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515:, Director ICTP's visit to Pakistan from 26 to 30 June 2005. In addition, the Centre carries out research in areas that are not covered by any institute of Physics. One such area being pursued by the Centre involves a number of activities in Experimental High-Energy Physics through a co-operative agreement with CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Besides this, NCP has collaborations with several international institutes and universities in the field of theoretical physics including AS-ICTP, Trieste, Italy; Centre for Plasma Astrophysics (CPA), K-Leuven University, Belgium; Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan; Ruhr University, Bochum (RUB), Germany and many others. Several research papers are published in reputed international journals each year from NCP through national and international collaborations. 327: 619: 593: 710: 645: 580: 1024: 736: 748: 684: 606: 658: 1079: 697: 671: 723: 632: 567: 270:. This choice, however, left a deep impression on him and was behind his determination to create an institution to which physicists from developing countries would come as a right to interact with their peers from industrially advanced countries without permanently leaving their own countries. This resulted in founding to the 282:
In 1974, Prof. Abdus Salam visualised the need of an institution where experts from the industrialised nations and learners from the developing countries could get together for a couple of weeks once a year to exchange views on various subjects of current interest in Physics and allied sciences. His
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The RPC is a gaseous detector made using two parallel-plates of bakelite with high resistivity. Each RPC for CMS will be equipped with 96 electronic channels, which will be readout are based on 0.14 micrometre BiCMOS technology. For the complete system, number of readout channels are around 50,000.
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In 2008, Dr. Hamid Saleem became its director-general after, his predecessor and founding father of NCP, Prof. Riazuddin, who was made lifetime director general emeritus. The vision of Prof. Riazuddin to make NCP one of the leading physics institutes of Pakistan is now being carried by Dr. Hamid
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RNCP has an experimental high energy physics laboratory which is equipped with the high speed and advanced data acquisition system based on VME standards. This laboratory is used for prototyping and testing of RPCs at present.
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and distinguished members of his delegation, the vice-chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University, Dr. Tariq Saddiqui and other dignitaries, witnessed the inauguration. The first academic faculty of this institute were included
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necessary for undergraduate students, but it was soon reverted by the vice-chancellor. He soon faced the choice between intellectual death or migration to the stimulating environment of a
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as Professor of Mathematics in 1951, Salam made an effort to establish the physics institute but was unable to do so. The same year, he became chairman of the Mathematics
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attended this symposium and they provided their support. Prof. Riazuddin being the founding father of NCP, was its first director-general, and it was inaugurated by Dr.
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Tandem electrostatic accelerators, a negatively charged ion gains energy by attraction to the very high positive voltage at the geometric centre of the pressure vessel.
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Establishing world-class physics research institutes was proposed by a number of scientists. The roots of NCP institutes go back to when Nobel laureate professor
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For accessing and managing the LHC data novel techniques like the concept of data and computing grids are used. CERN has evolved a new project called the
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at CERN. The RPC has an excellent time resolution i.e. of the order of 1–2 nanoseconds and it will be used for the bunch tagging at
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on 27 January 1999 at the Institute of Physics of Quaid-e-Azam University, only seven months before the recent tests, (
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of Lahore where Abdus Salam was invited to give first lectures on particle physics and quantum mechanics.
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The National Centre for Physics came into reality when Prof. Riazuddin arranged a one-day symposium on
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The New Light Source, a project which has evolved from the previous 4GLS project.
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is a federally funded research institute and national laboratory co-located near
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suggestion was accepted by Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
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Founded in 1999, the site is dedicated for understanding and advancement of the
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National Centre for Physics organized a three-day Grid Technology Workshop in
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where he tried to revolutionise the department by introducing the course of
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International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs
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Pakistan's federally-funded research institute and national laboratory
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European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN Courier) website
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Constituent institutions of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
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NCP offers research in different branches of physics such as
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RNCP and the Other independent countries have signed formal
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during this period, on 16 May 2000. The director general of
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The Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS), now deactivated.
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Since then, it has been regularly held without break.
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Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB)
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NCP signed a memorandum of understanding during dr.
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International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
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Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics

Budget
Fundamental science
Physics
Director
Islamabad
Pakistan
CERN
ICTP
Affiliations
Government of Pakistan
Quaid-i-Azam University
www.ncp.edu.pk
Quaid-i-Azam University
physical sciences
mathematical logic
Islamabad
Pakistan
International Center for Theoretical Physics
CERN
Switzerland
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Abdus Salam
Government College University
Department
Punjab University
Quantum Mechanics
western institutions
International Centre for Theoretical Physics

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