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Differential Higgs distributions as a unique window to New Physics at the LHC (HiggspT)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2021,

In 2012, the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN announced a ground-breaking discovery: both experiments observed a new particle. Subsequent measurements confirmed it to be a Higgs boson. In the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, which describes the known elementary particles and their interactions, as well as in many extensions of the SM, the Higgs boson is fundam ...
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Inflation in String Theory - Connecting Quantum Gravity with Observations (STRINGFLATION)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

This project aims at predicting the energy scale of cosmological inflation and the strength of the inflationary gravitational wave signal from string theory. Observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature fluctuations have drastically changed cosmology into quantitative science. The results provide strong evidence for two phases of accelerated expansion in our Universe. The late ...
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Neutrinos and the origin of the cosmic rays (NEUCOS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

The discovery of cosmic neutrinos is one of the major breakthroughs in science in the year 2013. These neutrinos are expected to point back to the origin of the cosmic rays, which are produced in the most powerful accelerators in the universe. In order to solve the puzzle where the highest energetic neutrinos and cosmic rays come from, the key information could be the composition of the observed c ...
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Frontiers in Attosecond X-ray Science: Imaging and Spectroscopy (AXSIS)

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2020,

"X-ray crystallography yields atomic-resolution 3D images of the whole spectrum of molecules ranging from small inorganic clusters to large protein complexes constituting the macromolecular machinery of life. Life is not static, and many of the most important reactions in chemistry and biology are light induced and occur on ultrafast timescales. These have been studied with high time resolution pr ...
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New avenues towards solving the dark matter puzzle (NewAve)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2020,

It is now firmly established that most of the matter in the Universe is in the form of the mysterious dark matter, contributing more than 80% to the total amount of matter. However, despite tremendous theoretical and experimental efforts over the past few decades, dark matter remains elusive and one of the great unknowns until today. To identify the nature of dark matter is evidently of fundamenta ...
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Steering attosecond electron dynamics in biomolecules with UV-XUV LIGHT pulses (STARLIGHT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

One of the challenges facing science is to understand the chemical origin of DNA damage-induced mutations. Upon exposure to UV light, DNA nucleobases become electronically excited. This process potentially favors mutagenic miscoding of the DNA sequence.The main target of STARLIGHT is to study with unprecedented temporal resolution (few-femtoseconds/attoseconds) the electron dynamics occurring in U ...
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Opening Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (OPEN SESAME)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The OPEN SESAME project will ensure optimal exploitation of the Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) light source. With this aim, OPEN SESAME has three key objectives: 1. To train SESAME staff in the storage ring and beamline instrumentation technology, research techniques and administration for optimal use of a modern light source facility.2. To ...
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Proposal for a Horizon 2020 Design Study on the “European Plasma Research Accelerator with eXcellence In Applications“ (EuPRAXIA) (EuPRAXIA)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

EuPRAXIA will produce a conceptual design report for the worldwide first 5 GeV plasma-based accelerator with industrial beam quality and user areas. EuPRAXIA is the required intermediate step between proof-of-principle experiments and ground-breaking, ultra-compact accelerators for science, industry, medicine or the energy frontier (“plasma linear collider”). The study will design accelerator tech ...
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SENSE - a roadmap for the ideal low light level sensor development (SENSE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Over the last decade substantial improvements were made in the technologies for low light-level detection. It is expected that the coming years may bring a technology revolution in this emerging FET-relevant topic. Various European research groups have played and will play an important role in further advancing this technology since low light-level detection is very important for a lot of research ...
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NANOSCIENCE FOUNDRIES AND FINE ANALYSIS - EUROPE (NFFA-Europe)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

NFFA-EUROPE will implement the first open-access research infrastructure as a platform supporting comprehensive projects for multidisciplinary research at the nanoscale extending form synthesis to nanocharacterization to theory and numerical simulation. The integration and the extension of scope of existing specialized infrastructures within an excellence network of knowledge and know-how will ena ...
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Controlling the Motion of Complex Molecules and Particles (COMOTION)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

