21st JINR—ISU Baikal Summer School on Physics of Elementary Particles and Astrophysics

We announce the 21st JINR-ISU Baikal Summer School on Physics of Elementary Particles and Astrophysics, which will have a modular structure this year. The main part of the school including the core lecture program will be held online from July 12 to 17, 2021. The lecture program: • Andreas Trautner — Standard Model• Alessandro Papa — Quantum Chromodynamics• Manfred Jeitler — The LHC results and future collider projects• Sergio Palomares-Ruiz — Astrophysical neutrinos• Alessio Porcelli — IceCube results

The Munich Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics (MIAPP) Announced the 2022 Program

The 2022 MIAPP Program has been announced. It will take place at the Garching Research Campus, close to the city of Munich. Application for participation is now open online.  

The Opening of the Painting Exhibition by V. I. Komarov (Video)

Today, the exhibition of paintings by Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, the DLNP chief researcher V. I. Komarov has been opened. Relatives, friends and colleagues of Vladimir Ivanovich got together in the exhibition hall of the Culture Centre “Mir”.

Discussion “Neutrinos, Elusive Carriers of Mysteries of the Universe” at SPIEF’21

Today, the discussion “Neutrinos, elusive carriers of mysteries of the Universe” has been held at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF’21). Dmitry Naumov (in person) and Igor Belolaptikov (via videoconferencing) were involved on behalf of our Laboratory. The discussion took place in the area of the exhibition stand of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation where the cutting-edge scientific achievements, including the BAIKAL-GVD Deep Underwater Neutrino Telescope, are presented.

The Patent of Sergey Nikolaevich Dolya and Viktor Ivanovich Smirnov Included in Top 100 Best Inventions in Russia in the Second Half of the Year 2020

The invention by the scientists of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems Sergey Nikolaevich Dolya and Viktor Ivanovich Smirnov “Resonant capacitor charger” (Patent of RF № 2734903 of 26 October 2020) was included in Top 100 best inventions in Russia in the second half of the year 2020. For the first time, the JINR researchers and JINR itself as a right owner won such a high recognition of the National Patent Service of Russia.  

On 2 June, the Painting Exhibition by Vladimir Ivanovich Komarov Will Open at the Culture Centre “Mir”

On 2 June, the painting exhibition by Vladimir Ivanovich Komarov, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, the chief researcher of DLNP, will be opened. Vladimir Ivanovich devoted to science almost 65 years: worked at the synchrocyclotron, participated in the design of the medical proton complex, performed studies at the facilities in Protvino and Jülich (Germany), was involved in experiments at the accelerator at CERN (Switzerland) and in many other projects.

A prestigious prize of the European Physical Society was awarded to the Borexino collaboration

Borexino, an international collaboration, was awarded a prestigious Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize of the European Physics Society in astrophysics and cosmology for breakthrough studies of solar neutrinos providing the only and exhaustive evidence of nuclear fusion reactions in the Sun in the pp-chain and in the CNO cycle.

JEMS-17 Visited Our Laboratory

Today, the attendees of the 17th International Training Programme for decision-makers in science and scientific cooperation “JINR Expertise for Member States and Partner Countries” (JEMS-17) visited our Laboratory. This time, representatives from Russia, Armenia and Belarus came to Dubna to take part in the training programme. 

The Secretary of Three Science Coryphaei

On 24 May, DLNP veterans celebrated Irina Grigorevna POKROVSKAYA’s birthday. She worked at JINR for about half a century communicating with a great number of employees. And now, in the year of JINR’s 65th anniversary, she would like to share her memories of her career at the Laboratory with a new generation of scientists.

Find 10 Differences

Here is a nice photograph we have found in the DLNP archives. The entrance checkpoint and the building of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics (LTF) are featured in it. Considering the clothing style and cars, the photograph may have been taken in the early 1960s. The main point of attraction is the balcony of the LTF cafeteria which was the centre of social life and professional discussions of JINR employees. Later, the balcony was glazed.

Interview with the Director of the Laboratory of High-Energy Physics of University of Bern Michele Weber

Michele Weber talks about DUNE, the advanced accelerator neutrino experiment conducted at Fermilab, the USA, the liquid-argon time-projection chamber (TPC) of the DUNE Near Detector and about DLNP participation in the project. Advanced technologies for particle track reconstruction with a millimetre precision are used in the TPC. JINR plays a crucial role designing the system of light readout in liquid argon.  

Visit of the Delegation from the Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University

Last Thursday, on 13 May, the delegation from the Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University (KamSU), the acting rector Evgeny Merkulov and the deputy rector for science, innovation and international cooperation Veronika Efimenko visited our Laboratory. The goal of the visit was to get to know JINR and to discuss further cooperation. The guests took the tour both of the Alpha-Hall of the BAIKAL-GVD experiment and of the Laboratory of Precision Laser Metrology.