Recommendations

of the Programme Advisory Committee

for Condensed Matter Physics

25th meeting, 16-17 November 2006

Wojciech Nawrocik

JINR Scientific Council, 18-19 January 2007

The PAC heard with interest an overview, given by

JINR Vice-Director M. Itkis, of the main scientific tasks in

the field of condensed matter physics at JINR and the

information about expected funding of this field in 2007.

The PAC approves the general guidelines formulated

in the report by the Vice-Director. The PAC appreciated the

JINR Directorate’s full support of the guaranteed financing

of the IBR-2 modernization activities.

Laboratory Employed staff

Financing from

JINR budget

FLNP ~ 300 16%

BLTP ~ 35 1,5%

LRB ~ 77 1,4%

FLNR ~ 15 Out of budget

TOTAL ~ 427 18,9%

JINR’s resources in condensed matter physics

JINR Chief Scientific Secretary N. Russakovich

informed the PAC about the new approach to the contents

and template of the Topical Plan of Research and

International Cooperation. This approach, based on three-

year planning, is intended to be fully consistent with the

actual limitations of the JINR budget.

The PAC looks forward to reconsidering the current

project and expects the presentation of the coherent plan

of the radiotherapy programme at the forthcoming PAC

meeting.

IBR-2 reactor and status

of the cold moderators for IBR-2M

The PAC was informed by V. Ananiev about the

status of the modernization of the IBR-2 reactor.

The PAC took note of the report, presented by

E. Shabalin, on the status of the cold moderators of

the IBR-2M reactor.

The PAC expects the JINR and FLNP

directorates to take all necessary measures to ensure

the continuation of the work for IBR-2 modernization,

including cold moderators, according to schedule.

1. A compact reactor core.

2. Lower speed of rotation of the main movable reflector, counter rotation of rotors, use of a nickel alloy as a reflector material.

3. Use fuel pellets configuration that will allow to increase the depth of fuel burn up to 9%.

4. New design of safety system which improves its parameters.

5. Creation of easily replaceable moderators, their optimization for each neutron beam.

AVB

Main directions of reactor modernization:

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 S

JINR800 700 550 150 100 2300

Rosatom 500 500 400 100 100 1600

Total 1300 1200 950 250 200 3900

Plan of charges for the IBR-2 modernization (k$)

12.07.2006 under commission control the first FA has been assembled , the commission

has noted high quality of welder’s work

Scientific research programme for 2007–2009

The PAC took note of the proposals for the JINR

road map in the field of condensed matter physics for

2007–2009 presented by Directors of FLNP, LRB, FLNR

and BLTP. The PAC recommends continuation of the

activities under the themes in the fields according to the

JINR Topical Plan.

Although the modernization of the IBR-2 is the

most important task for FLNP, the PAC endorses that the

scientific and educational activities at this Laboratory

during the IBR-2 modernization should be kept at the

current high-quality level and funded not less than at the

existing level.

The PAC appreciates the well-structured plan of research for the period of the IBR-2 modernization.

The PAC encourages the JINR Directorate to undertake all possible efforts to ensure concentration of high-quality work of the staff, including young scientists, on the topical research activities.

The PAC expresses its opinion that Dubna has personnel and technique advantages in bio-medical applications of ion-beam facilities.

The PAC notes the significant progress in the study of nanostructures at FLNR.

The PAC notes the successful collaboration between BLTP theorists and experimental physicists in other laboratories.

Priorities of the development and upgrade of

spectrometers for IBR-2M

The PAC heard and considered the first plan for

the priority developments and upgrade of

spectrometers for the IBR-2M reactor presented by

A. Balagurov.

The PAC recommends that JINR set up a group

of JINR and external experts to carry out the ranking

of the projects taking into account the foreseen

construction of the broad-band moderators and

current trends in modern condensed matter physics.

4,000 K$

Development of existingspectrometers

New spectrometers

General-purposeprojects

1. HRFD2. FSD3. DN-24. SKAT5. EPSILON6. YuMO7. REMUR8. DIN9. NERA

1. DN-62. RTS3. SANS-C4. GORIZONT5. SESANS6. REFAT

1. Moderators2. Detectors3. Sample environment4. Cryogenics5. Electronics

3,000 K$2,700 K$

In total: 9.7 M$ for 5 years

Proposals for 2007 – 2011

AMB

The PAC looks forward to hearing about results of

simulation calculations of all instruments, existing ones

and new or to be upgraded ones before a comprehensive

evaluation where necessary.

The PAC would like to encourage close

collaboration with an uprising new long-pulse ESS

instrumentation concept, possibly providing beam lines

for prototyping new dedicated long-pulse instrument

concepts and/or components.

The PAC heard with interest the scientific report

“MD Simulations of RecA Protein: The Influence of

Amino Acid (Mutant) Exchanges In Beta-Sheet Loops

and DNA Inhibition Sites” presented by

Kh. Kholmurodov and R. Selwyne from RBL.

The PAC notes the importance of the

relationship between the theoretical calculations and

experimental results observed at this laboratory.

The PAC heard with interest the scientific report “Utilizing IBR-2 as a Dedicated Medium- to Long-Pulse Neutron Source” presented by H. Tietze-Jaensch.

The PAC supports the future collaboration between the groups of IBR-2 and ESS long-pulse neutron sources.

„ why not complement IBR-2M with new state-of-the-art instruments at the top of their classes?

why not using IBR-2M’s potential for LP instrument development & prototyping in collaboration with ESS?

for a brighter future in NEUtrope and a more integrated collaboration between JINR-IBR-2 and ESS / SNS and co.”

The PAC heard with interest the scientific report

“Pressure-Induced Magnetic Phase Transitions in Pr1-

xSrxMnO3 Manganites (x = 0.3 – 0.85)” presented by

D. Kozlenko.

The PAC notes that this is a good example of

neutron diffraction experimental study in the field of

strongly correlated systems.

Poster presentations by JINR young scientists

The PAC notes the II poster presentation

by young scientists in the fields of medicine,

radiobiology and life sciences, and appreciates

the wide range and the high quality of these

activities.

Information on meetings

The PAC took note of the information about the

V Workshop on Investigations at the IBR-2 Pulsed

Reactor (Dubna, 14–17 June 2006) presented by

S. Vasilovskiy.

The PAC notes the special importance of this

Workshop for the development and realization of the

road map of the JINR research programme in condensed

matter physics.

The PAC took note of the information about the

introductory course and training “Neutron Applications at

the IBR-2 Reactor” (Dubna, 1–8 October 2006) within the

agreement between JINR and the Hungarian Academy of

Sciences.

The PAC appreciates this activity which contributes

to the involvement of young scientists from Member

States to JINR.

The PAC members would like to receive invitations

to such important meetings.

Thank you for your attention