Instrumentation

Second LST Camera arrives at IFAE

December 1, 2021

Gamma-ray Group

The second LST camera arrived to IFAE on Tuesday 30, November 2011 for its integration and tests.

The IFAE and CIEMAT teams unloaded, unpacked and placed the camera in the shielded room in the IFAE workshop.

Latest Group News

New Visitor

Prof. Harald Kornmayer (DHBW Mannheim), new visitor at IFAE

May 8, 2023

Prof. Harald Kornmayer from the DHBW Mannheim university is visiting IFAE-PIC until January 2024.

Publication

The LST Collaboration Publishes its first Scientific Paper with Data from the LST-1

March 16, 2023

On March 6, the LST Collaboration published its first scientific paper in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal. The paper focuses on a multi-wavelength study of the unidentified ultra-high-energy gamma-ray source known as LHAASO J2108+5157.

Visit

Chinese Academy of Science delegation visit IFAE

March 1, 2023

A delegation of the Chinese Academy of Science visited IFAE on Monday February 27 2023. The visit was part of a tour for reviewing the status of the collaborations with different European research institutions on space missions. IFAE has been participating in the design of the HERD cosmic-ray/gamma-ray detector for the China Space Station since 2020.