Memo of the first Nuclear
Science Association meeting
Date: October 4, Saturday 2008
Participants:
Shoji Nagamiya (J-PARC, Japan)
Toru Motobayashi (RIKEN, Japan)
Hiroshi Toki (RCNP, Japan)
Hideyuki Sakai (U. Tokyo, Japan)
Yanlin Ye (PKU, China)
Guoqing Xiao (IMP, China)
Yu-Gang Ma (SINAP, CAS, China)
Weiping Liu (CIAE, China)
Dong-Pil Min (SNU, Korea)
Woo Young Kim (Kyungbuk National Univ., Korea)
0 Introduce each other,
1 Chairperson today; Sakai
2 Introduce nuclear physics communities of each countries.
China: Nuclear Physics Association (4 institutes)
Korea: Nuclear Physics Division (funding agency ; KResF+KEngF)
Japan:
3 Define contact person for information exchanges
Japan: Sakai
China: Ye
Korea: Kim
4 Accelerate collaboration and research
Identify existing exchange program search
5 Which countries would be included?
India + Taiwan(next) + Vietnam + Australia
Pakistan ?
6 Role: utilize existing facilities
Overcome culture difference
Coordination
Education; mutual exchange, coordination of many schools
Save resources
Convince government ; projects + education
7 Name of this association was discussed and agreed upon with
" Asian Nuclear Physics Association (ANPhA)"
8 Secretary board(office) ; J-PARC and/or RIKEN of Japan will take care.
9 Next meeting will be in Seoul, 21(Saturday) of February 2009.
The main issue of this meeting is to launch ANPhA(organization scheme, targets,
mission) to the world.
10 List of what to do till the next Seoul ANPhA meeting.
Education; schools, facilities, future program
List all bilateral exchange collaboration programs
List up conferences in Asia
Coordination for better use of research resources(WG9)
including future plans.
List potential member countries and regions:
India, Australia, Vietnam, Taiwan(?)
Location of ANPhA office (either J-PARC or RIKEN)
Secretary + etc.
Bylaws : Nagamiya-san takes care.
Council(J+C+K) decides new member.
11 Relation with AAPPS was discussed.
Study plasma physics as a precedent example.