Award
César Jesús Valls Obtains RSEF Award for Best Experimental Physics Thesis
October 3, 2024
Neutrinos GroupCésar defended his thesis in IFAE
The 5th edition of the awards of the Division of Theoretical and Particle Physics (DFTP) of the RSEF recognized the best theses presented in Spanish universities during 2022. César Jesús Valls received the DFTP prize in Experimental Physics for his thesis, “Analysis of the single π+ production in neutrino neutral current interactions and instrumentation developments for the future understanding of neutrino physics using the ND280 detector of the T2K experiment,” presented at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona under the supervision of professors Thorsten Lux and Federico Sánchez.
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.