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4th CBG General meeting 9-10 October, Kaunas

Prof. Toms Torims

RTU HEP

Latvia - CERN: state-of-

play

9.10.2019

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The Informative report of financing of Latvia’s accession to the

CERN in the capacity of Associate Member State was approved by

the Cabinet of Ministers on 16.07.2019

Parliamentary Secretray of the Ministery of the Education and

Science of Latvia Anita Muižniece will visit CERN on 11.10.2019

RTU HEP Centre approved as acting CERN National Contact point

since October 2019 with main activities:

coordinate collaboration between CERN and Ministry of Science and

Education; CERN activities in Latvia; visits to CERN

ehhance link between scientists of Latvia and CERN

organize student’s and teacher’s scientific trips to CERN

manage CERN Baltic group activties, design study programmes

participate in CMS, MEDICIS projects from 2020

coordinate Industry engagement with CERN

lead process of Latvia’s accession to CERN

Progress on Latvia’s accession to CERN

Riga Technical University

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July – October 2019

Latvian government’s decision to apply for the CERN associate member state, mandate to the CERN National Contact Point

December 2019

Application Questionnaire and Application File is

submitted to CERN Council

December 2019

CERN Council meeting-CERN

Council takes note of Latvia’s application

Timeline: Latvia’s accession to CERN


May-July 2020

CERN Task force visits Latvia

and prepares report

December 2020

Member states vote and mandate DG to sign the agreement

January-May 2021

Signed agreement, ratification, Latvia becomes CERN Associate MS

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Budget for CERN activities 2019


Objectives Total, EUR

Latvia’s (RTU+LU consortium): participation fee in

CMS experiment in 2019 (3 scientists)136 978

Latvia’s (RTU+LU consortium): participation fee in

CMS experiment in 2020 (4 scientists)178 654

Visits of Latvia’s Physics teachers at CERN in

2019

6 350

5 086

RSU participation in Medicis project CERN in 2020 36 500

CERN National Contact point expenses in 2019 76 135

Total: 302 725 + 136 978

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Objectives Total, EUR

1.Latvia’s students participation at CERN

Summer school programme (12 000 EUR per year)

2. Latvija’s PhD students and pupils visits to

CERN (36 000 EUR per year)

3. Latvia’s Physics teachers participation at CERN

Teacher programme (15 000 EUR per year)

4. Travel costs (12 000 EUR per year)

75 000

CERN National Contact point 99 435

State Research programme in high energy

physics and acceleerator technologies300 000

Total: 474 435

Budget for CERN activities 2020


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Administrative part Research (projects)

HEP Centre team and

activities

State Research programme

2020-2023 (1 000 000 EUR per

year)

Aries (Horizon 2020)

Proof of Concept (Horizon 2020)

Aries 2 (Horizon 2020)

HERTIS (Horizon 2020)

Human presence recognition

and wireless vital parameter

detection in the LHC tunnel

Participation in CMS experiment

Researchers

• Artūrs

Ivanovs

• Kārlis

Dreimanis

• Guntis

Pikurs

• Adrian

Morales

Casas

• Kalvis

Kravalis

• Viesturs

Veckalns

CERN National Contact Point for Latvia

(SAM 1.1.1.5 100 000EUR 2019-2022)

Physics teachers and pupils visits to

CERN

(75 000 EUR )

CERN Baltic and Latvian group

(99 435 EUR per year 2020-2023)

Development of Study programme

(SAM 8.2.1. 100 000 EUR)

Dissemination and communication about

CERN activities (SAM 1.1.1.5.)

Admin. staff

• Director –

Toms

Torims

• Deputy

Director –

Aija Rūse

• Senior

expert –

Elīna

Grate

CMS

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EU and Latvian government funding

Total funding 7 142 000 EUR

100 000 EUR for one Study Programme development

Allocated funding to meet new Smart Specialization Strategy goals

Special funding for Higher Education Institutions

Activities must be performed until 30 November 2023

Doctoral study programme creation starts Jan 2020

Update on PhD Study programme

design


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Main potential Industrial partners

for CERN in R&D projects in Latvia up to date

• “Dati Group”

• “Baltic Scientific Instruments”

• „Primekss Group”

• “Hansamatrix”

• “SAF tehnika”

• „Nuclear Medicine Centre”

Industry engagement with CERN


Latvian CERN group was established 30.04.2019 to accelerate

Latvia’s accession to CERN and gain Industrial Returns from

CERN MS status in tenders and collaboration projects.

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Scientific collaboration between «Primekss» Ltd., CERN, RTU and LU

Solid State Physics Institute for creation of concrete with enhanced

properties for CMS experiment:

«Primekss» has offered innovative concrete floor solution for CERN

and this year registered in CERN supplier’s portal

«Primekss» is leading an assessment on behalf of CERN and

generating the first stage report on concrete samples based

on the provided core – first results released at the end of Oct.

Primekss – concrete contractor for CERN


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Hertis1st stage

• Approved

Hertis2nd stage

• Submitted for funding 12.09.2019

Approval • January 2020

Hybrid Exhaust Gas-Cleaning Retrofit

Technology for International Shipping

HERTIS


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The Problem


Almost all medium and low-speed marine diesel engines run on

heavy fuel oil

By 2020 (under MARPOL Annex VI Regulation 14) SOx under 0.5%

By 2021 (ECA introduce so-called Tier III) Nox 3.4 - 2 g/kWh

Visualisation of Global ship cargo

https://www.shipmap.org/

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Our Solution


Develop a novel hybrid technology based on combining two

methods to clean up exhaust gases:

– Irradiation by an electron beam accelerator

– Subsequent purification by improved wet-scrubbing technology

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Our Solution


The Outline:

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The Expertise team


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Thank you !

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