New Member

New member in the Gamma-ray Group

September 21, 2022

Gamma-ray Group

Monong Yu has just joined the Gamma-ray group at IFAE as a postdoc.

Monong obtained her Ph.D. at Pennsylvania State University in June 2022. She has experience in the ISS-CREAM and the HELIX cosmic rays experiments. She is interested in cosmic ray/gamma-ray detection, and machine learning-based approaches in high-energy physics, and will be working on HERD.

Welcome, Monong!

Latest Group News

Instrumentation

HERD prototype tested at CERN SPS beam

October 4, 2023

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.

Instrumentation

HERD prototype tested at CERN PS beam

September 6, 2023

The HERD prototype is being tested at CERN PS beam between Aug 29 and Sep 12. This test, together with the one happening at SPS next October, will be used to validate and optimize the different sub-detector concepts and complete Phase B of the project.

New Visitor

Prof. Harald Kornmayer (DHBW Mannheim), new visitor at IFAE

May 8, 2023

Prof. Harald Kornmayer from the DHBW Mannheim university is visiting IFAE-PIC until January 2024.