This laboratory results from the merger of five laboratories (CSNSM, IMNC, IPNO, LAL and LPT)  that were close to each other geographically and scientifically. These laboratories are related to CNRS (IN2P3 and INP institutes mainly), Université Paris-Saclay and Université de Paris and they share a common history, linked with the creation and the development of the Orsay campus.

The "Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay" (IPN), created more than 50 years ago on the initiative of Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, is today at the heart of the scientific and technical pole of the Greater Paris region. It is one of the most important laboratories in the world undertaking nuclear physics research that is centered on the nature of matter and its ultimate constituents.

A unit of the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and the Université Paris-Sud, the IPN is a leader at both national and international levels. It plays a vital role in experiments being carried out by wide-ranging collaborations at major experimental facilities most notably in Europe, the United States and Japan.

Linked ChETEC facility

• Accélerateur Linéaire et Tandem à Orsay (ALTO)

Web page

• https://www.ijclab.in2p3.fr/en/home/
• http://ipnwww.in2p3.fr/

ChETEC contact person

• Faïrouz Hammache (hammacheipno.in2p3.fr)