1990

1994 : Creation of Subatech.

Involvement in the ALICE experiment at CERN
with the start of the French project ALICE -Dimuon project.

1st beam test of the prototypes MiCROMEGAS prototypes for the Alice experiment at CERN

Launch of STAR and PHENIX projects at RHIC (BNL) (USA): participation in the ion programs.

Design of a test bench for silicon microtrack detectors.

Numerical modeling Landau-Vlasov, QMD and generalized liquid drop model.

2000

Subatech integrates the international MEGAPIE project and realizes the spallation target.

First light of CODALEMA with the RDN of Nancay : The Decametric Network of Nancay is a radio telescope which observes radiations of length between 3 and 30 meters.

Installation of the double-sided silicon detector with SSD microtracks built at Subatech for the STAR experiment at BNL

First liquefaction of Xenon in the framework of the Xemis 1 project

Finalization of the ALICE detector at CERN with the major construction of the Subatech pad chambers

2010

First production of innovative radioisotopes for health with the Arronax cyclotron

Entry in the Nucifer collaboration on the detection of electron antineutrinos in nuclear reactors.

Construction and integration of the first detector element (DOM) following our involvement in the KM3NeT project

Pioneering work on the chemical properties of Astate, an innovative element for the alphatherapy of some cancers.

Construction de l’infrastructure XEMIS 2 et installation du prototype au CHU de Nantes..

2020

Publication in Nature Physics of the Double Chooz experiment on the measurement of one of the parameters of the neutrino oscillation.

Xenon1T : World record on the energy resolution at Qββ of the 136Xe. XENON1T: Low energy excess.

First experiments with flash-mode proton beam irradiation of zebrafish eggs, a step toward flash proton therapy.

Construction and installation of the ALICE detector improvements with the addition of the new MFT trajectometer.

Subatech is a joint research unit (UMR 6457) affiliated to three supervisory bodies: IMT Atlantique, the CNRS National Institute of Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics, and the University of Nantes. Our activities revolve around the fields of nuclear, hadronic, particle and astroparticle physics and radiochemistry. We carry out fundamental research in the field of the two infinities and applied research in the fields of energy, environment and health and ensure the concomitant technological developments.

Subatech is dedicated to Hadronic developments, the science of quark and gluon plasma (QGP), a "primitive" state of matter that existed just after the Big Bang and is recreated in colliders. Subatech has been instrumental in the observation of jet quenching, an effect that has revolutionized the discipline, in the first numerical modeling of the evolution of heavy quarks in QGP, and in the release of the EPOS event generator capable of handling the most complex collisions.

Since its creation, Subatech has also been involved in nuclear energy and the environment, with an approach that integrates research in radiochemistry and nuclear physics, as well as economic and societal aspects. Subatech studies the properties of radionuclides and their fate in the environment, as well as the management and recovery of nuclear waste. We also participate in the design of future reactors and in the study of the impact of the use of civil nuclear energy..

Directed and finalized research in the field of nuclear health is an integral part of our activities. Our Xemis project has allowed us to design and build a medical imaging prototype based on the latest experimental developments in subatomic physics. Our research also focuses on the production processes and chemical properties of radionuclides used in the medical field.

Subatech is developing in (Astro) Particle Physics: With the world record search for WIMPs thanks to XENON100, our entry in the JUNO experiment for the measurement of the neutrino mass hierarchy and through the CODALEMA cosmic sheaf radio detection networks which use the active antennas developed at Subatech to analyze the characteristics of incident high-energy particles