"The main objective of COMOTION is to enable novel experiments for the investigation of the intrinsic properties of large molecules, including biological samples like proteins, viruses, and small cells-X-ray free-electron lasers have enabled the observation of near-atomic-resolution structures in diffraction- before-destruction experiments, for instance, of isolated mimiviruses and of proteins fro ...
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Accelerator and Magnet Infrastructure for Cooperation and Innovation (AMICI)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Development and construction of accelerator based scientific Research Infrastructures are going through a deep paradigm change because of the need for large scale Technological Infrastructures at the forefront of technology to master the key accelerator and magnet science and technology needed for several fields. Indeed, because of the high technological level and of the increased size and time sc ...
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Advanced European Infrastructures for Detectors at Accelerators (AIDA-2020)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

Particle physics is at the forefront of the ERA, attracting a global community of more than 10,000 scientists. With the upgrade of the LHC and the preparation of new experiments, the community will have to overcome unprecedented challenges in order to answer fundamental questions concerning the Higgs boson, neutrinos, and physics beyond the Standard Model. Major developments in detector technology ...
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Astronomy ESFRI and Research Infrastructure Cluster (ASTERICS)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

ASTERICS (Astronomy ESFRI & Research Infrastructure Cluster) aims to address the cross-cutting synergies and common challenges shared by the various Astronomy ESFRI facilities (SKA, CTA, KM3Net & E-ELT). It brings together for the first time, the astronomy, astrophysics and particle astrophysics communities, in addition to other related research infrastructures. The major objectives of ASTERICS ar ...
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Japan and Europe Network for Neutrino and Intensity Frontier Experimental Research (JENNIFER)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

European particle physics groups interested in searching signals of new physics both with neutrinos, at T2K experiment, and at the intensity frontier, with the Belle-II experiment at the SUPERKEKB machine, want to share between them and with KEK laboratory their knowledge in data analysis and detector technologies. Such knowledge sharing will enhance skills and competences of all participants, wil ...
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The European Open Science Cloud for Research Pilot Project. (EOSCpilot)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The EOSCpilot project will support the first phase in the development of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) as described in the EC Communication on European Cloud Initiatives [2016]. • It will establish the governance framework for the EOSC and contribute to the development of European open science policy and best practice; • It will develop a number of pilots that integrate service ...
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Europe-Japan Accelerator Development Exchange Programme (E-JADE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The Europe-Japan Accelerator Development Exchange Programme (E-JADE) addresses the urgent need of exchange of ideas on R&D and implementation of future accelerators for particle physics. It does so by exchanging accelerator scientists and experts between Europe and Japan.The recent European Strategy for Particle Physics and the Japanese Roadmap identify similar pressing goals of research for the n ...
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Molecular Electron Dynamics investigated by IntensE Fields and Attosecond Pulses (MEDEA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The interaction of matter with light is one of the most fundamental processes occurring in nature with countless scientific and technological applications. In recent years, the continuing development of intense, ultrashort, coherent light sources from the mid-infrared (mid-IR) to the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectral range has opened new possibilities for the investigation of this interaction in ...
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European Cluster of Advanced Laser Light Sources (EUCALL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Advanced optical laser light sources and accelerator-based X-ray sources, as well as their technologies, scientific applications, and user communities, have developed independently over more than five decades. Driven by the developments at each optical laser and free-electron laser research infrastructures (RIs) in recent years, the gap between the optical laser and accelerator-driven light source ...
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Connecting Russian and European Measures for Large-scale Research Infrastructures (CREMLIN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

This CREMLIN proposal is to foster scientific cooperation between the Russian Federation and the European Union in the development and scientific exploitation of large-scale research infrastructures. It has been triggered by the recent so-called megascience projects initiative launched by and in the Russian Federation which is now very actively seeking European integration. The proposed megascienc ...
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Gender Equality Network in the European Research Area (GENERA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

