1. Recent achievements and future challenges of the Spanish research in experimental nuclear physics José Benlliure Universidad of Santiago de Compostela Valencia, 2010

2. Layout José Benlliure Nuclear physics domain Experimental nuclear physics in Spain Recent physics highlights and close future projects Research infrastructures FAIR II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

3. Nuclear Physics domain Strongly interacting matter hadrons 10 -6 s atomic nuclei 10 2 s quark-gluon plasma 10 -12 s stars 10 15 s José Benlliure Nuclear physics does not look for a ``holy grail´´ but rather tries to understand the complex Universe of the strongly interacting matter by using different probes and instruments. II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

4. Nuclear Physics domain Nuclear physics themes José Benlliure Phases of strongly interacting matter Hadron physics Nuclear structure and dynamics Nuclear astrophysics Fundamental interactions II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

5. Nuclear Physics domain Nuclear physics in Spain José Benlliure Phases of strongly interacting matter Hadron physics Nuclear structure and dynamics Nuclear astrophysics Fundamental interactions 10% mostly theory 25% mostly theory 50% experiments and theory 10% experiments and theory 5% experiments and theory II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

6. Experimental nuclear physics in Spain José Benlliure USC UVI UGR USA UHUCNA IFIC UPC IEM UCM CIEMAT II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010 11 groups ~120 researchers ~130 publications/year ~ 6-8 PhD/year

7. Nuclear structure and dynamics Recent highlights José Benlliure Constraining the nucleon-nucleon interaction investigating ground-state propertires and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

8. Nuclear structure and dynamics Recent highlights José Benlliure Constraining the nucleon-nucleon interaction investigating ground-state properties and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

9. Nuclear structure and dynamics Recent highlights José Benlliure Constraining the nucleon-nucleon interaction investigating ground-state properties and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

10. Nuclear structure and dynamics Recent highlights José Benlliure Constraining the nucleon-nucleon interaction investigating ground-state properties and low-level excited states in nuclei far from stability II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

11. Nuclear structure and dynamics Recent highlights José Benlliure Constraining the nucleon-nucleon interaction investigating ground-state properties and low-lying excited states in nuclei far from stability II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

12. Nuclear astrophysics Recent highlights José Benlliure r process supernova  process nova rp process X-ray burst p process supernova s process red giant Big bang nucleosynthesis p-p CNO main sequence II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010 Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe

13. Nuclear astrophysics Recent highlights José Benlliure r process supernova  process nova rp process X-ray burst p process supernova s process red giant Big bang nucleosynthesis p-p CNO main sequence II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010 Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe

14. Nuclear astrophysics Recent highlights José Benlliure r process supernova  process nova rp process X-ray burst p process supernova s process red giant Big bang nucleosynthesis p-p CNO main sequence II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010 Nuclei far from stability tell us about the origin of the elements in the Universe

15. Short-term projects José Benlliure AGATA ALADIN/LAND FRS/PreSPEC II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010 Using existing equipment and facilities to pursuit a competitive scientific program  -half-lives and delay neutron emission in heavy neutron-rich nuclei relevant for the stellar nucleo-synthesis r-process (PresPEC/FRS GSI) Single-particle structure of light nuclei at the drip-lines (ALADIN/LAND GSI) Asymmetric EOS at ALADIN/LAND GSI First AGATA campaigns at Legnaro and GSI Decay studies at Jyvaskyla and ISOLDE Spectroscopy of 7H at GANIL ……..

