Ukraine

Number of CERN users

21 (January 2013)

CERN contact

T. Kurtyka

Participation in CERN Experiments

ALICE, CMS, LHCb

Participation in CERN Accelerator Projects

CLIC/CTF3

WLCG Participation

Tier-2 centre

Collaborating Institutes

° Kharkiv State University
° Institute of Physics and Technology, National Scientific Centre(NSC KIPT), Kharkiv
° Institute of Single Crystals of National Academy of Science, Kharkiv
° Scientific Research Technological Institute of Instruments and Engineering, Kharkiv
° Institute for Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences (KINR), Kiev
° Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev

After the disintegration of the USSR, Ukrainian physicists suffered from the changed situation in the country and insufficient funding. Ukraine is now recovering, and participates actively in LHC experiments. In spite of a long uncertain period with several changes in the leadership of the Ministry of Science, Ukrainian collaborators have provided good contributions to CMS (through JINR), ALICE and LHCb.

There has recently been an improvement in governmental support, and there is visible scientific and official interest in expanding and strengthening Ukrainian co-operation with CERN. A new Protocol to the 1993 Co-operation Agreement is being discussed now with Ukrainian physicists and authorities.

Grid technology is developing fast in Ukraine, thanks to the support of the Academy of Sciences, which signed in 2006 the MoU for WLCG. There is some Ukrainian interest in collaboration on accelerator R&D, with a developing involvement in the R&D for CLIC/CTF3.