{"id":13,"date":"2020-12-16T22:05:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T22:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2021-03-15T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:36:03","slug":"dec-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"JANUARY 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/cartao_natal_hor_low_res.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/cartao_natal_hor_low_res.png 800w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/cartao_natal_hor_low_res-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/cartao_natal_hor_low_res-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>2020, also known as &#8220;the remote year&#8221; or &#8220;the zoom year&#8221; has finally reached its end! It was a difficult year, and even if we don\u2019t expect sudden improvements, we are certainly happy to leave it behind. And we start 2021 with hope &#8211; well grounded hope based on science!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In whatever way you look at it, 2020 was different from anything we lived before. So we cannot simply forget about it and move on, or even less \u201cgo back to normal\u201d, as naively wishes our Christmas card. For one thing, this strange variable we call \u201ctime\u201d and \u201cgoing back\u201d are two things we are not yet very good at putting together.But the other reason is that we have also learned useful things. It is now time to figure out how to put together the good things we had before and what we have learned on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And what can we do about this in cLIP? We can celebrate the end of 2020 and welcome 2021, sharing some news from the old year and some useful information for the new one. With everyone\u2019s help, we propose to reflect on what we have learned from the pandemic times, what should go back to the \u201cold normal\u201d if possible, and what we now know how to do in better ways. We also select some highlights from LIP&#8217;s 2020 publications \u2014 please share your views with us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy 2021, with good health, peace, and lots of opportunities to enjoy life and science!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>INSTITUTIONAL &amp; PRACTICAL INFO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Some dates to remember in 2021<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background-dim\" style=\"min-height:373px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\">\n<p><strong>29 Jan<\/strong> Deadline to fill group reports in the DB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11 Feb<\/strong> International Day of Women in Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Feb\/Mar<\/strong> International Masterclasses (online) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\">\n<p><strong>22 Mar<\/strong> Data Science School and Symposium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Apr<\/strong> LIP&#8217;s Advisory board meeting (date TBC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9 May<\/strong> LIP&#8217;s 35th anniversary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>30 Aug <\/strong>                          PANIC conference<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5 Sep<\/strong> CERN PT language Teachers Programme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6 <strong>Sep<\/strong> IDPASC school in Nazar\u00e9 (TBC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>People<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/ALCarvalho-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:160px;max-height:160px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/ALCarvalho-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/ALCarvalho-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/ALCarvalho.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2020\/12\/31\/atlas-phd-grant\/\">ATLAS PhD Grant<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Ana Lu\u00edsa Carvalho, PhD student in the LIP ATLAS Group, is one of the winners of the ATLAS PhD Grants. Congratulations! \nEvery year, the ATLAS Collaboration awards such grants to three PhD students. The prize finances two years of the PhD, one at CERN and the other at the institution of origin.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/live_tertulia-1-e1609391975259-150x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:160px;max-height:160px;\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2020\/12\/31\/european-reasearchers-night\/\">Reasearchers&#8217; Night<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In 2020, the European Researchers Night was moved to the end of the November and happened during the Science and Technology week. At LIP, was a great online event, developed in a close collaboration between Braga, Coimbra and Lisboa, and in which young researchers had a remarkable role. Learn more about the program inside&#8230;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"111\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/phd-111x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:160px;max-height:160px;\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2020\/12\/31\/phds-2020\/\">PhD and MSc 2020<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Congratulations to the LIP PhD students who discussed their theses in 2020: Miguel Moita, Jo\u00e3o Marcos, Ricardo Luz, Oleksii Toldaiev, Giles Strong. Go inside for details. Congratulations also to the many MSc students who concluded their theses at LIP this year!<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/MW_Douglas_low-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:160px;max-height:160px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/MW_Douglas_low-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/MW_Douglas_low-scaled-e1609383280833-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2020\/12\/31\/douglas-lima\/\">Mechanical Workshop<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Douglas Lima, computer engineer from Brazil, joined LIP&#8217;s MW in Jan 2016 and stayed until Aug 2020, programming and operating the CNC lathe. Combining solid technical knowledge and excellent human qualities, Douglas greatly contributed to the MW.&nbsp;Jorge Moreira, mechanical engineer, joined LIP&#8217;s MW and received specific training from Douglas. He is now in charge of the CNC lathe.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/marta_fotografia_lip-229x300-1-e1609391850378-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:160px;max-height:160px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/marta_fotografia_lip-229x300-1-e1609391850378-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/marta_fotografia_lip-229x300-1-e1609391850378-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2020\/12\/31\/marta-castro-2\/\">Marta Castro<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The LIP Distributed Computing and Digital Infrastructures group has a new member in Lisbon. Marta Castro will be involved in national and international innovation and research projects. Marta will work on software development and contribute to the IT support.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/Rita-Saraiva-300x300-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:160px;max-height:160px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/Rita-Saraiva-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/Rita-Saraiva-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/Rita-Saraiva-300x300-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2020\/12\/31\/rita-saraiva\/\">Rita Saraiva<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Support to projects at LIP has been reinforced with a new member in Lisboa. Rita will share her time between the management of the ERC &#8220;FARE &#8211; Fake News and Real People&#8221;, with Joana G. S\u00e1, and pre-award project support in the framework of LIP&#8217;s Administrative services.