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The High Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD) testbeam campaign is currently underway at the electron beam line in DESY, Hamburg, representing a significant step in the ATLAS detector’s HGTD upgrade.

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.

Laura Casas has just joined IFAE as a PhD student in the Observational Cosmology Group.

The HERD prototype is being tested at CERN SPS beam between Oct 2 and 16. This test, together with the one at PS back in September, will be used to validate and optimize the different sub-detector concepts and complete Phase B of the project.

Newly appointed President of the Italian Civil Protection Commission Eugenio Coccia, Director of IFAE, will lead the commission for the next five years.

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.

The installation of a new cryostat from Leiden Cryogenics is ongoing at the QCT Lab by the Qilimanjaro team. The new equipment is part of the Quantum Spain project coordinated by BSC of giving remote access to a 5-qubit quantum chip.

ESA published in August an outreach video showcasing the Euclid Flagship simulations, the largest and most comprehensive catalog of simulated galaxies ever produced. PIC members participated in the producton

Two papers by Santi Peris and collaborators have been published by Phys. Rev. D and selected as Editors’ Suggestion.