New Paper
New Neutrinos group paper
January 19, 2022
Neutrinos Group“A 4π time-of-flight detector for the ND280/T2K upgrade ” by Thorsten Lux and collaborators has been published in Journal of Instrumentation.
The ToF system developed for the T2K ND280 Upgrade is an important improvement compared to the existing ND280 detector and will allow suppressing background coming from the surrounding environment.
Link to arXiv
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.