报告人学术简介
  Costel Marian Petrache，巴黎-萨克雷大学终身教授，博士生导师，国际著名实验核物理学家。1992年博士毕业于意大利INFN国家实验室，曾先后在法国斯特拉斯堡核物理研究中心、意大利INFN国家实验室、意大利卡梅里诺大学等任职，2006年起任职于巴黎-萨克雷大学。多年来，作为合作组发言人，他领导合作组在法国GANIL、意大利INFN、芬兰Jyväskylä、法国ILL、美国Argonne、南非iThemba等国际一流实验室开展实验，取得了丰硕的成果。其研究领域主要包括原子核手征对称性、极端条件下的原子核结构、奇异核转动等，并在核探测器，特别是中子探测器、反冲质量谱仪、分段半导体检测器等实验设备研究中做出了重要贡献。他在《Physical Review Letters》、《Physical Review C》、《Physics Letters B》等期刊发表论文250余篇，总引用次数超过7000次。
报告内容
  The atomic nuclei offer one of the most fascinating research fields in which fundamentalquestions on systems ranging from the microscopic world to the universe can be addressed. Sophisticated methods and powerful techniques are needed to unveil the secrets of the microscopicsystems, which have been developed in research laboratories and are continuously improving.To use, control and develop new techniques and methods of investigation of the nuclei, profoundknowledge of the properties of materials, of electronics, of computing, as well as of theinteraction of the particles and radiation with matter are necessary. In the present talk I willsynthetically describe the main properties of atomic nuclei, the employed instrumentation andsome specific applications of the techniques to the study of matter. Highlights of some nuclearstructure studies will also be presented.