Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research - FAIR:

Focus on basic scientific research, physics, based on the four scientific pillars of FAIR.

Agenda

CV Scientific Advisors

Hans-Jürgen Wollersheim

Position: senior scientist
Contact Details: h.j.wollersheim@gsi.de
Current Institution:
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung

Cooperation India-Germany

• 2004 arranged MoU between GSI and IUAC
• 2006 first Coulomb excitation experiment in India
• 2008 Coulomb excitation experiment with Indian colleagues at GSI
• 2009-2011 DAAD-DST contract with Samit Mandal (Delhi University)
• 2013-2015 In-Kind coordinator FAIR@GSI and FAIR liaison person for the collaboration between BMBF and DST
• 2016-2018 visiting professor at IIT Ropar
• 2022-2023 adjunct professor at the Delhi University Synopsis of Research Activities
• 1976 PhD at Johann Wolfgang Goethe university in Frankfurt
• 1993 Habilitation at Johann Wolfgang Goethe university in Frankfurt
• 1994 representative of C4 professor at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich
• 2000-2009 manager of RISING project at GSI
• 2009-2013 manager of the PreSPEC project at GSI
• 2013-2015 In-Kind coordinator FAIR@GSI and FAIR liaison person for the collaboration between BMBF and DST

Prof. Dr. Sibaji Raha

Position: Senior Professor & Director (Emeritus)
Emails: sibajiraha@jcbose.ac.in; sibajiraha@gmail.com
Mob: 919830150222; 919432649834
Current Institution: Bose Institute, Kolkata, INDIA

Cooperation India-Germany:

Founding Member, FAIR Council, 2010 – 2022; Founding Member and Chairman,
Joint Scientific Council, FAIR & GSI, 2016 – 2022; Founding Member, Executive
Council, Indo-FAIR Co-ordination Centre, New Delhi, 2011 – 2019.

Synopsis of Research Activities:

Hadronic matter under extreme conditions, Quark–Gluon Plasma - properties and diagnostics, Critical phenomena in the early universe, Astrophysics of dense matter, Phenomenology of strongly interacting matter, nonlinear field theory, Cosmic Rays, Cosmoclimatology and Global (Climate) Change

Participants List

Scientific concept

Working Group FAIR

Indo-German Collaboration in the relevant areas –past, present and future

1. Indo-German Collaboration in nuclear physics, cosmic rays and related fields
   1. S. Raha: A brief historical perspective (5 min)
   2. H.-J.Wollersheim: German participation in Nuclear Experiments in India (8 min)
2. In-Kind contributions to FAIR project (Accelerator)
   1. S. Chattopadhyay: Indian In-Kind contributions to the FAIR accelerator(8 min)
   2. H. Welker: Power converter, vacuum chambers, cables (8 min)
   3. H. Simon: Super-FRS (8 min)
3. Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM)
   1. Christian Sturm: CBM-1 (8 min)
   2. SupriyaDas: Indian role in CBM (8 min)
4. Nuclear Structur, Astrophysics and Reactions (NUSTAR)
   1. R. Palit: DEGAS-array: Develpment and Physics Opportunities (8 min)
   2. M. Gorska: Decay spectroscopy experiments (8 min)
5. Atomic, Plasma Physics and Applications (APPA)
   1. T. Stöhlker: APPA-collaborations (8 min)
   2. C. P. Safvan: India’s interest in APPA -future prospects (7 min)
6. Discussion on future co-operation –prospective themes within FAIR
   1. Accelerator Physics & Technology
   2. Antiproton annihilation at Darmstadt (PANDA)
   3. Space Radiation –Biological effects, effect on Materials
   4. Hadron Therapy, Medical imaging and related topics.