IUPAP Report 41 Introduction

International audienceIUPAP Report 41 is a document that gives summary information about the major nuclear physics facilities around the world. It is updated approximately every five years by Working Group 9 of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. The introduction to the report gives an overview of the field of nuclear physics and outlines the major questions facing the field. This most recent version of Report 41 has been updated to reflect the state of the field in 2018. The full report can be found at http://www.triumf.info/hosted/iupap/icnp/report41.htm