nuclear physics in poland 1996 – 2006

POLISH NUCLEAR PHYSICS NETWORKJerzy JastrzębskiHeavy Ion Laboratory, Warsaw University, WarszawaIn 2001-2002 the European nuclearphysics community was involved in preparationof two large proposals with the intention tosubmit them for financing within the SixFramework Programme (FP6) as so calledIntegrated Infrastructure Initiatives (I3). The firstof these proposals was prepared by FINUPHY(“Frontiers in Nuclear Physics”) – an organizationcomposed of European Large Scale Facility (LFS)heads and representatives of LSF usercommunity. The submitted I3 – EURONS wasmainly directed toward the nuclear structureresearch. In parallel a less formal group ofphysicists involved in research in hadron physicssubmitted a second nuclear physics I3 proposal,named I3 – Hadron Physics. The activities of bothgroups were supported by NuPECC – an ExpertCommittee of the European Science Foundation.Both I3 proposals were accepted by EC.During the preparatory phase ofEURONS the contribution of Polish groups to theEuropean nuclear physics landscape was clearlyrecognized by both NuPECC and FINUPHY(cf. Fig. 1). It was suggested that Poland can enterto EURONS as a whole, forming one of thenetworks of this I3.In June 2002 the representatives ofthirteen Polish nuclear physics units (see Sect. 8for the list) decided to create Polish NuclearPhysics Network (PNPN) and to contact CzechRepublic, Hungary and Slovakia with asuggestion to establish a larger network of nuclearphysics laboratories in these countries and inPoland. In spring 2003 North-East EuropeanNetwork (NEEN) was established. Its plannednetworking activities, their objectives andexpected outcomes were submitted to EURONSCoordinator.During the same period the nuclearphysics laboratories from Bulgaria, Croatia,Greece, Romania, Serbia and Turkey formedSouth-East European Network (SEEN) and alsoapplied for EURONS support. Eventually,following the EURONS advice, the merge ofNEEN and SEEN was decided by representativesof both networks and, in 2004, a common networkEWON (East – West Outreach) was included inthe EURONS initiative.Table I summarizes the participation ofPolish teams in the 6FP nuclear physics activities.NuPECC information to ESF (PESC)Jan. 2001 (prepared 1998)Fig. 1. The European human potential in nuclear physics. Informationcollected by NuPECC in 1998.The indicated EU financial contribution to EWONincludes only the support of NEEN, whereasSEEN, for practical reasons, is financed separately.9