Service Units, Facts and Figures - Max-Planck
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Service Units, Facts and Figures - Max-Planck
Service Units, Facts and Figures 3.1 Scientific Service 3.2 Technical Units 3.3Personnel 3.4Statistics 3 3 Infrastructure The H.E.S.S. model (scale 1:100) in the Haus der Astronomie (on the Königstuhl) under the half-moon globe (formerly in the Gentner lab) with installations for the open day of MPIA/ HdA on July 22, 2012 in which the MPIK participated. Central IT Services 3.1 Scientific Service The IT group manages the central computer infrastructure of the MPIK, which provides central computing power and storage space for researchers. For this purpose several computer clusters and storage systems have been acquired during the last years. Most of this hardware is located in the new computer room, which was finished in the year 2010. In addition the central IT operates services like mail and web and administrates the institute network. Supporting users with the acquisition of desktop hardware and desktop software installations has become a growing activity over the last two years. Because of increasing computing power needs from various MPIK research groups, a new Linux computer cluster has been installed in 2013. The cluster consists out of 160 dual processor nodes with a total of 2560 processor cores and 20 terabyte of system memory. Each cluster node is attached with a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) connection to the network. By using special high performance computing (HPC) optimized server systems, where four servers share a common two rack units high case with a redundant power supply, the whole cluster allocates only two 19 inch racks in the computer room. Very good energy efficiency is an additional advantage of the new systems. The cluster runs Scientific Linux 6 as operating system. The Sun Grid Engine is used for allocating computing resources to users and running batch jobs on the cluster. Parallel computing jobs are supported through the Message Passing Interface library MVAPICH2. Two new cluster head nodes are used for interactive work like program development and submitting jobs to the cluster batch queues. The installation of a third Lustre file system in 2012 with 10 GbE storage servers almost doubled the capacity of the parallel file systems to 2.3 petapyte. Together with additional new NFS file servers, the total file system capacity available for users at the end of 2013 is reaching 3 petabyte. To fully utilize the faster network speed of the new cluster all existing storage servers have also been upgraded to 10 GbE. The improved network speed results in a throughput of over 5 gigabyte/s for one Lustre file system while analyzing experimental data. The throughput being over 5 times faster compared to the old cluster dramatically reduced execution times for I/O intensive computing jobs. With the commissioning of the new cluster in July 2013 the existing old clusters have been taken out of operation. Nevertheless, available computing power increased approximately by a factor of 3 at the same time reducing energy costs considerably. The installation of a new virtual infrastructure in 2012 was a major upgrade for the central network services. The cluster, replacing six old servers and storage arrays, consists out of four servers and two ICSCI attached storage systems. It runs many critical central network services in a virtual environment. More than 40 virtual machines host services for web, web proxy, authentication, domain name services, licensing, etc. By the use of VMware vSphere 5 as virtualization software and vCenter Server as management software the time for administration could be reduced compared to the old virtual platform. At the same time availability for central network services has improved. Frank Köck 110 111 3.1 Scientific Service 3 Infrastructure Library Monographs holding by classification groups 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Mathematics Theoretical Physics and Experimental Physics Technology Nuclear Physics Elementary Particle Physics Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atmospheric Physics, Geophysics Chemistry, Geology, Mineralogy Electronics, Electronic Data Processing Miscellaneous Encyclopaediae, Dictionaries, Reference Works Conference Proceedings More than 6200 Data Records for the MPIK on the PubMan Server of the MPS 1361 records with link to the full text 3595 records with bibliographic data only 1250 records with full text attached The library is a specialized library offering services primarily to scientists working at the institute. Scientists from outside are welcome, and usage is possible on appointment. The collection of books increases continuously. By the end of 2013 our catalogue listed 24 745 monographs and conference reports. About 5500 bound journal volumes are available. In 2009 we became an e-only library for journal content. Access to electronic journals is predominantly covered by the Grundversorgung, i. e. the Max Planck Society ensures a permanent right to full-text access for more than 32 000 journal titles. Access to e-books is also primarily guaranteed via the Max Planck Society. We manage the documentation of the publication output of the institute via our institutional publication repository PubMan (http://pub-man. mpdl.mpg.de). Our workflow allows researchers, secretaries, and the librarian to enter publication data and upload full texts. The librarian performs a final quality check. The intention of this electronic document server is among other purposes to increase