With the main goal to address gender equality in Research & Innovation the proposing GENERA (Gender Equality Network in the European Research Area) consortium has been formed to apply a bottom-up approach to enhance gender equality in the field of physics research as a benchmark for other sciences. Physics is a research field with a low representation of female researchers and a masculine image, s ...
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Helix Nebula – The Science Cloud (HNSciCloud)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Over the coming 10-15 years the generation of vast amounts of data created by scientific research domains will create enormous challenges for capturing, managing and processing of this data. Tests have been made but today commercial cloud services do not play a significant role in the production computing environments for the publicly funded research sector in Europe. Stimulated by the Pre-Commer ...
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The Higgs quest - exploring electroweak symmetry breaking at the LHC (HiggsTools)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The main goal of the project is to provide excellent initial training to young researchers in the field of high energy particle physics, paving the road for new discoveries about the fundamental nature of the Universe at a time when new discoveries are expected, and when the new Standard Model of Particle Physics is going to be forged.The research goal of HiggsTools is the investigation of electro ...
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INtegrating Distributed data Infrastructures for Global ExplOitation (INDIGO-DataCloud)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

The INDIGO-DataCloud project (INDIGO for short) aims at developing a data/computing platform targeted at scientific communities, deployable on multiple hardware, and provisioned over hybrid (private or public) e-infrastructures. This platform will be built by leading European developers, resource providers, e-infrastructures and scientific communities in order to ensure its successful exploitation ...
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Enhanced European Coordination for Accelerator Research & Development (EUCARD-2)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

Research accelerators are facing important challenges that must be addressed in the years to come: existing infrastructures are stretched to all performance frontiers, new world-class facilities on the ESFRI roadmap are starting or nearing completion, and strategic decisions are needed for future accelerators and major upgrades in Europe.While current projects concentrate on their specific objecti ...
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Gauge Theory as an Integrable System (GATIS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

"Gauge Theories provide the most successful framework for the description of nature at its most basic level, and in particular of high energy physics. However, extracting reliable predictions relevant for experiment from gauge theory has remained a major challenge which so far requires massive use of computer algebra. Over the last decade an entirely new approach to quantum gauge theories has begu ...
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Integrable Structures in Supersymmetric Gauge Theory and its String Dual (IntGaugeString)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Aug 30, 2016,

For the first time in history, completely solving an interacting four-dimensional quantum gauge theory appears to be within reach, thanks to the gauge-string duality and the integrable structures discovered in planar maximally supersymmetric Yang--Mills theory and its string dual. Pursuing this overall goal, the present proposal aims at studying two important types of quantities in these theories: ...
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Transnational access and enhancement of integrated Biological Structure determination at synchrotron X-ray radiation facilities (BIOSTRUCT-X)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

The BioStruct-X consortium has 19 partners from 11 EU member and associated states, who lead in facility provision and research in structural biology using high brilliance X-rays, provided by state-of-the art synchrotrons and a free electron laser. BioStruct-X will provide integrated transnational access via 42 installations in four key areas: macromolecular X-ray crystallography, small angle X-ra ...
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Pico-second Silicon photomultiplier-Electronics- & Crystal research-Marie-Curie-Network (PicoSEC-MCNet)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

We propose to establish a special detector-training network aiming to extend the application of cutting-edge technologies developed in High Energy Physics (HEP) to other domains, such as medical imaging. A large number of detector techniques, developed for and used in particle physics experiments, has been transferred successfully to other fields. Most prominent are their applications in medicine, ...
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FP7 High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider Design Study (HILUMI LHC)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest scientific instrument ever built. It has been exploring the new energy frontier since 2009, gathering a global user community of 7,000 scientists. It will remain the most powerful accelerator in the world for at least two decades, and its full exploitation is the highest priority in the European Strategy for Particle Physics, adopted by the CERN Counc ...
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Novel multimodal endoscopic probes for simultaneous PET/ultrasound imaging for image-guided interventions (ENDOTOFPET-US)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

