National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)

The National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) has four National Laboratories, centers of excellence that host experiments dedicated to specific studies in the fields of expertise of the INFN.

In particular:

• the Southern National Laboratories, in Catania, carry out research in the fields of nuclear physics, subnuclear physics and astrophysics;
• the Gran Sasso National Laboratories are the largest underground laboratory in the world, with experiments on neutrino physics, dark matter research, and astrophysics;
• the Frascati National Laboratories specialize in the development and construction of particle accelerators;
• the Legnaro National Laboratories focus on the development of accelerator machines, radiation detectors and associated technologies.

In addition to the National Laboratories, the INFN also has three National Centers:

• the Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (TIFPA), a research center on fundamental and applied physics;
• The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics (GGI), in Florence, dedicated to organizing events and workshops in the field of theoretical physics of fundamental interactions;
• the CNAF, National Center for Research and Development in Information and Telematic Technologies, in Bologna, one of the main distributed computing centers in Italy.

Another computing infrastructure of the Institute is the ReCaS data center, in Bari, which offers computing resources in particular for experiments at the LHC accelerator, in which the INFN is involved.

The Institute is also organized into territorial sections; the Bari section has an agreement with the Interuniversity Department of Physics of Bari and offers extensive support to the research activities carried out in this department.