LIP in STRONG-2020
"LIP is part of STRONG-2020, a new 10MEuro European project. STRONG-2020 is devoted to the theortical and experimental study of strong interactions, and LIP is in three working groups"
Strong interactions are a cornerstone of the Standard Model of particle physics. The list of open fundamental questions in this field is rich, and their theoretical and experimental study attracts an active community of about 2500 researchers in Europe. The STRONG-2020 project was recently approved by the European Community within Horizon-2020. Financed with 10 MEuro and will start in the Summer 2019. STRONG-2020 is a structured enterprise to address the open questions in the strong interaction studies in theory and experiment. The STRONG-2020 Consortium includes 44 participant institutions, among which LIP. LIP coordinates one of the project work packages, devoted to heavy ion physics, and participates in another two, on fixed target experiments and nucleon structure.
STRONG-2020, strongly supported by NuPECC (the Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee), brings together many of the European leading research groups and infrastructures presently involved in the forefront research in strong interaction. It provides transnational access to world-class research infrastructures in Europe, and virtual access to open-source codes and tools. STRONG-2020 fosters the synergy between theoreticians and experimentalists.
The STRONG-2020 results will have a very significant impact in the study of the strong interaction and the Standard Model. The project will also contribute to fundamental research for physics beyond SM, impacting in other scientific sectors. The tools and methodologies for the new-cutting-edge experiments within STRONG-2020 will provide upgrades to the European Research Infrastructures, enhancing their competitiveness. The developed technologies will also impact in medicine and industry and may also lead to advances in computing/machine learning. STRONG-2020 will promote training and education activities, as well as dissemination activities.