Serbia
Number of CERN users
26 (January 2012)
CERN contact
Participation in CERN Experiments
Participation in CERN Accelerator Projects
WLCG Participation
Serbian scientists have an involvement with CERN that goes back to the very origins of the Organization: Yugoslavia was a founder Member State of CERN in 1954, and remained a Member State until 1961. Nevertheless, scientists from the former Yugoslavia continued to be involved with CERN.
Through the 1980s and 90s, Serbian physicists were active in the DELPHI experiment at CERN’s LEP facility, and have long been active in the ISOLDE facility, which carries out a range of research from particle astrophysics to medical physics. Serbia formally rejoined CERN in 2001 through a Co-operation Agreement, leading to involvement in both the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC. Serbian industry has successfully participated in the construction of both detectors, and Serbia is also active in GRID computing.
At its meeting on 16 December 2011, the CERN Council unanimously admitted the Republic of Serbia to Associate Membership as the pre-stage to Membership of CERN. The related agreement was signed by the two parties on 10 January 2012, and the status will come into force following notification to CERN of ratification by the Serbian Parliament.