16. Infrastructures used by the Spanish researchers José Benlliure GSI GANIL ISOLDE nTOF LNL CNA CMAM JYFL Scientific production (2000-2009) GSI 52% ISOLDE 15% GANIL 10% Legnaro 10% nTOF 7% others 6% II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010 RIKEN JLAB TRIUMF

17. Facility for Anti-proton and Ion Research in Europe A multi-disciplinary multi-user research center State-of-the-art facilities providing unique opportunities for forefront research in nuclear structure and nuclear astrophysics, hadron physics, heavy ion physics, plasma physics, atomic physics and applications. FAIR in numbers: - construction start: 2011 - cost: 1027 M€ (phase A) - first experiment: 2017 - running costs: 120 M€/año - full exploitation: 2018 - users: 3000 Participant countries: Finland, Germany, India, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, France, Slovenia, Spain, China, UK High quality beams of radioactive ion beams, anti-protons and heavy ions with unprecedented intensities. - Fast ramping superconducting magnets - Beam cooling techniques José Benlliure anti-protons exotic nuclei heavy ions laser+ions II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

18. Spanish participation in FAIR - CIEMAT - IEM (CSIC) - IFIC (CSIC) - IMAFF (CSIC) - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Universidad de Castilla la Mancha - Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Universidad de Granada - Universidad de Huelva - UNED - Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia - Universidad de Salamanca - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela - Universidad de Sevilla - Universidad de Valencia - Universidad de Vigo Nuclear structure and astrophysics: NUSTAR - R3B, HISPEC/DESPEC, EXL/ELISe, MATS - 12 research groups Atomic and plasma physics - SPARC, HEDgeHOB - 4 research groups 100 m NUSTAR Atomic physics Plasma physics - FAIR was created on October 4th - The Spanish participation in FAIR was offically confirmed by MICINN last October 1 st. - Spain joined the FAIR council on November 23th - Spain participates in 6 de los 18 FAIR experiments José Benlliure II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

19. NUSTAR José Benlliure Spanish participation in FAIR R3B IEM, USC, UVI DESPEC CIEMAT, IFIC, UCM, UPC HISPEC IEM, IFIC, UHU, USA, USE MATS UGR ELISe UCM NUclear STructure Astrophysics and Reactions (NUSTAR collaboration) 8 experiments: DESPEC, ELISe, EXL, HISPEC, ILIMA, LASPEC, R3B II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

20. José Benlliure Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams R 3 B - nuclear structure and astophysics: direct reactions - reaction mechamisms: fission, fragmentation - equation of state for asymmetric matter Spanish participation in FAIR - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela - Universidad de Vigo II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

21. José Benlliure Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams R 3 B - nuclear structure and astophysics: direct reactions - reaction mechamisms: fission, fragmentation - equation of state for asymmetric matter Spanish participation in FAIR - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela - Universidad de Vigo II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010

22. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) - decay processes of exotic nuclei -  -delay spectroscopy using gammas, protons or neutrons - nuclear electromagnetic moments Spanish participation in FAIR - CIEMAT - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010 DESPEC

23. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup Spanish participation in FAIR

24. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup Spanish participation in FAIR

25. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup Spanish participation in FAIR

26. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup Spanish participation in FAIR

27. José Benlliure DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) A variable-geometry setup Spanish participation in FAIR

28. José Benlliure High-resolution In-flight SPECtroscopy (HISPEC) Direct reactions at low energies 5-20 MeV High-spin physics Spanish participation in FAIR - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Huelva - Universidad de Sevilla II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010 HISPEC

29. José Benlliure High-resolution In-flight SPECtroscopy (HISPEC) Direct reactions at low energies 5-20 MeV High-spin physics Spanish participation in FAIR - Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Huelva - Universidad de Sevilla II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010 HISPEC

30. José Benlliure Measurement of short-lived nuclei using Advanced Trap Systems (MATS) Ground state properties of nuclei far from stability Spanish participation in FAIR - Universidad de Granada II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010 MATS

31. Conclusions José Benlliure Nuclear physics is facing an exciting period because of the construction of new facilities worldwide (RIBF in Japan, FRIB in USA, HIE-ISOLDE and SPIRAL2 in Europe) and in particular FAIR FAIR will gather most of the European efforts and will provide unique opportunities for all branches in nuclear physics research During the last few years, the Spanish nuclear physics community has consolidated its international impact and visibility, but also the local infrastructures and human resources required to successfully participate in this new venture II CPAN days, Valencia, November 2010