New Position
Thorsten Lux elected as member of the Executive Committee of T2K
November 3, 2021
Neutrinos GroupThorsten Lux has been elected as one of the 4 international members of the Executive Committee of T2K.
The role of the EC is to make decisions on major collaboration issues, oversee progresses and developments in the projects and advise the Spokespersons with all collaboration matters.
From IFAE, a previous EC member was Federico Sanchez.
Patents
Three new IFAE patents
October 9, 2023
IFAE filed a new medical imaging technology patent application: “Proton CT System with Improved Proton Energy Detector” and a patent application was granted named “Devices, Systems, and Methods for Mammography with a Detector Having Reduced Dimensions.” The third is a PET technology based new patent application filed in the European Patent Office.
Instrumentation
Time Projection Chambers (TPC) installation completed at J-PARC
September 13, 2023
The detector is already connected to the gas system and first cosmics in this configuration are expected to be recorded in about 4 weeks. First data taking with a neutrino beam is planned for the 2nd half of November and December.