The Institute is part of the Sorbonne University and is associated with the CNRS Centre national de la recherche scientifique.
[citation needed] The IAP was created in 1936 by the French ministry of education under Jean Zay, initially for the purpose of processing data received from the Observatory of Haute-Provence, which was created at the same time.
The IAP includes 160 researchers, engineers, technicians, and administrators and regularly welcomes many visitors and students.
The laboratory is situated at the interface between two disciplines, astrophysics and theoretical physics.
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