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide has-background-dim has-background-gradient is-position-center-center\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(249,72,72) 1%,rgb(179,22,22) 100%);min-height:914px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Interacting with cLIP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#fffffa;line-height:1.2\">Looking back to 2020: pandemic, telework, life in zoom and all that&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the lockdown, in the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lip.pt\/newsletter\/?p=apr-2020&amp;apr-2020\" target=\"_blank\">April issue of cLIP<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;we promoted a<strong>&nbsp;telework survey &#8220;Working from home or at home trying to work: the challenges of telework&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;and also a&nbsp;<strong>competition on the best telework photo or story.&nbsp;<\/strong>The results (of both) were published in the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lip.pt\/newsletter\/?p=may-2020&amp;may-2020\" target=\"_blank\">May issue of cLIP<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But these were the early days! I&#8217;m sure we all know a lot more about telework now&#8230; and funny stories and pictures must have popped out, sometime, somewhere&#8230;. do share some of them with us! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* there is a small Christmas gift for those who participate (provided you identify yourself, of course)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/3JMDsiYCwyFvRa5DA\" style=\"border-radius:3px;background-color:#fffffa;color:#00000a\">Please Fill in the telework survey<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/vfymiASvf3nwh8C4A\" style=\"border-radius:3px;background-color:#fffffa;color:#00000a\">Upload your best telework\/pandemic photo\/story here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Science at (virtual) LIP and beyond<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/CMS-HIN-19-001_Figure_001-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/CMS-HIN-19-001_Figure_001-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/CMS-HIN-19-001_Figure_001-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2021\/01\/01\/first-observation-of-top-quarks-in-heavy-ion-collisions\/\">First observation of top quarks in heavy ion collisions<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The analysis was motivated by a theoretical paper co-authored by LIP researchers that proposes a unique method to study the time evolution of the quark gluon plasma.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/integration-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/integration-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/integration-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2021\/01\/01\/neutrinoslhc\/\">Neutrinos@LHC<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The prototype of a neutrino detector developed for the SHiP experiment is set to be installed at the LHC before the next run. The letter of intent, subscribed by LIP, has been recently submitted to CERN.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/AMBER-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/AMBER-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/AMBER-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2021\/01\/01\/lip-in-amber\/\">LIP in AMBER<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A proposal for the participation of LIP in the future COMPASS++\/AMBER collaboration has been presented by the LIP COMPASS group and approved by the LIP Scientific Council. <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/BartolomeoAirbusLegend-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/BartolomeoAirbusLegend-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/BartolomeoAirbusLegend-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2021\/01\/01\/experiment-coordinated-by-lip-now-approved-by-esa\/\">Experiment coordinated by LIP now approved by ESA<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The analysis of space environment effects on detector materials is essential to design future gamma ray missions. That is the goal of the experiment &#8220;Ageing of Ge\/Si and CZT samples for sensors and Laue lenses&#8221;, which will be installed outside the ISS.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/2020-03-25-933-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/2020-03-25-933-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/2020-03-25-933-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2021\/01\/01\/the-first-year-of-eosc-synergy\/\">The first year of EOSC-synergy<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The H2020 project EOSC-synergy, which LIP is part of, celebrated its first year with a description of achievements towards deploying the European Open Science Cloud. Developments made in Portugal are highlighted.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/euroCC-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/euroCC-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/euroCC-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/euroCC.png 200w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2021\/01\/01\/lip-in-the-eurocc-project\/\">LIP in the EuroCC project<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In September 2020 began one of the most emblematic European projects in the area of high performance computing, EuroCC, in which LIP is involved.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-1014-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-1014-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/2020-12-15-1014-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2021\/01\/01\/cern-for-a-better-world\/\">CERN: for a better world<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The impact of CERN is known to reach far beyond particle physics or fundamental science. Two 2020 examples are the recently announced new open data policy and CERN&#8217;s Environmental Report, publicly released for the first time this year<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/2020-12-12-1012-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/2020-12-12-1012-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/2020-12-12-1012-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/2020-12-12-1012-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/2020-12-12-1012.png 317w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2021\/01\/01\/top-10-physics-world-2020-breakthrough\/\">Top-10 Physics World 2020 Breakthrough<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In this top-10 is the research on mixed beams particle therapy by Heidelberg\u00b4s team lead by Jo\u00e3o Seco, partner of LIP in ProtoTera, the proton therapy facility to be installed in Portugal.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/curissue_cover-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/curissue_cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/curissue_cover-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2021\/01\/01\/lip-news-bulletin-17\/\">LIP-News Bulletin #17<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In this issue we highlight two themes important far beyond particle physics: ProtoTera, the project to create a proton therapy center in Portugal; and the approval of the revision of the European Strategy for Particle Physics.