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“Timepix4, a large area pixel detector readout chip which can be tiled on 4 sides providing sub-200ps timestamp binning”, by R. Casanova and others, has been submitted to JINST.

“Evolution of Data Formats in Very-High-Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy ” by Cosimo Nigro and collaborators has been uploaded to arXiv.

Martine Bosman was recently elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc). EurASc is a fully independent international association of distinguished scholars that aims to recognize and elect to its membership the best European scientists with a vision for Europe as a whole, transcending national borders, and with the aims of strengthening European science and scientific cooperation.

Wafers with the ALTIROC2 chip were received this week. This is a major milestone for the HGTD project.R. Casanova played a leading role in the design of the digital part of the chip and its verification.

“Probing Quantum Gravity with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes ” by Daniel Kerszberg and others has been published in Universe.

Pere Masjuan has won an Associate Professorship at the Physics Department of UAB (Professor Agregat) in a position generated by himself for his outstanding achievements in research, transfer of knowledge, and outreach, starting the first of September.

Last week the students of the Postgraduate Program in High Energy Physics, Astrophysics & Cosmology (Mastercosmos) defended their Master’s Thesis. A total 13 theses have been tutored by IFAE researchers.

“Lensing of gravitational waves as a probe of compact dark matter by Juan Urrutia and Ville Vaskonen has been uploaded to arXiv.

The Hyer-Kamiokande Collaboration accepted IFAE as a new member. HyperK is one of the next generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments.