NuPECC – 13 June 2014
Department of Physics
University of Jyväskylä
JYFL
NuPECC Meeting in June 2004 in Jyväskylä
NuPECC Meeting 2004 in Jyväskylä
NuPECC Physics in Finland
Funding: Approximately 8M€ a year
Personnel (NuPNET survey 2010)
145 in total
= 120 physicists + 25 supporting staff
= 100 at JYFL in Jyväskylä + 45 in Helsinki
120 physicists
= 22 tenured + 32 fixed term + 60 PhD students
Quantum Chromodynamics
Phases of nuclear matter
Nuclear structure
Nuclei in the universe
Fundamental interactions
Applications of nuclear science
Running user facilities
Accelerator and detector R&D
8
15
44
0
11
27
19
21
OBS! Small number of permanent positions and supporting personnel
Nuclear and Accelerator Based Physics
Physics with cooled and trapped radioactive ions
(IGISOL at JYFL-ACCLAB)
Structure of very heavy and proton-rich nuclei
(Separators and spectrometers at JYFL-ACCLAB )
Nuclear reactions
(JYFL-ACCLAB)
Ion-beam developments and applications
(with accelerators at JYFL-ACCLAB)
Theory for nuclear structure and rare decays
(JYFL and FiDiPro groups)
High-energy physics
Ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions
(JYFL group for ALICE/CERN experiments)
Ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions
(JYFL theory group)
Particle physics and cosmology
(JYFL theory group)
JYFL-ACCLAB is on the national roadmap 2014-2020
JYU Ranking in Nordic Countries – Physics & Maths
University Board 12th March 2014:
Strategy Implementation
”Strengthen the status of the JYU top sectors within the international scientific community”
Success indicator: Publication activity compared to other Nordic countries
Contribution of publications in Nordic countries
WoS Research area
(JYU top sectors)
JY %
2013 ( 2012*)
JY %
goal 2016
Nuclear Physics
26,3 (25,6 %)
30 %
Sport Sciences
8,6 % (9,5 %)
15 %
Evolutionary Biology
3,9 %(3,8 %)
5%
Education and Educational Research
7,3 % (7,2 %)
10 %
Gerontology
7,7 % (8,0 %)
10 %
Total
9,4 % (9,5 %)
12,7 %