New Positions

Thorsten Lux nominated as leader of the ND280 working group for Hyper-Kamiokande

February 7, 2024

Neutrinos Group

Thorsten Lux has been nominated as leader of the ND280 working group for Hyper-Kamiokande. ND280 will be crucial for the success of the Hyper-Kamiokande (HyperK) experiment.

Also, Thorsten Lux has been re-elected as one of four international members of the T2K Executive Committee (EC) for another 2-year term. He has been a member of the T2K EC already since November 2021.

Latest Group News

Instrumentation

ND280 Upgrade Installation completed

May 15, 2024

On the 14th of May, the last two TOF panels were installed in ND280.

Instrumentation

T2K ND280 Upgrade Milestone: Cosmic Tracks Recorded as New Detectors Installed

October 18, 2023

The T2K ND280 Upgrade project achieved a significant milestone as the first of the new Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) recorded cosmic tracks inside the ND280 pit.

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.