the visibility of the intellectual output of the MPIK and to contribute to the world-wide virtual repository of high-quality scientific information. PubMan replaced eDoc in the beginning of 2011. We also actively support various activities (catalogue enrichment, e-books, virtual library, open access, document ordering, electronic resource management) of the MPDL (Max Planck Digital Library). Yet another task of particular importance is to find, analyze, and present bibliographic and citation information of scientists or institutions by using bibliographic data bases like SCOPUS or the Science Citation Index (SCI). Gernot Vogt Public Relations The MPIK provides a variety of programs for the general public. The institute is attractive for groups of visitors, for which the public relations team offers guided tours. Mostly, a short introductory talk is followed by a tour to several labs, where sometimes explanations are given by specialists, and occasionally talks by members of the theory groups – depending on the interests and background of the visitors. In 2011-2013 we had 63 groups from schools, universities, other institutions or private with altogether about 890 persons. In all three years of the reporting period, the MPIK participated in the “Girls‘ Day”, a Germany-wide initiative to motivate girls for technical professions; every April, companies and institutions offer an action day for girls. Under the motto “the wondrous world of quanta”, 30 girls (distributed in groups according to their school level) got insight into the professions of a physicist, an electronic technician or a precision mechanic. Supervised by mostly female staff, they performed experiments, saw original instruments and heard short talks about research projects. The “Saturday Morning Physics” courses, addressing high-school students at the advanced classes and their teachers, typically attract about 100 persons and provide an insight into the research at the Institute or related topics by lectures, discussions and occasionally guided lab tours. A part of the lectures was given by external speakers. One out 112 of the overall 9 events in the reporting period was MPIK‘s contribution to the „Max-Planck-Tag“ on November 11, 2011 (celebrating 100 years KaiserWilhelm-Gesellschaft/Max Planck Society). The “Friday Morning Physics” comprised two talks and an interactive exhibition, which covered contributions from all divisions of the MPIK. In the afternoon, the general public was invited to see the exhibition and to hear 7 short talks by MPIK scientists. Totally 60 press releases about outstanding scientific results have been released in the reporting period. They were all announced online via the MPIK website and in part via the central MPG website as well as via idw (Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, idw-online.de) and alpha galileo (www.alphagalileo. org). Prizes awarded to MPIK members and appointments of MPIK scientists were also announced on the MPIK web pages. Girls‘Day 2013: Waiting for particle tracks in the self-assembled cloud In 2011, a completely new designed and revised chamber. edition of the Institute Booklet (in German and English) was published and the descriptions of MPIK‘s research fields and infrastructure on www.mpi-hd.mpg.de were adapted accordingly. Further, a number of revised or new flyers about individual research topics were edited in the reporting period. The series of “MPIKNEWS” and “MPIK-NEWS intern” have been continued. All of the printed matter can also be downloaded as pdf files from the MPIK web pages. A novel concept has been developed for this Progress Report, which for the first time covers three years. Following a major reorganization of its content, the previous individual contributions have been cancelled. The present report contains solely extended overview articles, each with a title page and a list of the most important references; the annex is provided on CD only. The showcase in the first floor of the Gentner Laboratory has been arranged combining past and present mass spectrometry research at the Institute: cosmic dust research, atmospheric physics and precision mass spectrometry using Penning traps. A number of original instruments or components and models are displayed. In July 2012, the institute participated in the open day at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie and Haus der Astronomie (HdA) on the Königstuhl in Heidelberg, presenting the H.E.S.S. project at the stationary 1:100 model, built in 2011 right to the opening of HdA, and the MPIK as a whole. The HdA, literally „House of Astronomy“, is a unique centre for astronomy education and outreach in Heidelberg, operated by the Max Planck Society. The MPIK was also strongly involved in the open day at the H.E.S.S. site in Namibia and the inauguration ceremony of the H.E.S.S. II Title page of the Institute Booklet. telescope in September 2012. Further, the MPIK represented the physics MPIs in Baden-Württemberg at the 61st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2012. And last but not least, scientists of the MPIK gave overall 18 public lectures at various external institutions, among them 5 talks at the HdA. Bernold Feuerstein, Gertrud Hönes 113 3 Infrastructure Components of PENTATRAP, concertedly designed and manufactured by the engineering design office, the electronics and the precision mechanics shops of the Institute. Electronics Shop 3.2 Technical Units Throughout the years 2011 to 2013 many development projects have been carried out in the central electronics shop. Only glimpses will be given on the wealth of