Instrumentation

Testbeam campaign for the ND280 Upgrade TPC

September 7, 2022

Neutrinos Group

The ND280 Upgrade TPC group is currently performing a testbeam with a full readout plane consisting of 8 Micromegas.

Annalisa de Lorenzis, Pilar Casado, Merlin Varghese (photo) and Thorsten Lux (photo) are participating in the installation and the shifts of this testbeam campaig

Latest Group News

New Member

New member in the Neutrinos group

January 7, 2026

Pingal Dasgupta joined the Neutrinos group at IFAE as a postdoctoral researcher

Milestone

Cavern Excavation Completed for Hyper-Kamiokande

September 1, 2025

The completion of the underground cavern for Hyper-Kamiokande in Japan marks a key research milestone in the construction of a next-generation neutrino observatory. The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) participates in the project through its Neutrino group, contributing to detector development and the scientific programme of this major international research infrastructure.

Award

César Jesús Valls Obtains RSEF Award for Best Experimental Physics Thesis

October 3, 2024

César defended his thesis in IFAE