02 August 2024
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
We would like to thank you once again for your (onsite, online or offline) participation in RAP 2024.
Here is some additional information regarding this year’s conference:
- The most of oral onsite and online presentations from the conference are available here.
- RAP 2024 Book of Abstracts has been published and can be downloaded here.
- Publishing of full papers in both Special Issue of European Physical Journal - Special Topics and RAP Conference Proceedings is in progress; more information will be sent to the authors shortly.
We are now closing RAP 2024 and beginning the preparation for RAP 2025. We do hope that we will meet again from 26-30 May 2025 in the unique Crete. The largest island in Greece, Crete is a diverse and vibrant land packed with ancient ruins, buzzing cities, and breathtaking beaches. The RAP 2025 web site will be up shortly.
26 July 2024
PRESENTATIONS FROM RAP 2024 CONFERENCE
Some invited and oral presentations from RAP 2024 Conference can be found here.
Also, the presentations from the Virtual Offline Session are available here.
28 June 2024
RAP 2024 Gallery
· Photos from the official opening, plenary and oral sessions can be seen here.
· Photos and videos from poster sessions can be seen here.
· Photos and videos from the social events and various photos can be seen here.
24 June 2024
RAP 2025
Dear colleagues and friends,
After passionate Andalucia, we are moving to the cradle of Minoan civilization, Bronze Age civilization of Crete that was flourishing from about 3000 to 1100 BCE.
We are glad to announce that RAP 2025 will be held in the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in the area of Gournes in Crete, Greece, 15 km east of Heraklion, from 26-30 May 2025.
More information will be posted soon on the new website dedicated to RAP 2025.
20 June 2024
Full papers – deadline and instructions
We would like to remind the participants that the deadline for submission of full papers is 30 June 2024.
Instructions for submission are available here.
18 June 2024
Dear RAP 2024 participants,
Thank you for taking part in this year's conference, as well as for your interesting presentations, discussions and company. We do hope to see you again at RAP 2025.
We are proud to say that we had participants from 30 countries onsite and from 10 more online, and that people from all around the globe attended the conference.
We will post the Photo Gallery very soon, so you will be able to visit and take some “virtual souvenirs” from the conference and interesting places that we have visited.
Please visit our website in the following weeks for information about the conference presentations, the Book of Abstracts, full paper publication and, finally, RAP 2025.
RAP 2024 Team
31 May 2024
International Conference - Applied Nuclear Physics 2024
Our partner conference, ANP 2024, to be held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 23-27 September 2024, is soliciting contributions. The current deadline for abstract submission (3 June) will be extended.
We kindly ask RAP 2024 participants to spread the word about this conference among their colleagues who may be interested.
29 May 2024
Details of social programme
We have arranged rich social programme for RAP 2024 onsite participants and accompanying persons, as follows:
- Welcome Cocktail (Monday, 10 June at 19:45 in the garden of the conference venue)
- Alhambra guided tour (Tuesday, 11 June at 16:15; meeting point close to the Alhambra ticket office)
- Albaicin guided walking tour (Tuesday, 11 June at 18:00; meeting point at Plaza Nueva in the city centre)
- Farewell dinner (Wednesday, 12 June at 21:00 in Palacio de los Cordova)
Please see here full details of the social programme, including important practical information.
22 May 2024
Update on excursions
Tickets for Alhambra excursion on 11 June are not available any more.
For the participants who couldn’t avail of Alhambra tickets we will organise an alternative guided tour in Granada city on 11 June in the afternoon.
Full details of excursions and social programme (cocktail, dinner) will be posted next week.
1 May 2024
Update on Alhambra guided tour tickets
We have made a great effort to organise a guided tour of Alhambra for RAP 2024 participants on Tuesday 11 June in the afternoon – see news item dated 9 January on this page for details.
We have offered two options for the participants to avail of their tickets for Alhambra:
- 1) Through the conference organisation team
- 2) Personally, using the special link for purchase
Option 1) is not available from 1 May.
Participants can still buy their tickets (subject to availability) using option 2) and the following link: Alhambra tickets link.
Availability of the tickets is not guaranteed and is limited, so we encourage participants to buy the tickets for themselves and their accompanying persons as soon as possible.
Please note that the tickets are personalised (name and ID number are required for purchase) and are non-refundable.
Participants will be reimbursed for the cost of their ticket at the conference desk during the conference if the ticket is purchased via the given link.
7 April 2024
Special Session “Radiation Effects Analysis and Fault-Tolerant Design for Space Applications”
We are happy to announce a Special Session entitled “Radiation Effects Analysis and Fault-Tolerant Design for Space Applications” at RAP 2024 Conference.
The number of orbital satellites has increased tremendously in the past several years due to the increased use of satellite communications to support various terrestrial applications, such as mobile communications, weather forecasting, navigation, television and radio broadcasting, military surveillance, etc. Currently, there are over 9000 active satellites in orbit, and it is projected that this number will continue to increase in the coming years. In addition, the number of space exploration missions involving both manned and unmanned spacecraft is also projected to increase. Furthermore, the space concepts such as space tourism and solar energy farms are also likely to become reality in the following decades. These trends are imposing the need for novel, more advanced and reliable electronic systems for space missions.
One of the main threats for electronics operating in space is the ionizing radiation, which originates from the Sun, the electromagnetic belts surrounding the Earth, and deep space. Without adequate protection from radiation, electronic equipment may experience malfunction, failure or even physical damage. Therefore, design of electronics for space missions requires to perform detailed assessment of radiation effects, and accordingly apply appropriate design measures to increase the tolerance to radiation-induced effects. In this special session, the recent solutions in the analysis of radiation effects and design of electronics for space missions will be presented.