projects in oder to illustrate the variety of fields of work. The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will employ many telescopes of 3 different sizes spread over an area of about 1 km2 to reconstruct energy and direction of high-energy cosmic gamma rays (see Chapter 1.1). In a novel fully digital camera proposal („FlashCam“) the electrical pulses of the photomultiplier tubes (PMT) are continously digitized using commercial analogue to digital converters (ADC). In order to filter the interesting gamma-ray „snapshots“ out of the background light, the digitized data is analyzed in so-called field programmable gate arrays (FPGA). The interesting data can be readout via ethernet at very high data rate (> _ 3 GBytes/s) yielding a „snapshot-rate“ of a few 10s of kHz. One key component of the FlashCam camera concept is the so-called motherboard featuring a low-cost Xilinx Spartan6™ FPGA, Gbit LAN connectivity and two slots for optional daughter cards. By adapting the firmware and plugging in specific daughter cards all different board types needed within a FlashCam camera can be setup. The FPGAfirmware has been designed as well as the motherboard, a 12 channel ADC daughter card, a DAC card. These boards are based on multilayer printed circuit boards (up to 14 layers) that require advanced design and assembly techniques. Several 10s of motherboards and ADC daughter cards have been manufactured and successfully brought into operation in 2013. Due to its versatility the FlashCam motherboard/daughtercard system can be quite easily adapted to many other applications. For the beam position readout of the new cryogenic storage ring (CSR) one motherboard with one 12-channel ADC daughter card will be used. This application additionally makes use of a low-noise amplifier. Another possible application could be the readoutout of the GERDA phase-II germanium detectors and PMTs. The PMT-bases of the phase-II active liquid argon szintillation veto had to be re-designed due to the extreme radiopurity requirements. Therefore, new types of components – foil capacitors instead of ceramics – had to be identified and qualified for the use inside liquid argon. Another large-scale project (STAREP) is the development of a computer-controlled voltage source system with 25 channels for ion traps like PENTATRAP. In order to fetch, store and manipulate single ions in such traps, the potentials inside the traps ranging from 0 V to 100 V have to be set precisely and kept extremly stable because voltage variations dilute the energy level measurement. Prototype versions of DAC-modules, controller, and voltage reference and supply have been connected to a trap in 2013. STAREP as well as a steadily increasing number of other experiments at the MPIK employs LabView™ for experiment control and readout. The central electronics shop offers LabView hard- and software support and has developed many applications for the users. The central electronics shop has also given support at external locations. One big campaign was the installation of the H.E.S.S. II telescope drive control system at the site in Namibia. This system had been setup and tested at MPIK before and was brought into operation in spring 2012. Other external campaigns were the setup of the GERDA teststand at HADES in Belgium and the Double Chooz PMT installation in France. Christian Bauer 114 115 3.2 Technical Units 3 Infrastructure Precision Mechanics Shop Apprenticeship Workshops During the reporting period from 2011 to 2013 a total of 27 000 working hours have been completed providing services for numerous research departments from manufacturing to the final assembly of experimental laboratory apparatus. The precision mechanics shop is staffed by 15 professionals who produce high-precision equipment tailored to the needs of the research groups by using CNC machines or even meticulously handcrafting certain parts. The machinists are thoroughly trained and educated as well as highly skilled and very knowledgeable. They periodically receive ongoing training through specific and intensive upgrade courses. New staff is usually recruited among the apprentices of the Institute’s precision mechanics shop after their graduation. Right from the beginning of their vocational training these apprentices are required to become acquainted with regular tasks of the precision machine shop. During the years 2011 through 2013 twenty-one apprentices of both the electronics shop and the precision mechanics shop have successfully completed their vocational and practical training. For five of them this led to a permanent job. Based on excellent performance during the apprenticeship programme two apprentices received the apprentice award of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. In addition to that two apprentices came in first at a competition hosted by the district chamber of crafts and one apprentice even won first place at a competition hosted by the state chamber of crafts. Both apprenticeship workshops, in close cooperation with the central shops did provide high quality assistance and service in the support of scientific projects and research. The excellent collaboration of both apprenticeship workshops Details of the Foucault pendulum in the astronomical resulted in the restoration of the Foucault Pendulum located at teaching centre of the Helmholtz Gymnasium. the Astronomical Centre of the Helmholtz-Gymnasium in Heidelberg. In large parts the Pendulum has been newly designed, crafted and installed and equipped with a newly developed control system. Stephan Flicker, Jochen Stephan Engineering Design