AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC) | |
| Type | Mixed Research Unit (UMR) |
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| Established | 2005 (2005) |
| Director | Antoine Kouchner |
Academic staff | 157 |
Administrative staff | 14 |
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| Location | Paris ,France |
| Campus | Paris Rive Gauche (location) |
| Affiliations | Paris Cité University,CNRS,CEA,Paris Observatory |
| Website | www |
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TheAstroparticle and Cosmology (APC)laboratory in Paris gathers researchers (experimentalists, theorists and observers) working in different areas includinghigh-energy astrophysics,cosmology,gravitation, andneutrino physics.[1]
The institute was founded in January 2005[2][3] and soon moved to newGreat Mills campus ofParis Cité University in theParis Rive Gauche area.
The laboratory is a "Mixed Research Unit" in French terminology, funded by Paris Diderot University, theCentre national de la recherche scientifique (represented by three of its Institutes: mainlyIN2P3, but also INSU and INP), theCommissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, and theParis Observatory.
The first director of the laboratory wasPierre Binétruy (2005-2013). From January 2014 until December 2017 the director wasStavros Katsanevas, followed by Sotiris Loucatos, and Antoine Kouchner (since July 2018).
This group, headed by Cyrille Rosset, includes two main areas of research:
Research carried out by this group, headed by Anne Lemière, aims at understanding the violent phenomena of the universe (mostly withincompact stars,neutron stars, orblack holes). The group is engaged in many international projects with telescopes or instruments detecting photons, cosmic rays, or neutrinos. For the observation of:
The research carried out by this group, headed by Davide Franco, is dedicated to understanding neutrino properties is one of the laboratories' main activities. Researchers are involved in studies of the phenomenon of oscillation (Borexino,Double Chooz)[17][18] and on future projects addressing the measurement of the neutrino mass hierarchy with atmospheric neutrinos with the deep-sea water Cherenkov telescope Orca[19] and the long-baseline neutrino oscillation project Laguna-LBNO.[20]
This core research of this group led by Stanislav Babak is the direct detection of gravitational waves. The group is involved in both ground-based (Virgo interferometer)[21] and space-based (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna and its precursorLISA Pathfinder) instruments.[22]
This group, headed by Dmitri Semikoz, covers the research topics of the laboratory from a theoretical perspective. It also carries out work on other areas of fundamental physics.
The staff of the laboratory consists of 75 permanent researchers and over 60 engineers, technicians, and administrative personnel, plus about 125 non-permanent employees (PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, visitors). In addition, the Paris Center for Cosmological Physics directed byGeorge Smoot is also part of the laboratory[23] and one of the three functional centres of theAstroparticle Physics European Consortium is based here.[24]
An "International Associated Laboratory" in astroparticle physics was launched in September 2007. It associates the APC laboratory with theKavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (Stanford University).[25]
The laboratory has been evaluated twice by the AERES: in 2008[26] and in 2013.[1] In the latter evaluation, the lab won excellent scores (A or A+ in all criteria).
Astroparticle Physics European Consortium (APPEC) is a consortium of organizations from European countries that coordinate and fund research in astroparticle physics.[27]
Created the 1st January 2005, APC is managed, other than by the Paris Diderot University, by the CNRS 1, the CEA 2 and the Observatoire de Paris.
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