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A large number of scientific publications have been produced using AGATA and more are coming, clearly showing the high performance of AGATA which steadily improves as more crystals are added to the array. However, it also stands clear that there is a need for improved performance in the pulse-sh

Proton therapy is a cancer-fighting technique using proton beams, which allows better preservation of healthy tissue than conventional radiotherapy while remaining effective in destroying tumours. However, during the treatment, the correct delivery of the dose requires continuous and precise measure

More than one century after their discovery, the origin of cosmic rays is still a crucial issue in high energy astrophysics. The chemical compositon of cosmic rays is dominated by protons below a partcle energy of ~1 PeV, while heavier nuclei become important above it. This, together with the eviden

The NenuFAR project has been developed in Nançay since 2014 to cover for the first time at high sensitivity the very little explored 10-85 MHz range. This radio telescope was initially designed as a beamformer, recording time-frequency-polarisation data cubes in sensitive beams pointed at the target

Subduction zones are extraordinarily complex regions of the earth, where two tectonic plates converge, one plunging under the other. They concentrate the largest part of the seismic and volcanic activity on earth, and represent a prominent feature of plate tectonics, one of the dynamic styles observ

The conversion from atomic gas (HI) into molecular gas (H2) in galaxies is a fundamental process deeply linked not only to the onset of star-formation but also to the feeding of active galactic nuclei. This means that this process is key in the evolution of normal galaxies as well as those hosting a

Since apes (hominoid) originated in African tropical forests, 25 Ma ago (Neogene), tectonics has deeply modified the landscape, through continental drift and associated seaway closure/opening (Eastern Tethys, Fram, Central American, etc.), disappearance of the large epicontinental Para-Tethys sea, a

The purpose of the GAARAnti project is to unravel couplings between deep Earth dynamics and evolutionary processes through an innovative and original multi-disciplinary study combining Earth and Life sciences. This innovative approach will reconcile biological and geological clocks and timeframes th

Decades of research on earthquakes have yielded meager prospects for earthquake predictability: we cannot predict the time, location and magnitude of a forthcoming earthquake with sufficient accuracy for immediate societal value. Therefore, the best we can do is to mitigate their impact by anticipat

The COROSHOCK project will address one of the remaining unsolved fundamental problems in solar physics: how are solar particles accelerated to high energies? The origin(s) of Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) and of high-energy electromagnetic radiations such as ? rays are still highly debated. Two m

The short-range correlations (SRC) formed by the combination between the intermediate-range attraction with the short-range repulsive term of the NN potential pair nucleons in a very compact spatial configuration (1-1.5 fm) with a large relative momentum. That is the reason why these correlations ma

CLASSY arises in the general context of a succession of space missions targeting small bodies (Dawn, Rosetta, New Horizons, Hayabusa 2). We benefit from a wealth of high quality observational data that have been collected along the last five years, or which will be available soon in the forthcoming

BACH, b-Baryons at LHCb as a window to New Physics is project aiming at solving the puzzle observed in the rare b-hadrons. The theory community pushed forward various scenarios able to explain the tensions observed in the data. Until now, b-mesons were used almost exclusively at LHCb to conduct th

Episodes of slow slip are known to occur in various parts of the world, more particularly in subduction zones. They generate transient surface displacements, which can be measured by geodetic observations, typically GNSS. Their seismic signatures can take several forms, from seismicity swarms (at th

The increasing precision of experimental measurements at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) calls for increased precision in theoretical predictions. The key ingredients in these predictions are quantum scattering amplitudes. A new subfield of particle physics, called "Amplitudes", has emerged in

Our knowledge of the solid Earth is built upon concerted research in diverse fields such as petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, geodynamics, and mineral physics. For instance, phase transformations in minerals induce physical boundaries in the Earth's interior. The analysis of seismic signals arisi

Merging the expertise of experimentalists and theorists, the aim of this project is to optimally exploit the information embedded in quasar spectra in order to provide the tightest constraints to date on neutrino masses, on inflation, and on the nature of dark matter. Specifically, it will address t

The BxB project addresses outstanding questions at the heart of two rapidly advancing fields of astrophysics and cosmology: Galactic magnetism and Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization. BxB has three salient goals that involve cutting-edge research. Combining observations (of dust polariz

The SerSurF project is focused on the acquisition and analysis of submarine observations of length, displacement and nature of co-seismic seafloor ruptures. These observations are required to evaluate seismic and tsunami hazard in the short term, and characterize the long term dynamic response of th

The starting of Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2008 has been a key moment for high energy physics. Even if the Standard Model of particle physics (SM) revealed very robust versus numerous experimental tests performed since 40 years, some questions are still open and the SM has to be seen as an effec

In the era of precision cosmology, astronomers still need to understand how intergalactic gas flows into the potential wells of galaxy halos, and how supernovae eject gas, metals, and energy back into the intergalactic medium. Regarding inflows, a variety of observations have indicated, albeit indir

The project aims to understand the response of planetary magnetospheres and exospheres to solar storms, and in particular when Coronal Mass ejections (CME) and their associated interplanetary shock interact with these planetary environments. At Earth, these events can cause severe geomagnetic storms

Zircontinents is a geochemistry research project coordinated by Martin Guitreau that aims at bringing new constraints on the growth of continents. The most powerful and promising approach to reconstruct continental growth is the study of the sedimentary archive through the analysis of detrital zirco

In this project, we propose to determine, in a way independent of stellar evolution and its associated uncertainties, the radial stratification of carbon/oxygen in the cores of evolved low mass stars. This concerns both the helium burning horizontal branch stars and the white dwarf stage. The carbon

EMERGIANT is a research project about Jupiter and Saturn, which lies at the interface between astrophysics and atmospheric science. EMERGIANT is fundamental research, driven by the incentive to learn more about the world we live in (the overarching goal of the ANR 2017 Défi des autres savoirs). The

The discovery of the Higgs boson during the LHC Run 1 completes the experimental validation of the Standard Model (SM) of high-energy particle physics. Its particle spectrum is fully established, and definite predictions are available for all interactions. At the quantum level, the SM relates the ma