Office Panoramic view of the new workshop room equipped with the two CNC lathes (left CTX 320 and right CTX 800) and the CNC 5-axis milling machine DMU 80 Monoblock (center). Since the development of laboratory devices for science is highly complex, the management decided in 2011 to expand the CNC section by investing into CNC equipment. Two CNC lathes and a CNC 5-axis milling machine were purchased and installed in a purpose-built room. In addition a CAM system was implemented thus facilitating the programming of CNC machine tools. Using the CAM system, computer-generated design is fed directly into the manufacturing system of the CNC machines. This new approach resulted in creating a faster production process and in improving the quality. In the interest of quality control a 3D coordinate measuring machine has been recently purchased. This machine permits the user to make automated measurements of high-precision workpieces in one setting. The results are output in the form of CAD data and may be checked and compared with the design data or with the 3D master model manufactured in the engineering design office. The results also enable the scientists to check the accuracy of their calculations thus helping them to decide whether adjusting or amending is needed. A large number of mechanical components for a diversity of projects of all the experimental divisions of the Institute have been constructed in the engineering design office. Major construction tasks that could be finalized in the reporting period were, among others, the projects CSR (Chapter 2.3), PENTATRAP (Chapter 2.1), H.E.S.S. II (Chapter 1.1), GERDA (Chapter 1.4), and GeMPI 3 (Chapter 1.4). 3D assemblies and parts were modelled using the CAD software ‚SolidWorks‘ and ‚SolidWorks-Simulation‘ was the standard tool for calculations. Besides enineering drawings, also 3D models of the components were delivered to the workshops in order to optimize the programming of the manufacturing machines with the aid of compatible CAM software. Thomas Weber Details of the design study of the CSR electron cooler. Thorsten Spranz The 3D coordinate measuring machine. 116 117 3 Infrastructure Organizational structure of the Institute. Scientific Advisory Board Board of Trustees Board of Directors Managing Director Representative of the Board of Directors Safety and Environment Scientific Divisions Administration Independent Research Groups Service Groups 3.3 Personnel 118 Prizes awarded to MPIK Members Dr. Sven Sturm, Dr. Anke Wagner, Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum: Helmholtzpreis für Präzisionsmessung 2012 Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum: ERC Advanced Grant; Flerov Prize for Nuclear Physics 2013 of the JINR Prof. Dr. Eberhard Grün: Gold Medal (G) of the Royal Astronomical Society Prof. Dr. Hans A. Weidenmüller: Life Member of the International Board, Weizmann Institute of Science Prof. Dr. Heinrich J. Völk: IUPAP-TIFR Homi Bhabha Medal and Prize 2013 Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Krätschmer: Honorary Professorship at Xi‘an Jiaotong University, China. Dr. Melanie Schnell: Dozentenstipendium des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie Dr. Thomas Pfeifer: Heinz Maier-LeibnitzPreis der DFG und des BMBF; ERC Consolidator Grant PD Dr. Dr. Carsten Müller: Lehrpreis der Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Heidelberg Dr. Antonino Di Piazza: Certificate of Reviewing Excellence by Elsevier Dr. Rabia Burcu Cakirli: IUPAP Nuclear Physics Young Scientist Prize 2013 Dr. Benjamin J. King, Dr. Markus Kohler, Dr. Sven Sturm: Otto Hahn Medaillen der MPG Dr. Pauline Ascher: Prix Jeune Chercheur Saint-Gobain 2011, Société Française de Physique Dr. Sven Sturm: AMOP-Dissertationspreis der DPG; Dissertationspreis des Fachbereichs Physik, Mathematik und Informatik, Universität Mainz Sebastian Meuren: Otto-Haxel-Preis der Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Heidelberg Hans-Werner Walber: Verdienstmedaille in Gold der IHK Rhein-Neckar Jennifer Bartels, Marcel Chardon, Dennis Gordt: Azubipreise der MPG Christian Brunn: Landesbester der IHK Baden-Württemberg, Ausbildungspreis 2013 der Stadt Heidelberg Marcel Chardon, Pascal Seyffert: regionaler Kammersieger im Leistungswettbewerb des deutschen Handwerks Appointments of MPIK Scientists PD Dr. Dr. Carsten Müller: W3-Professur für Theoretische Physik (Lehrstuhl), Universität Düsseldorf Dr. Christopher van Eldik: W2-Professur für Experimentalphysik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Dr. Thomas Schwetz-Mangold: Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University Dr. Joachim Kopp: Tenure-Track-Professur (W2) für theoretische Elementarteilchenphysik, Universität Mainz. Dr. Mattias Blennow: Assistant Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Dr. Henning Gast: Juniorprofessur für experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik, RWTH Aachen Dr. Peihong Gu: Distinguished Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Dr. Ni Cui: Tenured Associate Professor at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China 119 3.3 Personnel 3 Infrastructure Scientific Advisory Board Prof. Dr. Juha Äystö, Jyväskylä, Finland Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Kampert, Wuppertal Prof. Dr. Olga Kocharovskaya, College Station, Texas, USA Prof. Dr. Antonio Masiero, Padova, Italy Prof. Dr. Art McDonald, Kingston, Canada Prof. Dr. Angela V. Olinto, Chicago, USA Prof. Dr. Reinhold Schuch, Stockholm, Sweden Prof. Dr. David Sinclair, Ottawa, Canada Prof. Dr. Oswald Willi, Düsseldorf Prof. Dr. Yasunori