INFN Node ITALY A' Masiero Univ' and INFN, Padova

1
INFN Node ITALYA. Masiero Univ. and INFN,
Padova

• INFN Sections involved in the node
• PADOVA ( coordinating Section A. Masiero)
• TRIESTE ( SISSA ICTP S. Petcov, G.
  Senjanovic)
• FERRARA (D. Comelli)
• PISA ( D. Grasso)
• LNGS ( LAQUILA Z. Berezhiani)
• LECCE ( C. Coriano)
• with 50 participants to the network,
  about 20 papers written with acknowledgements of
  the network support (almost half of them in
  collaboration between different INFN Sections
  participating to the node), participation to 3
  conferences and last year meeting in Lesvos with
  support of the network, organization of one
  general meeting of the INFN-Italy node in Ferrara
  for 2 days in May 2007

2
INFN Italy ER, ESR hiring situation

• ER position in Padova
• Michael Gustafsson ( from the Univ. of
  Stockholm, Bergstrom research group) starting on
  Oct. 5, 2008 for 24 months
• ESR positions at SISSA, Trieste
• Andrzej Hryczuk ( from the Univ. of Warsaw)
  starting on Nov. 1, 2008 for 23 months
• Additional 13-month ESR position at SISSA to
  be advertised soon
• Research plan on indirect searches for dark
  matter and LHC physics Padova in collaboration
  with Trieste and Pisa, CERN, Bonn. Padova is
  part of two large INFN national projects on
  astroparticle physics and a national project of
  the Italian Ministry of Education and Research on
  Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Just recently the
  Padova astroparticle group has presented a
  special project of excellence on dark matter and
  LHC physics ( counting in particular on the
  presence of our ER, Michael Gustafsson) which
  turned out to be among the few approved and
  funded by our University a bank foundation.

3
SPENDING SITUATION AND FUTURE PLANS

• ER and ESR appointments are going to start soon
  budget at disposal for ER, ESR hiring to be
  almost entirely used in the remaining next 2 yrs.
  of the network
• Networking funds spent 30 (reported figures in
  the report are not updated) , but foreseen an
  increase in our networking spending in the next 2
  yrs
• i) planned visits to and from other nodes, in
  particular of young researchers
• ii) organization of a 3-day meeting of the
  INFN node ( with the participation of a few
  experts from other nodes) to be held next Spring
  at Gran Sasso National Lab.
• Participation as INFN node to the
  organization and realization of the international
  conference From the Planck scale to the
  Electroweak Scale , PLANCK09, to be held in
  Padova, May 25-29, 2009.
• iii) dissemination of the INFN-node scientific
  achievements through the participation to
  international conferences and workshops making
  use of networking funds