Recommendations

of the Programme

Advisory Committee for

Condensed Matter Physics

22nd meeting, 25-26 April 2005

Wojciech Nawrocik

JINR Scientific Council, 2-3 June 2005

The PAC heard with interest

V.Zhabitsky’s presentation

of the 97th JINR

Scientific Council Resolutions

January 2005

and the decisions of the Committee

of Plenipotentiares

March 2005 meeting

The PAC was informed that the CP elected

A. Sissakian as the new Director of JINR for a

term of five years beginning January 2006. The

PAC congratulates Professor A. Sissakian and

wishes him successful leadership of the

Institute.

The PAC highly appreciates the support which

was given by JINR Director V. Kadyshevsky

during 1992–2005 to the condensed matter

physics research at the Institute and to the

development and upgrade of the dedicated

instrumental infrastructur.

JINR Chief Engineer G. Shirkov informed

the PAC about the status of the JINR basic

facilities, including IBR-2 modernization

work.

The PAC was very pleased that the

full budget required for the modernization

of IBR-2 in the period 2004–2005 was

provided in good time, which enabled the

commissioning of the new movable

reflector to be completed on schedule.

G.Shirkov, Basic Facilities, 25.04.2005

Main results in 2004:

1. New Movable Reflector 3 (MR-3)

2. New Fuel Loading

• manufacturing of fuel elements at “Mayak” is completed

• set of components of fuel

assemblies are made and

delivered to JINR

I. Total running time of IBR-2: 1384 hours

II. Modernization of IBR-2

assembling of the MR-3

FRANK LABORATORY of NEUTRON PHYSICS

G.Shirkov, Basic Facilities, 25.04.2005

•THE MAIN EQUIPMENT OF THE IBR-2M REACTOR (new reactor vessel, rolling biological shielding, stationary reflectors, etc. )

•MONITORING, CONTROL AND PROTECTION SYSTEMS

•MODERATORS (development of a mock-up of transport of moderator substance

(C9H12), new refrigerator facility KGU-

700/15)

• NEW FUEL LOADING FOR THE IBR-2M

Total running time in 2005: 1650 hours

Main tasks for 2005:

PAC expects that

planned financial support will

continue until the IBR-2

modernization is complete.

The PAC took note of the reports presented by

the Directorates of

Frank Laboratory of Neutron

Physics, Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear

Reactions, Bogoliubov Laboratory of

Theoretical Physics and Division of Radiation

and Radiobiological Research,

and endorses their proposals on the

adjustment of the Scientific Programme of

Condensed Matter Physics being prepared for

2006 in accordance with the available

financial and human resources.

The PAC notes the Scientific Council’s suggestion

that, in order to prepare a strategic plan for the

Institute, the JINR Directorate together with the

three chairpersons of the PACs develop a road

map for the coming 10 years. After its approval,

the road map should serve the Directorate in its

strategic planning and the PACs in their

recommendations concerning priorities.

The PAC noted with interest the first proposals for

the Institute’s road map in condensed matter

science presented by Laboratory directors at this

PAC meeting and considers them as a good basis

for further elaboration.

As a general statement the PAC would

like to point out that Condensed Matter

Science, including Life Sciences, appears

to be a fast developing field of world

research activity.

Therefore the objective tendency is the

extension of spectra of highly urgent

topics.

The PAC was pleased to hear the first

proposal for a 10 years’ road map presented

by FLNP Director A. Belushkin. For the

elaboration of the road map it stresses:

– the importance of taking into account the

long stop of the IBR-2 reactor scheduled

from 2007,

– the emergence at world level of

comparable pulsed sources, which implies

taking advantage of the long pulse

specificity of IBR-2. Successful realization of IBR-2

modernization will allow JINR to keep competitive

positions in neutron scattering until 2035

• Strongly correlated electronic systems

Magnetism and superconductivity.

• Material and engineering sciences.

• Nanostructures. Biopolymers. Fullerenes

in solution. Biomedical applications.

Priorities at the FLNP

FLNR Deputy Director S. Dmitriev presented a

status report on the theme “Radiation Effects

and Modification of Materials, Radioanalytical

and Radioisotopic Investigations at the FLNR

Accelerators”.

The PAC welcomes the rapidly growing activity

in this field.

• Ion Tracks in PolymersIon Tracks in Polymers

• Interaction of Heavy Ions with metals, Interaction of Heavy Ions with metals, semiconductors and insulatorssemiconductors and insulators

• Radioecological Research, Ultrapure radioisotopes Radioecological Research, Ultrapure radioisotopes for nuclear medicine and biomedicinefor nuclear medicine and biomedicine

• Design of accelerator complexes for Design of accelerator complexes for condensed matter physics and nuclear condensed matter physics and nuclear medicinemedicine