Yamazaki, Tokio, Japan Board of Trustees Dr. Marina Frost, Heidelberg, until 2012 Prof. Klaus Hekking, Heidelberg Prof. Dr. Walter F. Henning, Argonne, IL Dr. Angela Kalous, Heidelberg, from 2012 Stefan Kern, Bonn Dr. Heribert Knorr, Stuttgart, until 2013 Dr. Carsten Könneker, Heidelberg Werner Pfisterer, Heidelberg Dr. Uwe Schroeder-Wildberg, Heidelberg Dr. h.c. Klaus Tschira, Heidelberg Dr. Klaus Welzel, Heidelberg Dr. Eckart Würzner, Heidelberg Directors, Scientific Members Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum – stored and cooled ions Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann – particle physics and high-energy astrophysics Honorarprof. Dr. Christoph H. Keitel – theoretical quantum dynamics and quantum electrodynamics Prof. Dr. Manfred Lindner – particle and astroparticle physics Prof. Dr. Joachim H. Ullrich – experimental few-particle quantum dynamics, until 31.12.2012 Emeriti Scientific Members Prof. Dr. Hugo Fechtig Prof. Dr. Konrad Mauersberger Prof. Dr. Bogdan Povh Prof. Dr. Dirk Schwalm Prof. Dr. Heinrich J. Völk Prof. Dr. Hans-Arwed Weidenmüller External Scientific Members Prof. Dr. Felix A. Aharonian, Dublin Prof. Dr. Rudolf M. Bock, Darmstadt Prof. Dr. Stanley J. Brodsky, Stanford Prof. Dr. Lorenz S. Cederbaum, Heidelberg Prof. Dr. Johannes Geiss, Bern 120 Prof. Dr. Theodor Mayer-Kuckuk, Berlin Prof. Dr. Gisbert Frhr. zu Putlitz, Heidelberg Prof. Dr. Gerd Röpke, Rostock Prof. Dr. Volker Soergel, Heidelberg Prof. Dr. Joachim H. Ullrich, Braunschweig, from 2013 Prof. Dr. Christof Wetterich, Heidelberg Prof. Dr. Daniel Zajfman, Rehovot Managing Director Prof. Dr. Manfred Lindner, until 31.12.2011 Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, from 01.01.2012 Representative of the Board of Directors PD Dr. Günter Sparn Elected Representative to the CPTS PD Dr. Alexander Dorn, until June 2011 Prof. Dr. Andreas Wolf, from July 2011 Independent Research Group Leaders Dr. Daniel Fischer, DFG, Emmy Noether PD Dr. Alban Kellerbauer, ERC Starting Grant, from 01.07.2011 Dr. Joachim Kopp, MGP, Otto Hahn, from 01.09.2012 Dr. Holger Kreckel, ERC Starting Grant, from 01.09.2012 Dr. Thomas Pfeifer, Max Planck Research Group Dr. Werner Rodejohann, MPG group subsequent to ERC Starting Grant Dr. Melanie Schnell-Küpper, Max Planck Research Group at ASG/CFEL, Hamburg, until 31.07.2013 Dr. Carsten Welsch, Helmholtz University Group, until 30.09.2012 Scientific Staff Prof. Dr. Evgeny Akhmedov Dr. Christian Bauer Dr. Christian Buck PD Dr. José R. Crespo López-Urrutia PD Dr. Antonino Di Piazza Dr. Wilfried Domainko PD Dr. Alexander Dorn PD Dr. Jörg Evers PD Dr. Bernold Feuerstein Dr. Pavel Fileviez Perez Dr. Henning Gast Dr. Manfred Grieser Dr. Robert von Hahn Dr. Zoltán Harman Dr. habil. Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan Dr. German Hermann Dr. Gertrud Hönes Dr. Florian Kaether Prof. Dr. John G. Kirk Prof. Dr. Karl Tasso Knöpfle Dr. Frank Köck Dr. Teresa Marrodán Undagoitia PD Dr. Robert Moshammer Prof. Dr. Dr. Carsten Müller Dr. Szilard Nagy Dr. Josefa Oehm Dr. Adriana Pálffy Dr. Michael Panter Dr. Roland Repnow Dr. Frank Rieger Prof. Dr. Michael Schmelling Dr. Jochen Schreiner Dr. Claus Dieter Schröter Dr. Thomas Schwetz-Mangold Dr. Bernhard Schwingenheuer Dr. Hardy Simgen Prof. Dr. Anatoly Smolnikov Dr. Richard Tuffs Dr. Hideki Watanabe Prof. Dr. Andreas Wolf PostDocs Dr. Christoph Aberle Dr. Adisorn Adulpravitchai Dr. Sven Ahrens Dr. Sayora Artikova Dr. Pauline Ascher Dr. Sadia Bari Dr. James Barry Dr. Heiko Bauke Dr. Thomas Baumann Dr. Christian Beilmann Dr. Alberto Benedetti Dr. Max Berg Dr. Sven Bernitt Dr. Marc-André Besel Dr. Thomas Betz Dr. Mattias Blennow Dr. Johan Blouw Dr. Anne Bochow Dr. Nassim Bozorgnia Dr. Markward Britsch Dr. François Brun Dr. Christian Buth Dr. Rabia Burcu Cakirli Dr. Nicolas Camus Dr. Peter Caradonna Dr. Svenja Carrigan Dr. Nachiketa Chakraborty Dr. Ryan Chaves Dr. Claudine Colnard Dr. Ni Cui Dr. Sumanta K. Das Dr. Christoph Deil Dr. Raquel de los Reyes López Dr. Alexander Dück Dr. Peter Eger Dr. Sergey Eliseev Dr. Sascha Epp Dr. Tommi Eronen Dr. Florian Fellenberger Dr. Natalia Ferreira Dr. Michael Froese Dr. Benjamin J. Galow Dr. Sebastian George Dr. Peihong Gu Dr. John Douglas Hague Dr. Mark Heisel Dr. Petter Hofverberg Dr. Andreas Hohenegger Dr. Martin Holthausen Dr. Renate Hubele Dr. Luling Jin Dr. Dmitry Karlovets Dr. Aditya Kelkar Dr. Ben King Dr. Michael Klaiber Dr. Claude Krantz Dr. Susanne Kreim Dr. Siva Rama Krishnan Dr. Naveen Kumar Dr. Moritz Kurka Dr. Aaron LaForge Dr. Conradin Langbrandtner Dr. Michael Lange Dr. Jian-Xing Li Dr. Wen-Te Liao Dr. Yuri Litvinov Dr. Chengpu Liu Dr. Paolo Longo Dr. Laura Lopez Honorez Dr. Chia-Chun Lu Dr. Alexey Lubashevskiy Dr. Ana A. Bergamini Machado Dr. Florin Maciuc Dr. K. Felix Mackenroth Dr. habil. Mihai Macovei Dr. Werner Maneschg Dr. Vincent Marandon Dr. Kristian McDonald Dr. Christopher Michael Medcraft Dr. Sebastian Menk Dr. Deepankar Misra Dr. Iwona Mochol Dr. Sarah Naimi Dr. Daniil Nekrassov Dr. Viviana Niro Dr. Stefan Ohm Dr. Natalia Oreshkina Dr. Christian Ott Dr. Daniel Parsons Dr. Hiren Patel Dr. Annemieke Petrignani Dr. Thomas Pflüger Dr. Philipp Raith Dr. Bernd Reinhold 121 3.3 Personnel 3 Infrastructure Dr. Xueguang Ren Dr. Julia Repp Dr. Christian Roux Dr. Benedikt Rudek Dr. Artem Rudenko Dr. Matthias Ruf Dr. David Sanchez Dr. Katharina Schneider Dr. Michael Schuricke Dr. Arne Senftleben Dr. Ashutosh Sharma Dr. Vandana Sharma Dr. Virgil Alvin Shubert Dr. Joanna Skilton Dr. Alexander Sperl Dr. Sven Sturm Dr. Ryo Takahashi Dr. Yasutaka Takanishi Dr. Matteo Tamburini Dr. Tom Underwood Dr. Gopi Veeravalli