Laboratory of Corpuscular Physics - LPC Caen / Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - LPC Caen. Report 2010-2011

This report covers the period 2010-11 and describes the work of the LPC Caen in the areas of basic and applied research (including technology transfer) and the educational activities, including public outreach, undertaken by the staff and students. The laboratory's activities over the last two years have been characterised by the upgrading of existing equipment and projects and the launching of new ones to be conducted at major facilities in the coming years. These projects involve physics with radioactive beams (GANIL/SPIRAL1, SPIRAL2, ISAC-TRIUMF and RIBF-RIKEN), neutron beams (NFS-SPIRAL2) and ultra-cold neutrons (PSI), the analysis of data from NEMO-3, the SuperNEMO project, nuclear waste processing (GUINEVERE) and the treatment of cancer by hadron-therapy (ARCHADE). Existing and new projects in theory and phenomenology have also been pursued with success. Beyond supporting the projects listed above, the laboratory's technical staff have lead our continued participation in the construction of the SPIRAL2 facility, as well as developing new electronics and a digital data acquisition system, along with the development of detectors for dosimetry in partnership with private industry. All of these activities have been ably supported by the laboratory's administrative service. Content: 1 - Research: Nuclear physics (Nuclear structure, Nuclear dynamics and thermodynamics, Theoretical physics and phenomenology); Interdisciplinary research (Nuclear waste management, Medical and industrial applications); Fundamental interactions (Neutrinoless double beta decay, Towards a new measurement of the neutron Electric Dipole Moment, Precise correlation measurements in nuclear beta decay, LPC Magneto-Optical Trap); 2 - Administration and technical departments (Administrative and general services, Design office and mechanical workshop, Electronics and microelectronics, Computing services, Instrumentation, Documentation, Quality assurance and project support, Health and safety); 3 - Educational activities (Teaching, Postgraduate training, Training, Technology transfer, Public outreach); 4 - Publications and conferences; 5 - General information (Permanent staff, Organization chart, Research associates, Glossary)