Main FLNR Tasks in Condensed Matter

TRACK MEMBRANES WITH VARIOUS PORE SHAPESTRACK MEMBRANES WITH VARIOUS PORE SHAPES

PARALLELPARALLEL CYLINDRICALCYLINDRICAL

PORESPORES

NON-PARALLELNON-PARALLELCYLINDRICALCYLINDRICAL

PORESPORES

CIGAR-LIKE PORESCIGAR-LIKE PORES BOW-TIE PORESBOW-TIE PORES

ARRAY OF MICROWELLSARRAY OF MICROWELLS

BOTTOM OF THE MICROWELL: BOTTOM OF THE MICROWELL: PORE DIAMETER IS 0,8PORE DIAMETER IS 0,8μμmm

MICROWELL: TOP VIEWMICROWELL: TOP VIEW

HIGH TECHNOLOGIESHIGH TECHNOLOGIES

ASYMMETRICAL POROUS SUBSTRATESASYMMETRICAL POROUS SUBSTRATES

CROSS-SECTION OF CROSS-SECTION OF MICROWELL:MICROWELL:- 12 - 12 μμm IN DIAMETERm IN DIAMETER- 35 - 35 μμm IN DEPTHm IN DEPTH

The PAC considers the complementarity of

theoretical and experimental research in the

field of condensed matter physics as

essential factor of scientific progress. Based

on this, the PAC supports the new structure

of the theme “Theory of Condensed Matter”,

presented by BLTP Sector Chief

V. Priezzhev .

The PAC was informed by E. Krasavin, Head of

the Division of Radiation and Radiobiological

Research (DRRR), about the adjustment of the

scientific programmes of DRRR for 2006.

The PAC highly appreciated the presented

scientific plan, its main directions being:

(a) the simulation of the effect of

heavy charged particle radiation from the

Galaxy in experiments at the Nuclotron and

(b) the study of the

biological effectiveness of the carbon ion

beam at the Nuclotron channel with the aim of

developing cancer therapy.

Consequences of action of Galactic heavy ions

  Induction of cancer Formation of gene and structural

mutations; Violation of visual functions: lesions of retina; cataract induction.

Clustered DNA damages

Fragment of D N A

However the PAC feels that the financial

resources of these activities have not been

clarified yet. The PAC suggests that he JINR

Directorate should find additional JINR

resources for radiation and radiobiological

research during the planned process of

reorganization of DRRR into a

Laboratory of Radiation Biology

The PAC appreciates the important report,

presented by FLNP Sector Chief

A. Balagurov who answered the questions:

“How the new movable reflector affects

the parameters of spectrometers at IBR-

2?” and

“What developments have been realized

at spectrometers during IBR-2 shut-

down?”

The PAC wishes to receive a status overview of

the instruments, identifying their performance in

accordance with the scientific programme, the

development of their user case and user

demands.

Technical improvements should be identified,

presented and considered in view of their current

performance.

Moreover, the PAC would appreciate receiving a

progress report on the cold moderator project

and neutron extraction optics and an

overview of the sample environments available

to the instruments.

FLNP Deputy Director N. Popa presented

information about the IBR-2 users’ policy. The

PAC found satisfactory the execution of the

new programme for the users of the IBR-2

reactor. The PAC recommends that FLNP

increase its effort to attract new users mainly

for the instruments with smaller demand like

REMUR.

In this context, it is also suggested that

the Laboratory’s Condensed Matter

Department should put in operation a

feedback system that will allow further

adjustments to be made in implementing

the users’ programme.

The PAC notes that the procedure of

implementation this programme should

finish by presentation of experimental

report.

The PAC noted with interest the report

“Research of planetary surfaces by albedo

neutrons” presented by G. Timoshenko.

and the report

“What can we learn about lipid vesicle

structure from the small-angle neutron

scattering experiment?” presented by

M. Kiselev

The next meeting of the PAC for Condensed Matter Physics will be held on 14–15 November 2005. The following questions are proposed to be included in the agenda:

–       JINR’s Programme of Condensed Matter Research for 2006–2008, in which the available resources will be concentrated on the most important directions of research,

–       Strategic plans of the development of FLNP’s first-category instruments,

–       Consideration of new projects and themes,

–       Reports and recommendations on the projects to be completed in 2005,

–       Discussion of the draft road map in the field of condensed matter science

Thank you

for your attention

Recommendation of the SC –

PAC’s for Condensed Matter proposal

The SC was very pleased that the full

budget required for the modernization

of IBR-2 in the period 2004–2005 was

provided in good time, which enabled

the commissioning of the new movable

reflector to be completed on schedule.

SC expects that

planned financial

support will continue

until the IBR-2

modernization is

complete.

The SC Support the PAC’s for

Condensed Matter a general

statement the PAC that Condensed

Matter Science, including Life

Sciences, appears to be a fast

developing field of world research

activity.

Therefore the objective tendency is

the extension of spectra of highly

urgent topics

The SC feels that the financial resources of

the activities in radiobiology and life sciences

have not been clarified yet. The SC suggests

that he JINR Directorate should find additional

JINR resources for radiation and

radiobiological research during the planned

process of reorganization of DRRR into a

Laboratory of Radiation Biology

The SC welcomes the rapidly growing activity in

this field of Radiation Effects and Modification

of Materials, Radioanalytical and Radioisotopic

Investigations at the FLNR Accelerators

The SC considers the

complementarity of theoretical

and experimental research in the

field of condensed matter physics

as essential factor of scientific

progress.