Dr. Aion Viana Dr. Selym Villalba-Chavez Dr. Alexander Voitkiv Dr. Dmytro Volyanskyy Dr. Xincheng Wang Dr. Atsushi Watanabe Dr. Marc Weber Dr. Quirin Weitzel Dr. Meng Wen Dr. Nicolas Winckler Dr. Deyan Yordanov Dr. Jacek Zatorski Dr. He Zhang Dr. Shaofeng Zhang PhD Students Faiçal Ait Benkhali Ellen Andrae Denis Anielski Osvaldo Aquines Ioanna Arka Dinko Atanasov Peter Frederic Augenstein Sven Augustin Arno Becker Hendrik Bekker Nikolay Belov Thomas Beyer Alexander Blättermann Christine Böhm Rebecca Boll Christopher Borgmann Sascha Bräuninger Héctor Mauricio Castañeda Cortés Stefano M. Cavaletto Philipp Cörlin Anis Dadi Yuriy Davygora Cricia de Carvalho Rodegheri 122 Antoine de Roubin Christoph Diehl Christian Domesle Andreas Dörr Michael Dürr Hossein Ebadi Tanya Edwards Martin Eibach Benjamin Erk Lutz Fechner Daniel Fink Andreas Fischer Marianna Fontana Kurt Franke Tibor Frossard Martin Gärttner Simone Giacchè Maddalena Giulini Dorival Goncalves Netto Mikhail Goncharov Johannes Goullon Jack Bernhard Graneek Lucia Grillo Florian Grussie Qurrat-ul-Ain Gulfam Jonas Gunst Joachim Hahn Julia Haser Michael Heck Julian Heeck Kilian Heeg Philipp Herwig Andreas Hillert Martin Höcker Khokon Hossen Huayu Hu Pascal Humbert Andreas Kaldun Varun Kapoor Jochen Ketter Moritz Kiehn Andrea Kirsch Dmitry Kisler Markus Kohler Kim Kreim Valerie Lang Felix Laux Martin Laux Dirk Lennarz Kher Sham Lim Sebastian Lindemann Ruoyu Liu Zuoye Liu Ramin Marx Simon Merz Sebastian Meuren Kristina Meyer Lisa Michaels Youghao Mi Alison Mitchell Sarah Müller Norman Neitz Felix Nendzig Helen Poon Dmitry Popov Octavian Postavaru Dennis Renisch Jan Rudolph Marco Salathe Birgit Schabinger Konrad Schade Simon Schettler Peter Schichtel Sandra Schmid Daniel Schmidt David Schmitz Kirsten Schnorr Michael Schönwald Stefan Sellner Andrey Shornikov Daria Shubina Vanessa Simon Oleg Skoromnik Juri Smirnov Christian Smorra Kaja Spruck Sascha Stahl René Steinbrügge Sebastian Streubel Julia Stützel Nicolas Teeny Sara Tegami Takashi Toma Alexander Tsupko Marta Ubieto Diaz Stephen Vogel Anke Wagner Stefan Wagner Victoria Wagner Anne Wegmann Marvin Weyland Robert-Alexander Windberger Anton Wöllert Enderalp Yakaboylu Lida Zhang Zhangyong Zhong Sabrina Zinn Diploma, Master and Bachelor Students Tim Ballance Luca Bayha Katja Beckerle Randolf Beerwerth Sören Bieling Frederick Blumenthal Falk Braunmüller Alexander Broska Stefan Bruenner Elisabeth Brühl Lisa Buchauer Thore Bücking Dominick Cichon Gabor Darvasi John Amesh Divahasuni Daniel Meike Danisch Thomas Ding Stepan Dobrodey Dominik Dold Axel Donath Sita N. Eberle Oliver Friedrich Lisa Gamer Jeschua Geist Sebastian Georgi Thomas Gläßle Dominik Globig Hendrik Golzke Philípp Grothaus Janina Hakenmueller Omri Har-Shemesh Nicolas Hehn Hans Heimel Marcus Held Stephan Helmrich Christian Hökel-Schmöger Daniel Hollain Lennart Huth Hugo Jeanpressin André Junker Sebastian Kaul Alexander Kechler Hendrik Klaus Fabian Klein Andreas Krupp Steffen Kühn Jakob Kunz Fabian Lauble Sebastian Lautz Jonathan Lommen Andreas Ludwig Gianna Marschmann Felix Martins Lyth Mashni Nina Memenga David Mitrouskas Jonathan Neff Dominik Neuenfeld Fernando Oster Raphael Philipp Baptist Piest Marten Prieß Malte Probst Ludwig Rauch Andreas Reichegger Alexander Rischka Natascha Rupp Dominik Scala Jan Schick Georg Schmid Steffen Schmidt Angnis Schmidt-May 123 3.3 Personnel 3 Infrastructure Lisa Schmöger David Schönleber Marc Schuh Ruben Schupp Armin Schwierk Martin Sell Juliana Stachurska Julian Stark Ioannis Stasinopoulos Simon Stemmle Dominik Stolzenburg Veit Stooß Marius Tremer Marko Turkalj Orescovic Andreas Weigel Johannes Welter Alina Wilhelm Tim Wolf Dominic Wörner Technical and Administrative Staff Ruth Alberts Milan Alt Elena Altergott Theo Apfel Bastian Arndt Sibel Babacan Horst Backfisch Angelika Baron Holger Bauer Jörg Baumgart Günter Baust Karl Bechberger Martin Beckmann Angelika Bernhardt Walfried Bernhardt Monika Blümel Marius Bogner Erich Borger Marcus Breunig Christian Brunn Peter Brunner Sebastian Bugiel Erhard Burkert Thomas Busch Doris Cerny Marcel Chardon Ruth Crespo López-Urrutia Lukas Dengel Andreas Dick Victor Diez Blanco Gertraud Dücker Rolf Epking Max Falckenthal Carlo Fichtner Rainer Fleckenstein Stephan Flicker Christian Föhr Steffen Form Michael Frauenfeld 124 Tina Frydlewicz Hans Fuchs Peter Gaa Peter Gahn Frank Garrecht Annegret Gawenda Brigitte Glas Eberhard Göldner Dennis Gordt Benjamin Gramlich Alexander Gresinger Dennis Groß Kristian Haberkorn Ruth Häfner Karl-Josef Hahn Karl-Heinz Hallatschek Nicolas Hartwig Werner Heibel Lavinia Heisenberg Rainer Heldner Dominik Hertel Katrin Hesse Reinhard Hofacker Danuta Hoffmann Sven Hoffmann Ludmila Hollmach André Hömke Kurt Horn Dietmar Hübner Sebastian Hummel Nora Hünemohr Patrick Ihle Joachim Janicke Meike Janko Klaus Jänner Frank Jungmann Christian Kaiser Dirk Kaiser Hans Kandler Ruben Kankanyan Vanessa Kappings Annalena Kasper Dominik Keiz Sascha Keller Steffen Keller Bernd Knape Uwe Köhler Stefanie Kolb Manfred König Oliver Koschorreck Nils Krappmann Christian Krczal Helga Krieger Bernd Künzer Ralf Lackner Michael Lamade Roland Lang Willi Lasarenko David Leitner Jürgen Lorentz Thomas Lorenz Joscha Luptowitsch Volker Mallinger Domenik Marschall Jan Andreas Martin Jochen Maßholder Günter Matt Michael Meisel Noel Metz Bettina Mörk Helen Morrison Daniel Müller Frank Müller Norbert Müller Tobias Müller Wolfgang Müller Christian Neureuther Dennis Obieglo Katharina Otto Frank Owesle Peter Pfisterer Carsten Pinnow Kristine Pöhner Bernhard Preissler Jochen Probst Sabrina Reinhard Wieland Reis Michael Reißfelder