6 April 2024
Abstract portal is still open
The official deadline for abstract submission has passed, but the Abstract Portal is still open and late abstracts are being accepted.
We advise participants who wish to submit their abstracts to contact us to discuss the acceptable final deadline.
8 March 2024
Registration and accommodation booking
Conference participants are kindly asked to register for the conference at their earliest convenience and indicate their preference regarding Alhambra guided tour on 11 June afternoon. Alhambra tour tickets are in high demand and cannot be guaranteed, particularly for late registrations. Please see more details below in the news item dated 9 January 2024.
We also encourage the participants to arrange their accommodation as soon as possible, as Granada is a busy tourist destination and accommodation is in short supply in June. Please visit our Accommodation Page for the list of hotels (some with special discounts) nearby the conference venue.
1 March 2024
Extension of abstract submission deadline
Upon request of some prospective RAP 2024 participants, the abstract submission deadline has been extended to 31 March 2024.
9 February 2024
Special Session IFMF-DONES
We are pleased to announce a special Session IFMF-DONES at the RAP 2024 Conference.
The International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility – Demo Oriented NEutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) is a single-sited novel research infrastructure for testing, validation and qualification of the materials to be used in future fusion power plants like DEMO (a demonstration fusion reactor prototype). Moreover, this facility will be used for basic and applied research using the neutron source. For these tasks, a high flux neutron accelerator will be commissioned.
Therefore, the following topics are related to this special session:
- Matter-radiation interaction,
- Radiation detectors (experimental and simulation),
- Rad-Hard materials and electronic systems,
- Materials for fusion energy facilities,
- Applications of irradiation accelerators in different fields.
The participants can specify this special session under “Other” field when uploading their abstracts.
For additional information, please contact Antonio M. Lallena (lallena@ugr.es) and Alberto J. Palma (ajpalma@ugr.es).
IFMIF-DONES facility in Granada (SPAIN)
9 January 2024
Special issue in European Physical Journal – Special Topics (EPJ-ST)
The participants in RAP 2024 have an opportunity to publish full papers based on their conference contributions either in European Physical Journal – Special Topics (EPJ-ST) (impact factor 2.8) or in RAP Conference Proceedings. Although this is not obligatory, we encourage participants to submit their full papers to one of these publications. The deadline is 30 June 2024.
Unlike the RAP 2023 special issue in Applied Radiation and Isotopes, for the RAP 2024 special issue in EPJ-ST, the guest editors associated with the conference will have full control of the reviewing process. We will endeavour to arrange quick review of submitted manuscripts; in addition, the papers will be published online as soon as they are accepted, without waiting for a complete special issue to be assembled.
The manuscripts for the EPJ-ST special issue should be submitted directly to the journal following journal’s instructions.
More information about the EPJ-ST special issue can be found here.
Social programme and excursions
We are arranging a rich social programme, including a cocktail, conference dinner, and an excursion. Alhambra is a marvel of Granada and probably one of the most magnificent places in Spain, so we felt obliged to provide our attendees with a 3 hour guided tour to Alhambra on Tuesday 11 June in the afternoon. However, due to a huge popularity of the venue, the organisation of this visit is not a simple task. Alhambra tickets are in very high demand and must be booked well in advance. The estimation of the agency we cooperate with is that the tickets should be available if purchased before 1 April 2024, but this is just the estimation. Note that the tickets are personalised, with each ticket requiring a name and ID number of a visitor. In this situation, we are offering the participants the following options, which will be indicated in the conference Registration Form, to be launched in January 2024:
- If you are sure that you are coming to Granada for RAP 2024, register as soon as possible and provide your name/ID in the Registration Form. We will then purchase the tickets for you and your accompanying persons.
- If you prefer to purchase your tickets yourself (they may be available even after 1 April, but this is not guaranteed), we will provide you with a personalised link facilitating this. We will then refund the cost of the ticket(s) to you at the conference desk.
- For those who cannot obtain the tickets using the previous two options or are not interested in Alhambra visit, we will organise an alternative guided tour in the City of Granada on Tuesday afternoon.
1 December 2023
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
After a successful RAP 2023 conference, held in Anavyssos, Greece, we are moving to a sunny Spanish province of Andalusia. Namely, RAP 2024 will be held from 10-12 June 2024 at the University of Granada.
RAP 2024 will be a hybrid conference with full interaction between onsite and online participants. Regular conference publications are Book of Abstracts and Conference Proceedings. In addition, we have also arranged the publication of the Special Issue of European Physical Journal – Special Topics (EPJ-ST) (impact factor 2.8) dedicated to full papers based on conference contributions.
Granada is certainly one of the most beautiful and exciting cities in Spain, with its atmospheric streets, tasty (and free!) tapas, and indeed a world famous Alhambra towering over the city centre. We are arranging reach social programme, including cocktail, conference dinner, and an excursion to Alhambra, either on Tuesday 11 or Thursday 13 June. As Granada is quite busy in June, early accommodation booking is strongly recommended.
We kindly invite you to submit your contribution(s) to RAP 2024. The deadline for submission of one page abstracts is 29 February 2024, and the deadline for full papers for the Proceedings/journal is 30 June 2024. Note that the registration fees (except the one for virtual offline participation) cover both publication of the abstract and submission of full paper in Proceedings or journal.
Please visit our website and follow us on Linkedin, Facebook and Instagram for updates. We would be grateful if you could spread a word about the conference within your research network.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time with your questions or suggestions.
We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at RAP 2024.