FV_PPL LIA
France-Vietnam
Particle Physics Laboratory
Under construction !
• Initiative: F. Lediberder in summer 2007
• History:
– Since 1993: several international conferences in
Particle/Astroparticle Physics in Vietnam
VAST:
Nguyen Van Hieu
CNRS:
Tran Thanh Van
with Rencontres du Vietnam
– Since 1994: annual Vietnam schools of Physics (VSOP)
« QFT applied to particle physics and condensed matter physics »
– Since 2000: Bachelor of Science in Hanoi
Hanoi University of Sciences (Pham Quoc Hung)
Université de Bordeaux 1 (Philippe Quentin)
– 2007: School on Advanced Computing and Grid Technologies
(ACGRID)
IN2P3 : Vincent Breton, VAST : Vu Duc Thi
– Since 2007: Master 1 and Master 2
« Nuclear Physics and Applications »
Hanoi University of Sciences (Ha Thuy Long)
Université de Bordeaux 1 (Philippe Quentin)
– 2008:16 doctoral students in Nuclear and Particle Physics in
IN2P3 laboratories
• Scientific project
– Nuclear Physics
• Nuclear structure, nuclei far from stability and
applications to astrophysics: theory-experiment
• Electrostatic accelerator in HUS and applications
(biomedicine, radiation therapy, …)
• Low background radioactivity, gamma-ray
spectroscospy and applications to environmental
studies
• Plasma laboratory in University of Danang
• Scientific project
– Particle and astroparticle Physics
• Cosmic ray research at AUGER: Pierre Darriulat
established a small laboratory, VATLY, at VAEC
• ATLAS collaboration: based on several Vietnamese
doctoral/post-doctoral researchers in Europe
• Precision calculations for LHC processes:
Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi-Annecy collaboration
• Scientific project
– Grid technologies and applications
Vincent Breton (LPC Clermont-Ferrand), Vu Duc Thi (IOIT-VAST Hanoi)
• Improvement of Grid infrastructure in Vietnam
• Avian flu alert and monitoring system
• Telemedicine, implementation of HOPE platform
developed at LPC and data base
• Data base for chemistry and bioactivity of
Vietnamese natural products