Tobias Rentrop Christine von Riegen Claudia Ries Hans Richter Marco Ritt Anja Rittmann-Berneiser Tobias Roser Florian Säubert Klaus-Dieter Sauer Tobias Sauer Max Sauter Monika Sauter Bernd Schaller Christine Schati Peter Scheibel Elmar Scheurich Thomas Schiffmann Norbert Schlicksupp Carlo Schmidt Stefan Schmidt Christian Schmitt Ralf Schmittbauer Frederike Schmitz Daniel Schneider Gerhard Schneider Joey Schneider Willi-Ernst Schreiner Bernhard Schührer Thomas Schwab Ute Schwan Arnold Schwarz Britta Schwarz Veronika Schweizer Alexander Seitz Andreas Seltner Pascal Seyffert Dennis Sohns Thorsten Spranz Daniel Staege Karsten Stähle Annika Stark Jochen Stephan Tilman Streib Herbert Strecker Martina Strunz Peter Thiel Hermann Tietz Friedrich Töpper Markus Töpper Maximilian Trebis Hülya Urfa Steffen Vogel Gernot Vogt Frank Wagner Thomas Wagner Hans-Werner Walber Silvia Waniek David Weber Thomas Weber Hermann Wedel Gabriele Weese Andreas Weigel Dominik Weinmann Harold Wenzel Katherina Wenzel Peter Werle Jonas Westermann Volker Wieder Norbert Winkler Marcel Winnes Andrej Winter Markus Woche Marta Wolczyk Steffen Wolf Uwe Wolff Helmut Zapf Uwe Zeiske Peter Zepf Ralph Zilly Kevin Zink Peter-Willi Zobel Susanne Zott Guest Scientists José Miguel Ahijado Munoz (Spain) José Manuel Alarcon Vega (Spain) Carl Albright (USA) Dr. Takanobu Amano (Japan) Prof. Dr. Mayumi Aoki (Japan) Prof. Dr. Frank Arnold (Germany) Prof. Dr. Takehiko Asaka (Japan) Nicolas Babinet (France) Dr. Maxim Barkov (Russia) Dr. Vitor Bastos de Jesus (Brazil) 125 3.3 Personnel 3 Infrastructure Prof. E. G. Berezhko (Russia) PD Dr. Konrad Bernlöhr (Germany) Ekaterina Berseneva (Russia) Simon Blake (UK) Prof. Bertram Blank (France) Vincent Bridlance (France) Enrique Calvo (Spain) John Carr (France) Dr. Sabrina Casanova (Italy) Davide Cieri (Italy) Dario Cricchio (Italy) Dr. Roland Crocker (Australia) Sergio Cuadrado Calzada (Spain) Swarup Das (India) Dr. Emma de Oña Wilhelmi (Spain) Dr. Tarak N. Dey (India) Lucio di Paolo (Italy) Luis Humberto Dorame Cecena (Mexico) Pierre Dupré (France) Shintaro Eijima (Japan) Dr. Christopher van Eldik (Germany) Christoph Euler (Germany) Dr. Christian Fendt (Germany) Pavel Filianin (Russia) Dr. Andreas Förster (Germany) Dr. Lutz Michael Foucar (Germany) Prof. Dr. Nikolai Gagunashvili (Iceland) Dr. Albert Gangapshev (Russia) Dr. Ines Gil Botella (Spain) Prof. Dr. Srubabati Goswami (India) Prof. Dr. Christopher Greene (USA) Miquel Barcelo Grino(Spain) Prof. Rainer Grobe (USA) Dr. Marie-Hélène Grondin (France) Dr. Meiert Grootes (The Netherlands/USA) Prof. Dr. Eberhard Grün (Germany) Dr. Konstantin Gusev (Russia) Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hampel (Germany) Suli Han (China) Prof. Dr. Hanns-Ludwig Harney (Germany) Dr. James Harries (Japan) Dr. Frank Hartmann (USA) Atsushi Hayakawa (Japan) Dr. Feng He (China) Dr. Frank Herfurth (Germany) Juan Andres Herrero Garcia (Spain) Dr. Gerd Heusser (Germany) Dr. Jonathan Hillier (UK) Dr. Michael Holzscheiter (Germany) Dr. Jens Hopp (Germany) Andrei Ignat (Romania) Dr. Susumu Inoue (Japan) Hiroyuki Ishida (Japan) Prof. Dr. Selim Jochim (Germany) Dr. David Jones (Australia) Siddharta Joshi (India) Thiago Junqueira de Castro Bezerra (Brazil) Pavol Jusko (Czech Republic) Dr. Ervin Kafexhiu (Albania) Kunio Kaneta (Japan) Dr. Alexander Kartavtsev (Germany) 126 Prof. Dr. Shinta Kasuya (Japan) Prof. Stanlislav Kelner (Russia) Dr. Emil Khalisi (Germany) Prof. Dr. Till Kirsten (Germany) Dr. Alexander Klimenko (Russia) Dr. Steve Kom (USA) Xiangjin Kong (China) Dr. Katarzyna Krajewska (Poland) Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Wolfgang Krätschmer (Germany) Dr. Harald Krüger (Germany) Dr. Paulus Krüger (South Africa) Prof. Dr. Jisuke Kubo (Japan) Sunil Kumar (India) Dr. Ania Kwiatkowski (USA) Dr. Rafael Lang (Germany) Dr. Eva Lefa (Greece) Dr. Michael Lestinsky (Germany) Dr. Chengjun Li (France) Dr. Ji-Cai Liu (China) Cesar Leonardo Londero (Italy) Prof. Xinwen Ma (China) Prof. Zaal Machavariani (Georgia) Dr. Bernd Martin (Germany) Zachary Meisel (USA) Dr. Aurélien Mendes (France) Prof. Alexander I. Milstein (Russia) Dr. Anna Mocker (Germany) Baranidharan Mohan (India) Prof. Paul Mokler (Germany) Dr. Manas Mukherjee (India) Dr. Anke-Susanne Müller (Germany) Hiroaki Nagao (Japan) Dr. Bennaceur Najjari (Morocco) Dr. Dhananjay Nandi (India) Dmitri Nesterenko (Russia) Dr. David Newton (UK) Dr. Akira Noda (Japan) Dr. Koji Noda (Japan) Prof. Yuri Novikov (Russia) Dr. Oldrich Novotny (Czech Republic) Dr. Hirokazu Odaka (Japan) Aaron Osborn (USA) Ellis Owen (UK) Dr. Marco Panniello (Italy) Dr. Alexander Papash (Canada) Philippe Peille (France) Krzysztof Pelczar (Poland) Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Pirner (Germany) Dr. Cristina Popescu (Romania) Dr. Frank Postberg (Germany) Dr. Anton Prosekin (Russia) Peter Rubovic (Czech Republic) Prof. Yousef I. Salamin (Palestine) Dr. Giuseppe Sansone (Italy) Daisuke Sato (Japan) Joe Sato (Japan) Prof. Daniel W. Savin (USA) Dr. Maria Schwarz (Germany) Prof. Dr. Stefan Schönert (Germany) Prof. Dr. Michael Schulz (USA) Dr. Yusuke Shimizu (Japan) Dr. Takashi Shimomura (Japan) Arindam Sikdar (India) Prof. Dr. Alexei Smirnov (Russia) Mikhail Smirnov (Russia) Dr. Ralf Srama (Germany) Dr. Veerle Sterken (Belgium) Dr. Makoto Takamoto (Japan) Prof. Dr. Morimitsu Tanimoto (Japan) Thomas Triemstra (Netherlands) James Unwin (United Kingdom) Prof. Ionannis Vergados (Greece) Dr. Oscar O. Versolato (Netherlands) Dr. Gabriela Vila (Argentina) Dr. Francesca Volpe (Italy) Dr. Helge Voss (Switzerland) Prof. Dr. Stefan Wagner (Germany) Dr. Meng Wang (China) Wei Wang (China) Weiqiang Wen (China) Yan Xinglian (China) Francisco Javier Yanez Gonzalez (Spain) Bian Yang (China) Dr. Ruizhi Yang (China) Dr. Di-Fa Ye (China) Dr. Vladimir Yerokhin (Russia) Prof. Dr. Wuernisha Yimingniyazi (China) Dr. Victor Zabalza (Spain) Prof. Dr. Mikhail Zavertiaev (Russia) Dr. Vladimir Zirakashvili (Russia) Dr. Grzegorz Zuzel (Poland) 127 3 Infrastructure Numbers of citations per year of papers by MPIK authors; from Web of Science together with an estimation for 2013. Publications The number of publications by MPIK scientists per year increased during the reporting period from around 300 in 2005 to 2010 now reaching 370–410. Out of the 1127 publication filed in Web of Science as of end of November 2013, the following numbers of papers were published in the most favoured journals: Journal 3.4 Statistics Number of papers Physical Review Letters 118 Physical Rewiew A 102 Physical Rewiew D 84 Journal of High Energy Physics 71 Physics Letters 66 Astrophysical Journal 61 Astronomy & Astrophysics 55 Monthy Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 38 Journal of Physics Conference Series 35 European Physical Journal C 32 Articles: 1271 Nuclear Instruments Methods in Physics Research A 28 Conf. Papers: 192 AIP Conference Proceedings 25 Physical Rewiew C 25 Number of bibliographic Records in PubMan for the Years 2011 - 2013 Books, Chapters, ... : 24 Theses: 83 Other: 73 … Nature, Nature Methods, Nature Communications, Nature Photonics 16 Science 9 Theses 128 2011 2012 2013 Bachelor theses 31 18 15 Master theses 2 19 26 Diploma theses 21 12 0 Dissertations 26 33 30 Habilitations 2 0 0 129 3.4 Statistics International Max Planck Research Schools How to reach the Institute The MPIK is involved in three International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS). Two of them are organized by the institute, while the third one is coordinated by the MPI for Astronomy. The latter is an independent part of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics (HGSFP) at the University of Heidelberg. The physics students of the two other IMPRS are also included in the HGSFP. By car: Autobahn A5 from the north until Autobahnkreuz Heidelberg, turn to A656 (from Mannheim) direction Heidelberg; at the end of the Autobahn turn right (direction “Zentrum, Altstadt, Schloss”), keep straight ahead at the main station and follow Kurfürstenanlage until Adenauerplatz (hotel Crowne Plaza), turn right into Rohrbacher Straße, after about 1 km turn left into Steigerweg, and follow the direction signs to Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik about 2.5 km uphill. From the south leave A5 at the exit Heidelberg/Schwetzingen, turn on B535 direction Heidelberg/Leimen, then right direction Leimen and keep straight ahead for about 4.5 km (at last uphill) to the Aral station, there turn left to Boxberg and follow the direction signs to Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik. IMPRS-QD: quantum dynamics in physics, chemistry and biology spokesperson: Christoph H. Keitel coordinator: Antonino Di Piazza institutions: MPIK, Heidelberg University, German Cancer Research Center, MPI for Medical Research, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (Darmstadt) 2011 2012 2013 PhD students 42 38 37 female 9 8 8 from foreign countries 24 19 19 funded by IMPRS-QD 32 23 18 10 15 9 graduations IMPRS-PTFS: precision tests of fundamental symmetries spokespersons: Manfred Lindner and Klaus Blaum coordinator: Werner Rodejohann institutions: MPIK, Heidelberg University 2011 2012 2013 PhD students 22 27 29 female 5 6 8 from foreign countries 9 12 10 funded by IMPRS-PTFS 15 17 17 1 3 3 graduations IMPRS-HD: astronomy and cosmic physics @ MPIA At the end of the reporting period, 6 PhD students (4 female, 5 from foreign countries) are working at the MPIK. By train: Arriving at the main station Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof which can be reached either directly by long-distance trains or via Mannheim and S-Bahn, take a taxi to the institute, or tram or bus to Bismarckplatz, change to bus 39 direction Königstuhl until stop “MPI Kernphysik” (about 15 min). Exit Heidelberg A656 Neckar Altstadt Main Station A5 MPIK Exit Heidelberg/ Schwetzingen By plane: Airport Frankfurt/Main; take either an express train (ICE, IC) at Flughafen Fernbahnhof via Mannheim or the Lufthansa Airport Shuttle to Heidelberg which arrives at Crowne Plaza hotel, Kurfürstenanlage 1. Continue with a taxi or bus 39 from station “Hans-Böckler-Straße” in Rohrbacher Straße. By taxi: Taxis are available outside the main station or can be called: +49 6221 302030. Please tell the taxi driver MPI für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg, as there are three other MPIs in Heidelberg. Site Map of the MPIK Institutional Collaborations MPIK researchers participate in a large number of institutional collaborations, in part in a leading role – throughout the reporting period overall 69 projects. By far the biggest collaboration is CTA with presently 173 institutes from all over the world and led by Werner Hofmann. The second largest consortium is SPARC (108 institutes), followed by LHCb (66 institutes), FLAIR, NUSTAR (both 46 institutes), and H.E.S.S. (41 institutes). On the other hand, there are 35 collaborations with only one or two partner institutes. Annex on CD Complete lists of publications, invited talks, lectures and courses at universities, jointly organized conferences and workshops, habilitations, dissertations and theses, as well as institutional collaborations can be found on the accompanying CD. 130 131