Croatia
Institutes
Zagreb: Ruđer Bošković Institute
Research & Teaching
The Rudjer Boskovic Institute, located in Zagreb, is the largest multidisciplinary research centre in Croatia with strengths in basic science and applied science research as well as higher education. It was founded in 1950 as a centre for advanced research and named after the famous 18th century Croatian scientist Josip Rudjer Boskovic (1711- 1787). The multidisciplinary character of the Institute is manifested in different research fields in physics, chemistry, oceanography (including marine and environmental research and geosciences), biology, biomedicine, computer science and electronics/engineering. The Institute gathers a staff of nearly 900, including over 500 research staff (over 300 PhDs). It is a public research institute, funded to a large extent by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports.
The activities of the Department of experimental physics are focused on experimental and theoretical research in nuclear and particle physics, astrophysics, and recently also on quantum information. There are over 60 staff members, including more than 30 PhDs, which makes DEP by far the largest concentration of physicists working in nuclear and particle physics in Croatia. The physicists of the department are involved in numerous experiments and experimental complexes abroad and in Croatia, and are active in both basic and applied physics research. Local experimental work involves, among others, basic and applied research at the RBI Tandem Accelerator facility, which constitutes the largest experimental facility in Croatia. The department hosts groups active in CERN related projects, with involvement in the ALICE, CMS, NA61 (former NA49) and CAST experiments at CERN, as well as in the OPERA experiment at the Gran Sasso laboratory in Italy.
In addition to basic research and development of innovative research, participation in higher education and increasing public awareness of the importance of knowledge and science in modern society represents one of the primary tasks of the RBI which is conducted in a cooperation with universities, scientific institutes and other similar institutions in Croatia and other countries. Scientists of the Institute regularly participate in graduate and undergraduate teaching at Croatian universities, and many graduate students conduct their PhD work at RBI.
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Split: University of Split
University of Split
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
R. Boskovica 32
HR-21000 Split
CROATIA
Research & Teaching
The University of Split located in Croatia, was founded in 1974. About 25 000 students is studding on 13 faculties and 124 faculty programs. At Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical
In the Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB) ASTROHEP research group there are two groups doing research in experimental high energy physics, one group participate in CMS collaboration and the other group in MAGIC collaboration. CMS Group is a member of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) collaboration at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva since 1994. Since 1994 group has been active in construction of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter, mainly in the area of prototype testing using particle beams at CERN and in photodetectors testing in the laboratory in Split. Our group participated in development of basic and more advanced algorithms that became the standard for electron reconstruction in CMS. We are currently working on improving electron energy estimates by correcting deposited energy in electromagnetic calorimeter separately for different classes of electron candidates, based on their quality. Main activity of our group in CMS is search for the Higgs boson through decay channel to two Z boson, which themselves decay to electron-positron or muon-antimuon pair: H→ZZ→4l. Besides research activity group is very active in popularization and promotion of science. A research Group for Very High Gamma-ray Astronomy at Department of Physics on the University of Split, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Split as a full member of the international MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) collaboration since 2009. MAGIC group from Split mainly studies pulsed emission of VHE gamma-rays from pulsars (fast rotating neutron stars – a remnant of supernova explosion and is responsible for daily data quality checks.
Outreach
We are organizing biannual conference “LHC Days in Split”, since 1996, which is designed to reinforce and further develop High Energy Physics in Croatia, especially in connection with the LHC Project.
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National Responsible
Vuko Brigljevic
Rudjer Boskovic Institute
Bijenicka 54
HR-10000 Zagreb (Croatia)
+385-1-4571318