On 29-30 January, the 58th meeting of the Programme Advisory Committee for Nuclear Physics will take place at the JINR International Conference Centre. At the meeting, members of the Committee will hear reports on the work plans for the themes and projects under the JINR Topical Plan, scientific reports, and reports by young scientists of the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics at JINR.

  Programme of the 58th PAC NP

Chairperson of the PAC for Nuclear Physics Valery Nesvizhevsky will present to the participants information on the implementation of the recommendations of the previous PAC NP meeting. The Institute’s Vice-Director Sergey Dmitriev will present a report on the Resolution of the 134th session of the JINR Scientific Council (September 2023) and the decisions of the Committee of Plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the JINR Member States (November 2023). The main themes and projects of the Seven-Year Plan for the Development of JINR for 2024-2030 will be reported by JINR Chief Scientific Secretary Sergey Nedelko.

The programme of the meeting will proceed with reports on the work plans for the themes and projects as part of the Topical Plan for JINR Research and International Cooperation in 2024. FLNP JINR Director Egor Lychagin will present a work plan on the “Neutron Nuclear Physics” theme. The work plan on the theme “Synthesis and Properties of Superheavy Elements, the Structure of Nuclei at the Limits of Nucleon Stability” will be reported by FLNR JINR Director Sergey Sidorchuk. Head of the Scientific and Experimental Department of the Accelerator Complex of FLNR at JINR Vasily Semin will speak about the work plan on the development of the FLNR JINR Accelerator Complex and Experimental Facilities (DRIBs-III).

Director of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems at JINR Evgeny Yakushev will introduce the session’s members to the DLNP JINR research programme in nuclear physics. The meeting will feature scientific reports by FLNP JINR researchers: Vadim Skoi — “Verification of T-invariance in the total interaction cross section of neutrons with unpolarized nuclei using the polarization–asymmetry theorem”; Alexander Nezvanov — “Study of the properties and applications of nanodiamond reflectors of low-energy neutrons”.

At The the end of the first day, the PAC members will meet with the JINR Directorate and visit the Super Heavy Element Factory.

On the second day, PAC NP members will hear reports by young FLNP scientists about the new results and projects in nuclear physics. Drafting the PAC recommendations and proposals for the agenda of the next PAC meeting will conclude the event.