Kolesnikov. The Winner of the 2022 Governor's Prize

Aleksandr Kolesnikov, a junior research scientist of the DLNP Experimental Department of Multiple Hadronic Processes is talking about his work on the study and introduction of new materials and technologies for developing gas-discharge position detectors with a small amount of material. He was awarded for this work the 2022 Prize of the Governor of the Moscow Region for young scientists and specialists in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and innovations.

Liudmila Kolupaeva. The Winner of the 2022 Governor's Prize

Liudmila Kolupaeva, Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), a research scientist of the DLNP Experimental Department of Particle Physics is talking about her work on measuring neutrino oscillation parameters in the NOvA experiment (Fermilab, the US) for which she was awarded the 2022 Prize of the Governor of the Moscow Region for young scientists and specialists in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and innovations.

“Protecting Power of Science”

The book “Protecting Power of Science” by Vadim Aleksandrovich Bednyakov was issued at the JINR Publishing Department. It includes collected popular science articles written by the author during different stages of his life. Here he deals with burning issues of the present day and ponders over the place of science in the modern world. He reflects on outcomes of scientific search and comes to the conclusion that both developing the scientific picture of the world and establishing the basis for comfortable and safe life on our planet are of significance for humanity.  

Director of Our Laboratory Vadim Aleksandrovich Bednyakov is 65! Happy Birthday!

On October 31, 2022, Vadim Aleksandrovich Bednyakov, Director of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Dr. Sci. (Phys.−Math.), is turning 65. In 1981, he graduated with honours from the MSU Faculty of Physics and was assigned as a trainee researcher to the theoretical Sector of the Department of Particle Physics of the Laboratory of Nuclear Problems. In 1985, he became a junior researcher, in 1985 he defended his candidate dissertation, and in 2001 he headed this Sector.

“Scientometric Indicators of a Scientist” by Valentina Litsitis

  Scientometrics, its goals, objectives, and functions. Overview of the main scientometric indicators of the Web of Science Core Collection, Scorpus, Russian Science Citation Index datasets. Their correct and incorrect use. Author’s identifiers and profiles – ORCID, Publons Research ID, Scopus Author ID, SPIN code of the Russian Science Citation Index − as a tool for visualization and increase in recognition of papers of a researcher. Obtaining and creating author’s identifiers and profiles.  

Historical and Scientific Seminar by Alexey Zhemchugov “Participation of the People’s Republic of China at JINR in 1956−1965”

On Wednesday, October 26, at 17:00, the seminar “Participation of the People’s Republic of China at JINR in 1956−1965” will be given at the JINR Museum of Science and Technology by Alexey Zhemchugov, Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), the deputy head of the DLNP Experimental Department of Colliding Beams. The seminar is devoted to the history of participation of the People’s Republic of China in establishing JINR and its activities. The People’s Republic of China was one of the JINR founding countries. The group of Chinese specialists contributed a lot to shaping the JINR Scientific Programme and getting physical results in 1956−1965. The major part of specialists who developed high-energy physics in China in 1970−1990 gained their experience at JINR. Alexey Zhemchugov has been involved in the Chinese BESIII experiment at the Institute of High-Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) since 2005. The history of China’s participation at JINR based on archive materials of the RF, JINR, and CAS will be presented at the seminar.

Data Taking at the Upgraded Facility of the MEG II Experiment Is Underway

The MEG II experiment with muon beams is being conducted at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) not far from Zürich (Switzerland). MEG II is the second stage of the MEG experiment which finished data acquisition in 2013. The MEG experiment was aimed at the search for neutrinoless decay of the positively charged muon into a positron and a gamma-quantum. This process is highly sensitive to manifestations of New Physics – within the Standard Model, it is impossible at the levels of tree diagrams and hardly probable (less $10^{-45}$) due to loop diagrams with allowance for lepton mixing.