Theoretical Studies In Nuclear Physics Research Articles

In Memoriam: Renzo Leonardi (1940–2019)

Renzo Leonardi, Professor Emeritus at the University of Trento and founding father of the European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*) in Trento, passed away ...

The 25th Anniversary of ECT∗: Fostering Nuclear Theory in Europe

On 31 August 2018 the “European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas” (ECT∗) celebrated its 25th anniversary with a one-day scientific event featuring a presentation on the history of ECT∗ and talks on up-to-date topics in theoretical nuclear physics and related fields. As a follow-up we will discuss in this article the emergence of ECT∗ as a unique European and international research institution through the past 25 years. We will put the mission of the Center in the context of modern nuclear theory and give a historical perspective on the key events that led to the Center in its present form.

Nucleon and Nuclear Structure Through Dilepton Production

Transverse momentum distributions and generalized parton distributions provide a comprehensive framework for the three-dimensional imaging of the nucleon and the nucleus experimentally using deeply virtual semi-exclusive and exclusive processes. The advent of combined high luminosity facilities and large acceptance detector capabilities enables experimental investigation of the partonic structure of hadrons with time-like virtual probes, in complement to the rich on-going space-like virtual probe program. The merits and benefits of the dilepton production channel for nuclear structure studies are discussed within the context of the International Workshop on Nucleon and Nuclear Structure through Dilepton Production taking place at the European Center for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT$^{\star}$) of Trento. Particularly, the double deeply virtual Compton scattering, the time-like Compton scattering, the deeply virtual meson production, and the Drell-Yan processes are reviewed and a strategy for high impact experimental measurements is proposed.

Editorial: New Frontiers in Multiscale Modelling of Advanced Materials

1 European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*), Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy, 2 Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, 3 Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy, 4 School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK, 5 Center for Materials and Microsystems, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy

Facilities and Methods: BEN@ECT*: The New 1Tflop/s Computing Facility at The European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas

One current trend in most branches of contemporary research is the adoption of large computing facilities, capable of calculating models of ever increasing complexity. This is particularly true for Nuclear Physics, a discipline that has often prompted the development of new theoretical and numerical methods that stimulated the advance of computing machinery. The need for better computational hardware was recognized by the ECT* Board in 2003, with the decision to start a joint program between the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) [1], the Istituto Trentino di Cultura (ITC) [2], the Provincia Autonoma di Trento (PAT) [3], and Exadron [4], the High Performance Computing Division of the Eurotech [5] group.

Meeting Report: International Workshop on Fundamental Interactions

The European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*) in Trento, Italy, hosted the International Workshop on Fundamental Interactions from June 21-25, 2004. In spite of the astounding success the Standard Model (SM) enjoys in describing the strong and electroweak forces, the existence of new fundamental interactions is expected, for several compelling theoretical reasons and especially because of the recent observations of neutrino oscillations. More experimental clues are urgently needed to distinguish among the many proposed speculative SM extensions and to guide new model building. The big accelerator centers of particle physics are not the only arena in which the search for new interactions is being conducted.