Slovenia
Number of CERN users
37 (January 2012)
CERN contact
Participation in CERN Experiments
ATLAS, RD39, RD50
Participation in CERN Accelerator Projects
WLCG Participation
Tier-2 centre
Slovenia joined the CERN programme soon after becoming an independent State, participating in experiments at LEAR and LEP (DELPHI). In 2001 the Slovenian Ambassador asked for an evaluation of possible Slovenian membership, and a CERN delegation that visited the country concluded that Slovenia would be a candidate for CERN Membership in that region of Europe. There was no follow-up at that time, however, in recent years more formal discussions were initiated.
The Slovenian interaction with CERN has been very effective, in view of the small size of its HEP community. Slovenia participates in ATLAS, with the development and production of low-mass power and signal cables for the Silicon Tracker, a share in the Common Fund and testing equipment on the reactor in Ljubljana.