From particles to the Cosmos

IFAE conducts experimental and theoretical research at the frontiers of fundamental physics.

Particle Physics

Pushing the frontiers of knowledge by making precise measurements in the ATLAS experiment at the LHC.

ATLAS Detector

High Energy Astrophysics

Addressing open questions through gamma-ray observations from the most energetic phenomena in the universe.

The MAGIC Telescopes

Observational Cosmology

Shedding light on the nature of the mysterious dark energy, responsible for the current accelerated expansion of the universe.

Neutrino Physics

Understanding the fundamental phenomena that produced the observed asymmetry between matter and antimatter in the universe.

Gravitational Waves

The beginning of a new era in the exploration of the universe.

Aerial view of Virgo

Medical Imaging

Using our expertise with sophisticated radiation detectors to develop advanced medical imaging devices.

VIP

Quantum Computing Technologies

Achieving an advantage over conventional computers to solve optimization problems which are ubiquitous in society.

QCT Lab

Highlights

Instrumented Baffle installation at Virgo

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New Instrumented baffle installed at Virgo

April 28, 2021

The installation culminates more than two years of work at IFAE for the design and construction of a novel and innovative device to control and monitor the stray light inside the experiment, a persistent source of noise at interferometers. For the first time a Spanish Institution is making a significant hardware contribution to a worldwide leading gravitational waves experiment using ground-based interferometry.

Galaxy NGC 474

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Dark Energy Survey makes public catalog of nearly 700 million astronomical objects

January 14, 2021

The international collaboration releases a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images from six years of surveys. This data release is one of the largest astronomical catalogs issued to date.

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Deep Detection, new IFAE spin-off that offers new industrial inspection solutions combining X-ray detection and artificial intelligence

November 4, 2020

Deep Detection is based on a technology developed at IFAE in the Medical Imaging group led by Dr. Mokhtar Chmeissani with the aim of creating medical and industrial applications derived from the knowledge obtained at IFAE in the development of detectors for particle physics experiments.

News

Collaboration Meeting

ATLAS physics and performance week

May 5, 2021

The ATLAS physics and performance week is taking place this week. Aurelio Juste is giving the plenary talk “Implication of anomalies (muon g-2, R(K), etc.) for the Exotics program

Spin-off

Deep Detection selected for the Traction phase of the startup acceleration program Lanzadera

May 5, 2021

The IFAE spin-off Deep Detection has been selected for the Traction phase of the program Lanzadera, the startup acceleration program of Juan Roig , president of Mercadona.

New IFAE Member

New member in the Gamma-ray Group

May 5, 2021

Roger Grau has just joined the Gamma-ray Groups at IFAE as PhD student. Roger got his Physics Bachelor’s and Master’s degree at UAB.

Publication

New QCT publication

May 5, 2021

“Transmission spectra of the driven, dissipative Rabi model in the USC regime” by L. Magazzù, P. Forn-Díaz, M. Grifoni has been uploaded to arXiv

New Publication

New ATLAS Pixels Group Publication

April 28, 2021

The Paper “Novel 3D Pixel Sensors for the Upgrade of the ATLAS Inner Tracker” has been published in Frontiers for Physics.

New Appointment

Sebastian Grinstein endorsed as deputy Project Leader of the ATLAS HGTD

April 28, 2021

Sebastian Grinstein has been endorsed as deputy Project Leader of the High Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD) of ATLAS by the Institute Board.

Events

BIST Event

Supervising PhD Students

May 18, 2:00PM ; May 20, 9:30AM

by Caroline Broad

May 18, 2021 at 14:00

Online Event

Theory Seminar

Strong coupling determinations from relativistic quarkonium sum rules

Diogo Boito

Sao Paulo University

May 6, 2021 at 14:00

IFAE Virtual Seminar Room

Pizza Seminar

eALBA: an electron beam in the ALBA Synchrotron

Ivan Lopez Paz

IFAE

May 5, 2021 at 13:00

IFAE Virtual Seminar Room

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Education

Master of Multidisciplinary Research in Experimental Sciences

Full-time one-year programme with highly flexible and personalised hands-on research training in a multidisciplinary research environment.

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Education

MastercosmosBCN

Postgraduate Program in High Energy Physics, Astrophysics & Cosmology

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