Group News

The preparations for the commissioning of the MADMAX Prototype (Cryostat) in the SHELL laboratory at the begin of 2024 were supported today by the...

Chuan Liao defended his thesis on the "Boron removal effect in p-type silicon sensors".

Congratulations, Chuan!

Jack Christopher Hutchinson Rolph defended his thesis on "Shower Separation in Five Dimensions using Machine Learning Techniques".

Congratulations...

What happend on this sunny thursday afternoon on the parking space infront of IEXP-building? Innovative experiments could be observed and strange...

The series of lectures on the subject of the Big Bang

Together with scientists from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe of Universität Hamburg...

Yesterday evening, another "Wissen vom Fass" event took place in many pubs in Hamburg.

One of the contributions was by Erika Garutti on the question...

Freshly assembled only last week - and this week we are already testing the new HPK quad module for the CMS inner tracker upgrade (aka "the Quadule")...

Our family of quad modules (2x2 CROC prototypes for the Phase-II upgrade of the CMS pixel detector) has a new member:

This is the first HPK one -...

Our first 2x2 CROC prototype module for the Phase-II upgrade of the CMS pixel detector is fully assembled now, including all the wire bonds.

After...

This year's spring meeting of the DPG (German Physical Society) in Dresden just came to an end. 
Many of our group members profited from the...

The High-D consortium held its third consortium meeting yesterday and today. We enjoyed a lot of fruitful exchange and lively discussions about our...

A Python program to characterize silicon photomultipliers has been developed in our group: the PeakOTron.
This program can fit a published detector...

We wish everyone happy holidays and a healthy and happy new year 2023!

We 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...

Winter 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...

Amala Augusthy defended her master thesis on the "Measurment of position resolution of small pixel sensors" today.

Congratulations, Amala!

The 21st episode of the podcast "Exzellent erklärt. Spitzenforschung für alle" (Excellent Explained. Cutting-edge research for all)  is all about dark...

For 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...

At the CERN cryolab, the MADMAX team just completed successfully the first cooling test of a tiled disk, i.e. multiple smaller hexagons glued together...

Julius Römer defended his master thesis on "Radiation Hardness of a Wide Spectral Range SiPM with Quasi-Spherical Implant" today.

Congratulations...

A 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...

Mohammadtaghi Hajheidari defended his PhD thesis on Charge collection of irradiated silicon pad diodes and characterization of pixel sensor for the...

The High-D consortium held its second consortium meeting last Friday and today. We learned about the progress the consortium members made in their...

David Leppla-Weber defended his master thesis on optimizing the MADMAX booster today.

Congratulations, David!

Jacob Egge presented his work on Axion Haloscope Calibration from Reciprocity at the 17th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs in Mainz.

For...

Dominik Breitmoser defended his master thesis on the development of a dielectric disk for an axion haloscope today.

Congratulations, Dominik!

Why 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)...

The July edition of the Physik Journal -  the official journal of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft with a circulation of 60,000 copies -...

Congratulations to Bianca, Carmen and Mohammad! They won the first Quantum Universe Food Contest with their colorful and tasty contribution "1...

We 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...

Project200 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...

The MADMAX team from Hamburg, together with colleagues from MPP Munich and CPPM Marseille, is back at CERN: after the successful tests of Project200...

During our second testbeam campaign this year, we are performing annealing studies for the CMS phase II pixel detector upgrade. This means testing...

A team of MADMAX scientists from Hamburg and Munich started to perform of tests with the MADMAX pre-prototype booster Project200 at the Cryolab at...

This week the High-D consortium held its first consortium meeting, with presentations on all the intriguing avenues of research pursued by the...

Today one of the spare ALPS-II magnets was used by the MADMAX collaboration for the first operation of a newly developed high-precision piezoelectric...

With a picture of these delicious custom-shaped MADMAX cookies, we wish you a joyful holiday season and a happy new  year.

Remember when we showed you the first glimpse of the mechanical prototype of the MADMAX mechanic structure in September?

Now "Project 200" is back -...

It'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...

The first day of December = the opening of the first door of our group advent calendar.

Have a safe and healthy festive season!

We'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...

Irene 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...

Finn Feindt defended his PhD thesis on Silicon Pixel Sensors in the Inner Tracking System of the CMS Experiment.

Congratulations, Finn!

The newly installed mechanical prototype of the MADMAX mechanic structure is now shining bright inside the shielded experimental hall SHELL.

Caroline Niemeyer defended her PhD thesis on Edge-on Measurements on Planar Pixel Sensors for the CMS Phase 2 Upgrade.

Congratulations, Caroline!

Lukas Brinkmann defended his bachelor thesis on modelling the SiPM response to low light intensity today.

Congratulations, Lukas!

Working in an extremely clean environment is essential when gluing tiles for the MADMAX experiment. Today we finished the assembly of the new clean...

We'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...