In the frame of this project it is proposed to define and build a bi-modal PET-US (Positron Emission Tomography and Ultrasound) endoscopic probe combining in a miniaturized system a fully digital, 200ps time resolution Time of Flight PET detector head (TOF-PET) coupled to a commercial ultrasound (US) assisted biopsy endoscope and to launch the first steps of clinical validation.The project address ...
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Coordinating strategic planning for European Astronomy (ASTRONET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

"Improved cooperation has brought European astronomy to front player, notably through such organisations as ESO and ESA. To continue to excel in a competitive world, Europe must also coordinate national resources in the long term and across borders between disciplines and nations.Accordingly, the goal of ASTRONET is to establish a strategic planning and coordination mechanism for all of European a ...
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Nanowires for solid state lighting (NWs4LIGHT)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2015,

The suggested project aims at developing a nanowire (NW) technology applied to III-nitride and III-V materials to improve the present Solid State Lighting (SSL) solutions. Present white light emitting diode (LED) emitters are based on thin film III-nitride technology, and a combination of violet-blue LEDs and suitable phosphor coatings has yielded a light emission efficacy of > 100 lm/W with an op ...
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Coordinated Access to Lightsources to Promote Standards and Optimization (CALIPSO)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2015,

CALIPSO coordinates the European synchrotrons and FELs, including the three ESFRI roadmap projects European XFEL, EuroFEL and the ESRF Upgrade Programme, towards a fully integrated network. The consortium is characterised by common objectives, harmonised decisions, transnational open access based on excellence and joint development of new instruments. Innovative networking initiatives address user ...
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Advanced European Infrastructures for Detectors at Accelerators (AIDA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

AIDA (http://cern.ch/aida) addresses the upgrade, improvement and integration of key research infrastructures in Europe, developing advanced detector technologies for future particle accelerators, as well as transnational access to facilities that provide these research infrastructures.In line with the European Strategy for Particle Physics, AIDA targets the infrastructures needed for R&D, prototy ...
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European Grid Initiative: Integrated Sustainable Pan-European Infrastructure for Researchers in Europe (EGI-InSPIRE)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Scientific research is no longer conducted within national boundaries and is becoming increasing dependent on the large-scale analysis of data, generated from instruments or computer simulations housed in trans-national facilities, by using e Infrastructure (distributed computing and storage resources linked by high-performance networks).The 48 month EGI-InSPIRE project will continue the transitio ...
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Advanced Particle Phenomenology in the LHC era (LHCPHENONET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is the largest and most complex single experiment ever performed in the history of mankind. The physics program of the LHC is motivated by fundamental questions about the laws of nature, such as explaining the origin of mass, understanding the early universe and the structure of space and time, unravelling the nature of dark matter and providing glimpses of ...
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Exploring nanoscale motion and molecular alignment using ultrafast coherent diffraction (X-MOTION)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Single particle imaging requires that identical objects would be successively exposed to powerful coherent X-ray pulses, and diffraction `snapshots' collected at unknown object orientations. However determining the orientations of the individual low-signal diffraction patterns and hence reconstructing the diffraction volume require much more signal than available. To circumvent the difficulty, we ...
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Study of Strongly Interacting Matter (HADRONPHYSICS3)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The Project promotes the access to five European Research Infrastructures, and it is structured into nine Networking Activities, plus the Management of the Consortium, and fourteen Joint Research Activities.The Project will profit of the success of the previous HadronPhysics project in FP6 and the current HadronPhysics2 in FP7, and originates from the initiative of more than 2.500 European scienti ...
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Test Infrastructure and Accelerator Research Area (TIARA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

"The main objective of TIARA (Test Infrastructure and Accelerator Research Area) is the integration of national and international accelerator R&D infrastructures into a single distributed European accelerator R&D facility. This will include the implementation of organisational structures to enable the integration of existing individual infrastructures, their efficient operation and upgrades, and t ...
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