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7.4. PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP

Presentation of the RI group
According to current knowledge, particles exchange energy and momentum in four types of fundamental interaction: strong,
weak, electromagnetic and gravitational interaction. Researchers at CERN study the first three. Hungary has been a member
of CERN since 1992 with a contribution of 1%. Hungarian physicists and engineers have participated in countless world-class
particle physics experiments in the last 25 years. They contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson (CMS) and the quark-
gluon plasma (ALICE). The domestic background was provided by the MTA laboratories where detectors and data collection
systems used in the experiments were developedy, as well as the academic and university computer clusters on which data were
analysed and the theoretical simulations were run. Domestic laboratories are currently contributing to projects in the High-
Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC). To be launched in 2023, the research programme of HL-LHC has been de-
signed until 2035, anticipating high level Hungarian contribution and equipment supervision. In 2016 works have started to
design the next accelerator, the Future Circular Collider (FCC), which would be built by 2035. Here Hungarian researchers
take part in the design and prototype development of FCC superconducting beam kick-out magnets. They are studying in
parallel to produce super-homogenous plasma with high intensity lasers, and examining particle acceleration with plasma waves
(AWAKE). They participate in the testing of gravitational interaction and contribute to the discovery of gravitational waves
through the European Gravitational Observatory in connection with the VIRGO detector (EGO VIRGO). Presently, a third
generation Einstein Telescope is being developed, and the researchers contribute to it in the field of seismography and noise
research through measurements made in the Matra Gravity and Geophysical Laboratory and the Jánossy Cosmic Radiation
Laboratory located underground in Csillebérc, Budapest. Successful research in particle physics demands a top level IT support.
Currently, the Tier-0 unit (4 MW) of Wigner Data Centre, the HAS Cloud and the Wigner Cloud, the Tier-2 cluster and
the GPU Laboratory, and the ELTE lattice QCD cluster are supporting research and development activities.

National coordinator of the RI group: Background information
HAS Wigner Research Centre for Physics In addition to MTA Wigner FK and MTA Atomki, experimental
and theoretical particle physics research is also performed at ELTE
Contact: Péter Lévai and the University of Debrecen. Further contributors are those com-
E-mail: levai.peter@wigner.mta.hu panies who were involved in the supply chain as CERN tender win-
Website: https://wigner.mta.hu/; https://wigner.mta.hu/hep ners, such as CERNTech, Engious Kft. and MVM. MTA Wigner
FK, MTA Atomki, MTA CSFK, ELTE, BME, the University of
Partners: MTA Wigner FK - Tier 2 cluster; GPU Laboratory; DAQ Lab- Miskolc and Eszterházy University take part in gravity research.
oratory; Momentum Innovative Detector Development Laboratory; Mag-
netic Acceleration Technology Laboratory; Matra Gravitational and Aim of the RI group
Geophysical Laboratory; Jánossy Cosmic Radiation and Gravity Labora- Particle physics research primarily takes place in CERN. The partic-
tory; MTA Atomki Laboratory of Electronics and Detector Development; ipating institutions take part in the programmes of CERN, with the
ELTE – HPC cluster performing lattice QCD calculations main focus on HL-LHC developments, carried out in Hungarian
laboratories. The preparatory works of the Future Circular Collider
ESFRI connection: HL-LHC; PRACE; EGO ERIC; Einstein Telescope are implemented simultaneously, with the focus on the development
(planned application) of superconducting magnets. Improved technological support of
Status of the RI group: implemented, operates at international level gravity research is one of the main tasks for Hungary in the upcoming
2-3 years. This work includes the various noise filtering, noise and
heat spreading prevention techniques, the development of seismo-
logical monitoring methods, and participation in the selection of
sites. These activities prepare participation in the Einstein telescope
project (proposed for the 2020 update of the ESFRI Roadmap).

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