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-vivid-red-background-color has-background-dim\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#fffffa;line-height:1.2\">Looking back to 2020: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#fffffa;line-height:1.2\"><em>LIP publications<\/em> <em>highlights<\/em> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"773\" class=\"wp-image-446\" style=\"width: 30px\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/papersymbol-e1609473281973.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/papersymbol-e1609473281973.jpg 643w, https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/papersymbol-e1609473281973-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lip.pt\/newsletter\/?p=may-2020&amp;may-2020\" target=\"_blank\">May issue of cLIP<\/a> we asked the question &#8220;<strong>Did we work less during lockdown?<\/strong>&#8221; and showed the graphs that supported the answer: &#8220;<strong>No!&nbsp;<\/strong><em>At least this is not visible in computing resources usage graphs<\/em>&#8220;. Now, at the end of the year, let&#8217;s have a look at an important part of the outcome of this work: publications!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time the challenge was to highlight a paper or two published by the group in 2020. The reasons for the choice vary from group to group, and there was not much time to wait for the replies, so here is the incomplete, prelimininary list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>From CMS, two papers containing<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong>the work of the two PhD students who completed their theses in 2020<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left col-md-9 has-small-font-size\"><em>Alex Toldaiev, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2FJHEP02%282020%29191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in dilepton final states containing one tau lepton in pp collisions at 13 TeV<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Giles Strong, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/2632-2153\/ab983a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">impact of deep-learning techniques to the performance of classification models in an experimental high-energy physics use case<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>From ATLAS, one of the highlights is certainly about the Higgs, and the second on the searches for New Physics<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>The paper on the <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2008.02508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">measurement of the associated production of a Higgs boson decaying into&nbsp;b-quarks with a vector boson in&nbsp;pp&nbsp;collisions at&nbsp;13&nbsp;TeV submitted to Physics Letters B<\/a> is certainly a highlight<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/inspirehep.net\/literature\/1800445\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Finding New Physics without learning about it: anomaly detection as a tool for searches at colliders&#8221;<\/a>, a BigDataHEP project paper with authors from the ATLAS group, was the choice of cLIP<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>From the productive Pheno group, cLIP picked two papers from young researchers<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><em><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/inspirehep.net\/literature\/1778692\" target=\"_blank\">Paper by Liliana Apolin\u00e1rio and Carlota Andres <\/a>(a newcomer at LIP), with a colleague from IGFAE (Santiago de Compostela), which solves problems in the theoretical modeling of jet quenching<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/JHEP07(2020)128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paper by Maria Ramos, from Minho, on dark matter in composite Higgs models<\/a><\/em>,<\/em><\/em> composite dark matter phenomenology in the presence of lighter degrees of freedom<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Moving to cosmic rays, charged and neutral, we highlight the following papers<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>From AMS the <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prl\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.124.211102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">measurement of the flux of primary nuclei, Ne, Mg e Si. <\/a>Above 86.5&nbsp;GV the rigidity dependence of their spectra is different from that of He, C, and O, showing there are two classes of primary cosmic rays<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>At the highest energies, members of the LIP-Auger group use showers produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere to study hadronic interactions at very high energies, like in the<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2006.11303.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> paper on the energy spectrum of neutral pions in proton-air interactions <\/a>recently accepted by Physical Review D<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>From LATTES\/SWGO, we highlight a <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2010.11390.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paper on innovative reconstruction methods for large field-of-view gamma-ray observatories,<\/a> such as the SWGO itself, accepted by the European Physics Journal C<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><strong><em>From the Neutrino Physics group, three publications with an important participation from LIP, reflecting the different stages of the experiments<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size\"><em><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prd\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevD.102.062006\" target=\"_blank\">Paper on hep solar neutrinos using all three phases of SNO<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prc\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevC.102.014002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><em><em><em><em>Measurement of neutron-proton capture in the SNO+ water phas<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>e<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-0221\/15\/08\/T08010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Technical Design Report (TDR) of DUNEof (vol. 3)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><strong><em><em><strong>Detector R&amp;D: LIP is world-leader in the development of RPC-based detectors. The work developed in the last few years greatly enlarged the range of application of RPCs. This is illustrated by the two selected papers<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-0221\/15\/11\/C11009\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Towards Sealed Resistive Plate Chambers&#8221;<\/a>, suggested by Paulo Fonte. Sealed RPCs will clearly be a breakthrough in the field<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/1748-0221\/15\/06\/P06007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Multilayer&nbsp;<sup>10<\/sup>B-RPC neutron imaging detector&#8221;<\/a>, proposed by Lu\u00eds Margato,  discusses an RPC-based, high resolution, helium-free alternative for neutron detection<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/newsletter\/2021\/01\/01\/lip-2020-publications-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to be continued&#8230; click here to add your suggestion!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020, also known as &#8220;the remote year&#8221; or &#8220;the zoom year&#8221; has finally reached its end! It was a difficult year, and even if we don\u2019t expect sudden improvements, we are certainly happy to leave it behind. And we start 2021 with hope &#8211; well grounded hope based on science! 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