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College 3

Nuclear and Particle Physics

College Secretary: Hanno FILTER
Mailing list: col03_l(at)ill.eu
Newsletter: col03_gen_l@ill.fr 

College 3 covers nuclear and particle physics research and has a strong overlap with the activities of the Nuclear and Particle Physics Group (NPP) at the ILL.
The NPP group operates six instruments with strong overlap with the activities of college 3:

  • FIPPS — Fission Product Prompt gamma-ray Spectrometer.
  • PN1 ‘Lohengrin’ - Fission product spectroscopy of exotic neutron rich nuclei.
  • PF1B – (polarised) cold neutron beam facility.
  • PF2 – Very-cold and ultra-cold neutron facility.
  • SuperSUN — Super Ultra Cold Neutron source.
  • S18 — Thermal neutron interferometer (CRG).

These instruments cover a wide range of physical phenomena in atomic, nuclear and particle physics involving all known fundamental forces. Our members work specifically on an equally broad range of questions in fundamental physics, the development of new techniques and devices for neutron science, and the production of isotopes for medical applications.


Seminars:


If you would like to discuss with us, for example by presenting your work in the scope of a seminar, please send an email to the college secretary.
We might even be able to reimburse travel and expenses for your stay.
 

Newsletter: 

If you would like to receive the college 3 newsletter, please write a short email to the college secretary. 
The newsletter contains information around the college and most importantly dates and topics for upcoming seminars.
Also as member of the college you have access to the recording of past seminars.

Proposal Submission:

If you would like to propose an experiment in the scope of our college, please see the proposal submission guidelines. There you can find all necessary information to prepare your proposal. 
Please also contact the corresponding instrument responsible as early as possible, as they can help you to robustly define the scope of your experiment. 


Keywords

  • 3-01 - PN1 "LOHENGRIN" fission product spectrometry
  • 3-07 - PF1 cold (polarised) neutron beam
  • 3-14 - PF2 very cold and ultracold neutrons
  • 3-15 - Other nuclear and particle physics
  • 3-16 - S18 Neutron interferometer
  • 3-17 - FIPPS - Fission Product Prompt gamma-ray Spectrometer
  • 3-18 - SuperSUN - A Super Ultra Cold Neutron source

Subcommittee members

List of subcommittee 3 members, pdf file.

HIGHLIGHTS

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July 3, 2025 Exotic insights, unified aims
More than a century after the discovery of the atomic nucleus, no universal model can yet reliably predict its properties as the numbers of protons and neutrons change. Exotic nuclei – highly unstable and complex systems with unique properties – challenge and extend current nuclear theory. An additional piece of the puzzle was recently provided from the combination of experimental results from two leading international facilities and advanced theoretical calculations.
Highlights 2024 Nuclear and Particle physics Scientific news FIPPS France
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Nov. 30, 2023 Do Neutrons oscillate into a hidden world?
Today, physicists can describe our world with ever increasing precision: The Standard Model of particle physics successfully describes all observation concerning three out of four fundamental interactions - the electromagnetic, the weak and the strong interaction. Gravitation, the fourth known interaction, is fully explained by General Relativity. The application of General Relativity to the enti…
Highlights 2024 Nuclear and Particle physics Scientific news PF2 France Switzerland