Group News (2024)24 December 2024|IEXP GaruttiSeason's greetingsWow, Christmas feelings even at the testbeam:Whilst working until last week we accidentally discovered that the Sourcemeter is capable of "singing"...5 December 2024|IEXP GaruttiLast test beam of the year: running faster than ever!Photo: AG GaruttiExciting weeks at the test beam! Graphite bridges, sped up data taking, freezing temperatures for our pixel modules and a lot of clever hacking....16 October 2024|IEXP GaruttiPanofsky-Preis of APS goes to Robert Klanner und Eckhard ElsenPhoto: Universität Hamburg / FIASProf. Robert Klanner, former director of our institute is awarded with the prestigious W.K.H. Panofsky Prize, together with his colleague Eckhard...10 October 2024|IEXP GaruttiPhD defense Wolfgang SchmailzlPhoto: AG GaruttiWith the supervisor Prof. Dr. Paul Seifert (right) and Dr. Claudio Piemonte, Head of Radiation Sensor R&D at Broadcom Inc. (second from right) Prof...7 October 2024|IEXP GaruttiFirst LGAD-testbeamPhoto: AG GaruttiThis week we had our first dedicated LGAD test beam at the DESY II test beam facility. During the testbeam campaign two different sets of TI-LGADS...25 September 2024|IEXP GaruttiBachelor defense Cedric Charles Henry EnglerPhoto: AG GaruttiCedric defended his bachelor theses on "Simulation of the response of Silicon Photomultipliers with Julia". Congratulations, Cedric!20 September 2024|IEXP GaruttiFirst Limits on Axion Dark Matter from MADMAXPhoto: Photo: Ary dos Santos Garcia, B., et al. (MADMAX Collaboration (2024)For its first time, the MADMAX (Magnetized Disc and Mirror Axion eXperiment) collaboration has set limits on axion dark matter with its prototype...13 September 2024|IEXP GaruttiPhD defense Jacob Mathias EggePhoto: AG GaruttiJacob Mathias Egge defended his thesis on "The Sensitivity of Dielectric Haloscopes to Dark Matter Axions and Dark Photons". Congratulations, Jacob!19 August 2024|IEXP GaruttiMADMAX Prototype Searches for Dark Photon Dark Matter with Thousand-fold ImprovementPhoto: MADMAX Collaboration – Egge, J. et al. (2024)MADMAX (Magnetized Disc and Mirror Axion eXperiment) at University of Hamburg & DESY is being developed to look for Galactic axion dark matter using a...22 July 2024|IEXP GaruttiMoving ... towards dark matter detectionPhoto: AG GaruttiThe "First mechanical realization of a tunable dielectric haloscope for the MADMAX axion search experiment" is now available on arXiv:2407.10716 We...4 July 2024|IEXP GaruttiThe characterization of the final prototypes continues...Photo: AG GaruttiIn this test beam, we tested various tuning configurations of a single CROC module to study in detail the calibration of the ToT response of...1 June 2024|IEXP GaruttiTesting new experiments for finding dark matterPhoto: AG GaruttiOn Saturday, 1 June 2024, the Campus turned into an unseen special discovery ground – not only for many different new scientists but also for their...13 May 2024|IEXP GaruttiWe proudly present: Two new prototypes for MADMAXPhoto: M.Cavazza/CERNIn February and March this year, the two new prototypes of MADMAX have come into action to collect physics data at room temperature and, for the first...18 April 2024|IEXP GaruttiBachelor defense Nabil SalamaPhoto: AG GaruttiNabil Salama defended his bachelor thesis on "Automated Antenna Calibration of the MADMAX Booster System using Deep Learning" today. Congratulations...22 March 2024|IEXP GaruttiThe studies on the modules for the upgrade of the CMS Inner Tracker continue!Photo: AG GaruttiIn these two weeks of test beam, we have continued the detailed program of systematic studies on the modules. We tested three fluences and collected...1 March 2024|IEXP GaruttiWe made it on the Cover!Photo: SensorsOur paper "Correcting the non-Linear Response of Silicon Photomultipliers", L. Brinkmann, E. Garutti, S. Martens, J. Schwandtwas selected for the...18 January 2024|IEXP GaruttiMaster defense LukasPhoto: AG GaruttiLukas Brinkmann defended his master thesis on "Non-linear Response of Silicon Photomultipliers" today. Congratulations, Lukas!11 January 2024|IEXP GaruttiMaster defense StephanPhoto: AG GaruttiStephan Lachnit defended his master thesis on "Time Resolution of a Fully-Integrated Digital Silicon Photo-Multiplier" today. Congratulations...
