Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory
The Astroparticle and Cosmology (APC) laboratory in Paris gathers researchers (experimentalists, theorists and observers) working in different areas including high-energy astrophysics, cosmology, gravitation, and neutrino physics.
AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC) | |
| Type | Mixed Research Unit (UMR) |
|---|---|
| Established | 2005 |
| Director | Antoine Kouchner |
Academic staff | 157 |
Administrative staff | 14 |
| 31 | |
| Location | Paris , France |
| Campus | Paris Rive Gauche (location) |
| Affiliations | Paris Diderot University, CNRS, CEA, Paris Observatory |
| Website | www |
The institute was founded in January 2005 and soon moved to new campus of Paris Diderot University in the Paris Rive Gauche area.
The laboratory is a "Mixed Research Unit" in French terminology, funded by Paris Diderot University, the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (represented by three of its Institutes: mainly IN2P3, but also INSU and INP), the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, and the Paris Observatory.
The first director of the laboratory was Pierre Binétruy (2005-2013). From January 2014 until December 2017 the director was Stavros Katsanevas, followed by Sotiris Loucatos, and Antoine Kouchner (since July 2018).