Group News10 February 2023|IEXP Garutti3rd High-D Consortium meetingPhoto: High-D / AG GaruttiThe High-D consortium held its third consortium meeting yesterday and today. We enjoyed a lot of fruitful exchange and lively discussions about our...27 January 2023|IEXP GaruttiPeakOTron paper submittedPhoto: AG GaruttiA Python program to characterize silicon photomultipliers has been developed in our group: the PeakOTron.This program can fit a published detector...24 December 2022|IEXP GaruttiSeason’s GreetingsPhoto: UHHWe wish everyone happy holidays and a healthy and happy new year 2023! 16 December 2022|IEXP GaruttiFirst CMS Pixel 2x2 module gluedPhoto: AG GaruttiWe have successfully glued the first CMS Inner Tracker Pixel 2x2 CROC Prototype Module for the Phase-II upgrade of the CMS pixel detector. On the...8 December 2022|IEXP GaruttiWinter excursionPhoto: AG GaruttiWinter is here! And for the first time after three years, this also means a group outing to the Christmas market. This year with "winter golf" in the...25 November 2022|IEXP GaruttiMaster defense AmalaPhoto: AG GaruttiAmala Augusthy defended her master thesis on the "Measurment of position resolution of small pixel sensors" today. Congratulations, Amala!31 October 2022|IEXP GaruttiExcellent Dark Matter PodcastPhoto: Jens Rüßmann / QUThe 21st episode of the podcast "Exzellent erklärt. Spitzenforschung für alle" (Excellent Explained. Cutting-edge research for all) is all about dark...25 October 2022|IEXP GaruttiNew building signPhoto: AG GaruttiFor the past few month, a large hole graced the lawn next to our building entrance - all in preparation for the new signpost that arrived today. It's...20 October 2022|IEXP GaruttiNon-breaking newsPhoto: AG GaruttiAt the CERN cryolab, the MADMAX team just completed successfully the first cooling test of a tiled disk, i.e. multiple smaller hexagons glued together...22 September 2022|IEXP GaruttiMaster defense JuliusPhoto: AG GaruttiJulius Römer defended his master thesis on "Radiation Hardness of a Wide Spectral Range SiPM with Quasi-Spherical Implant" today. Congratulations...20 September 2022|IEXP GaruttiDrs. QUPhoto: AG GaruttiA big thanks to Stephan and Carmen for the conception and realization of the "as of now traditional" Dr. QU hat. The first hat-award-ceremony for PhD...19 September 2022|IEXP GaruttiPhD defense MohammadPhoto: AG GaruttiMohammadtaghi Hajheidari defended his PhD thesis on Charge collection of irradiated silicon pad diodes and characterization of pixel sensor for the...5 September 2022|IEXP GaruttiHigh-D meetingPhoto: High-D consortiumThe High-D consortium held its second consortium meeting last Friday and today. We learned about the progress the consortium members made in their...18 August 2022|IEXP GaruttiMaster defense DavidPhoto: AG GaruttiDavid Leppla-Weber defended his master thesis on optimizing the MADMAX booster today. Congratulations, David!12 August 2022|IEXP GaruttiPatras poster prizePhoto: AG GaruttiJacob Egge presented his work on Axion Haloscope Calibration from Reciprocity at the 17th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs in Mainz. For...11 August 2022|IEXP GaruttiMaster defense DominikPhoto: AG GaruttiDominik Breitmoser defended his master thesis on the development of a dielectric disk for an axion haloscope today. Congratulations, Dominik!15 July 2022|IEXP GaruttiGreetings from the testbeamPhoto: AG GaruttiWhy travel far away in the summer time, when you can have so much fun much closer to home? We are taking data with another CMS Read-Out Chip (CROC)...13 July 2022|IEXP GaruttiProf. Dr. Erika Garutti is the new Quantum Universe spokespersonPhoto: UHH/EsfandiariProf. Dr. Erika Garutti has been the spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe since July 1, 2022. She takes over from Prof. Dr. Jan...Contribution from the news channel Quantum Universe1 July 2022|IEXP GaruttiMADMAX makes the front pagePhoto: Physik JournalThe July edition of the Physik Journal - the official journal of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft with a circulation of 60,000 copies -...15 June 2022|IEXP GaruttiCheers, team BCM!Photo: AG GaruttiCongratulations to Bianca, Carmen and Mohammad! They won the first Quantum Universe Food Contest with their colorful and tasty contribution "1...13 June 2022|IEXP GaruttiFirst CROC tests completedPhoto: AG GaruttiWe just finished our first testbeam campaign to characterise six of the new "CROC" modules: the latest prototypes of the "CMS Read Out Chip”. They are...23 May 2022|IEXP GaruttiWelcome home, Project200!Photo: Jens RüßmannProject200 has returned to the SHELL lab in Hamburg after the successful tests at CERN - both at cryogenic temperatures in the Cryolab as well as in...13 April 2022|IEXP GaruttiProject200: Operating in MORPURGO's 1.6 T fieldPhoto: AG GaruttiThe MADMAX team from Hamburg, together with colleagues from MPP Munich and CPPM Marseille, is back at CERN: after the successful tests of Project200...17 March 2022|IEXP GaruttiHot news: Annealing studiesPhoto: AG GaruttiDuring our second testbeam campaign this year, we are performing annealing studies for the CMS phase II pixel detector upgrade. This means testing...11 March 2022|IEXP GaruttiMADMAX goes to CERNPhoto: AG GaruttiA team of MADMAX scientists from Hamburg and