European Physical Society structure

1. European Physical Societystructure EPS Headquarters are at Mulhouse, France Further information see: http://www.eps.org

2. Nuclear Physical Division of EPSExamples of Activities • EPS Nuclear Physics Division Prize • “Lise Meitner Prize” for outstanding work in the fields of experimental, theoretical or applied nuclear science. • “IBA-EPS Prize in Applied Nuclear Science and Nuclear Methods in Medicine" • Public Awareness of Nuclear Science • PANSSeveral projects are being developed in collaboration with NuPECC • Position Paper of EPS on the Future of Nuclear Energy • Divisional conferences to cover different activities of European Nuclear Physics Community • NPDC17 “Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics”, Debrecen, 30.9. – 3.10. 2002 • NPDC18 "Phase transitions in strongly interacting matter“, Prague, 23.8.-29.8. 2004., http://hp.ujf.cas.cz/npdc18 • NPDC19 “New Trends in Nuclear Physics Applications and Technology”, Pavia, 5.9.-9.9.2005., http://www.pv.infn.it/~npdc19 • East-West Task Force To discuss some of the problems of the nuclear physics community in the Central and East of Europe http://www.kvi.nl/~eps_np/

3. NEEN? The board was informed by representatives from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia about the status of nuclear physics in their countries. From the problems of the corresponding nuclear physics communities mentioned following are specific to Central Europe: -         a generation gap because many physicist left when the wall fell to work as post docs in the West, showing now as a shortage of young professors, -         physicist from the East contribute to a great many European projects since individual funding is relatively easy, but they are not the project leaders. Therefore, the members of the board would like to bring attention of corresponding bodies in EU and ESF (NuPECC) to the fact, that founding of Internationally supported Nuclear Physics medium scale facility in central Europe can significantly improve the situation, particularly the effort to achieve homogeneous European Research Area. Current situation, when nuclear physicists have to leave their home to participate in up to date research will sooner or later lead to the formation of “desert” as concern Nuclear physics in this region, as there will be nobody, who can teach young generation. As the first step we would like to ask EU and ESF to find ways how to support and encourage forming of regional network in central Europe with the aim to discuss the possibility of creating International Nuclear Facility of “medium” scale, which could serve to Nuclear physics community of Central European region.  

4. The book “A trip into the heart of matter”Authors: R. Mackintosh, J. Al-Khalili, B. Jonson, M.-T. Pen IDEA: The nucleus is a very tiny, butextremely massive object situated in the centre of the atom. It is the nucleus thatdecides the properties of the atoms which constitute ourmaterial world. Thebook gives a clear and fascinating account of the important field ofnuclearscience, its history and its applications. Main target groups: Public and high-school teachers and their pupils 2001-published in English 2003-published in Czech (Summer) 2003-published in Hungarian (Christmas) 2004-published in Sweedish Further translation agreed upon or under discussion: Dutch, French, German,Portuguese, Serbian

5. The Book: Chapters content Foreword by the nobel laureate Ben Mottelson Introduction  1:  The sizes of things 2:  The discovery of nuclei3:  Particles or waves?4:  Measuring nuclei5:  Strange nuclear material6:  The nuclear landscape7:  Applications of nuclear physics8:  Nuclear architecture9:  Cosmic furnaces10: Our violent origin Our world and its infinite variety1: From the immensity of space to the invisible world of the nucleus2: How a new world was revealed by the discovery of radioactivity3: Strange laws at the heart of matter4: Determining the shape and size minute objects.5: The content of a nucleus.6: The variety and abundance of nuclei7: Interactions with everyday life8: From hydrogen to neutron stars9: The stars and the birth of elements10: Cosmology and the nuclear processes in the Big Bang Hardcover, colour, 143 pp., 2001 UK: Canopus Publishing Limited, £ 24.50, 750 copies sold out USA: Johns Hopkins Univ., $ 19.95, about 2000 copies sold

6. The book : versions in European languages

7. The book: translation Nucleus Jádro

8. Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee • NuPECC is an Expert Committee of the European Science Foundation (ESF) in the field of Physical and Engineering Sciences. • The Committee is supported by its Subscribing Institutions which are in general Member Organisations of the ESF involved in nuclear science research or research facilities.   • The objective of NuPECC is translated into the following aims: • to define a network of complementary facilities within Europe and encourage optimisation of their usage; • to provide a forum for the discussion of the provision of future facilities and instrumentation; • to provide advice and make recommendations to the ESF and to other bodies on the development, organisation and support of European nuclear research and of particular projects.