Munich started to perform of tests with the MADMAX pre-prototype booster Project200 at the Cryolab at...22 February 2022|IEXP GaruttiHigh-D meeting & logo competitionPhoto: AG Garutti / pixabayThis week the High-D consortium held its first consortium meeting, with presentations on all the intriguing avenues of research pursued by the...26 January 2022|IEXP GaruttiPushing technology forward: ALPS and MADMAX join forcesPhoto: AG GaruttiToday one of the spare ALPS-II magnets was used by the MADMAX collaboration for the first operation of a newly developed high-precision piezoelectric...19 December 2021|IEXP GaruttiSeason’s GreetingsPhoto: AG GaruttiWith a picture of these delicious custom-shaped MADMAX cookies, we wish you a joyful holiday season and a happy new year.9 December 2021|IEXP GaruttiMADMAX Project 200 - reloadedPhoto: AG GaruttiRemember when we showed you the first glimpse of the mechanical prototype of the MADMAX mechanic structure in September? Now "Project 200" is back -...2 December 2021|IEXP GaruttiA robot for the futurePhoto: AG GaruttiIt's alive! Well, not really, but it began to move: the robot arm in our CMS lab took up operation and is currently being comissioned.Our group is...1 December 2021|IEXP GaruttiAdvent is herePhoto: AG GaruttiThe first day of December = the opening of the first door of our group advent calendar. Have a safe and healthy festive season!4 November 2021|IEXP GaruttiIt's testbeam time again!Photo: AG GaruttiWe're back in area T21 of the DESY II test beam facitily to perform beam tests for the CMS phase II pixel detector upgrade.Just for a week this time...21 October 2021|IEXP GaruttiPhD defense IrenePhoto: AG GaruttiIrene Zoi defended her PhD thesis on the Search for diboson resonances in the all jets final state with CMS at √s = 13 TeV and Pixel sensor...30 September 2021|IEXP GaruttiPhD defense FinnPhoto: AG GaruttiFinn Feindt defended his PhD thesis on Silicon Pixel Sensors in the Inner Tracking System of the CMS Experiment. Congratulations, Finn! 15 September 2021|IEXP GaruttiMADMAX Project 200Photo: AG GaruttiThe newly installed mechanical prototype of the MADMAX mechanic structure is now shining bright inside the shielded experimental hall SHELL. Photo: AG...9 September 2021|IEXP GaruttiPhD defense CarolinePhoto: AG GaruttiCaroline Niemeyer defended her PhD thesis on Edge-on Measurements on Planar Pixel Sensors for the CMS Phase 2 Upgrade. Congratulations, Caroline!12 August 2021|IEXP GaruttiBachelor defense LukasPhoto: AG GaruttiLukas Brinkmann defended his bachelor thesis on modelling the SiPM response to low light intensity today. Congratulations, Lukas!12 July 2021|IEXP GaruttiThe MADMAX fan filter tent is readyPhoto: AG GaruttiWorking in an extremely clean environment is essential when gluing tiles for the MADMAX experiment. Today we finished the assembly of the new clean...12 May 2021|IEXP GaruttiAnother month, another testbeamPhoto: AG GaruttiWe're back at the DESY II testbeam again! For the third time this year - this time to test irradiated diodes, and more modules for the CMS phase II...5 May 2021|IEXP GaruttiBachelor defense OscarPhoto: AG GaruttiOscar Murzewitz defended his bachelor thesis on dead layer determination in radiation-damaged silicon diodes today. Congratulations, Oscar!29 March 2021|IEXP GaruttiFirst Test Beam 2021Photo: AG GaruttiWe're back in area T21 of the DESY II test beam facility! The third (and last) week of data taking for this test beam campaign for the CMS phase II...25 February 2021|IEXP GaruttiBachelor defense AnnaPhoto: unsplash.com/eilisgarvey Anna Puchert defended her bachelor thesis on the characterization of prototype pixel sensors for the CMS inner tracker at the high-luminosity LHC...14 January 2021|IEXP GaruttiWhy astrophysics?Photo: UHH/MIN/FuchsAstrophysicists Dr. Pranjal Trivedi (Hamburg Observatory) talks about dark matter and shows different methods with which the mysteries surrounding it...10 December 2020|IEXP GaruttiBachelor defense LauraPhoto: AG Garutti Laura Büttgen defended her bachelor thesis on the characterization of irradiated silicon photomultipliers today. Congratulations, Laura! 7 December 2020|IEXP GaruttiLast Test Beam 2020Photo: AG GaruttiWe just finished our last DESY test beam campaign of the year 2020 for the CMS phase II pixel detector upgrade.29 September 2020|IEXP GaruttiMADMAX at CERNPhoto: MADMAX collaborationMADMAX is planning to test the prototype in the Morpurgo magnet at CERN. Read all about it in the CERN EP department news article.17 September 2020|IEXP GaruttiBachelor defense DominikPhoto: AG Garutti Dominik Breitmoser defended his bachelor thesis on the characterization of dielectric materials for MADMAX today. Afterwards, the entire group got to...8 July 2020|IEXP GaruttiWe're back!Photo: AG Garutti The detector lab is open again: after the home-office time due to the coronavirus pandemic, we have now returned to full operation in the...1 July 2020|IEXP GaruttiWelcome!Photo: unsplash.com/jannerboy62 We welcome Anna, Laura and Oscar as new bachelor students in the summer semester 2020!16 March 2020|IEXP GaruttiCorona times...Photo: AG GaruttiThe president of the University has decided that we should try to work from home as much as possible. So now the corridors of the detector lab stand...Show all news