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TREX-DM at the Researcher’s Night

This year’s Researcher’s Night was celebrated on the 27th of November, and as usual, our group was there!   On one hand, on a virtual visit to the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, organised by CPAN and CIEMAT, Gloria Luzón, Susana … Continue reading

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Strong interest in feeble interactions

The First Feebly Interacting Particles (FIPs) Workshop took place from 31 August to 4 September at CERN. The FIPs concept encapsulates the paradigm that the new physics includes very feebly interacting particles, complementary to the strongly interacting sector at the … Continue reading

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TREX participates in the Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM) Collaboration

The search for dark matter requires an experience in the use of gas systems and complex control systems transferable to the design and construction of medical ventilators. A consortium of laboratories and universities in Spain, Italy, France, Canada and the … Continue reading

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CAPA, a new research center at UNIZAR

The new Center for Astroparticle and High Energy Physics (CAPA) at the University of Zaragoza has been formally created few days ago by the governing council of the University. The CAPA community encompasses all the particle and astroparticle physics groups … Continue reading

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Science minister Pedro Duque visits Canfranc Laboratory

It hosts 8 experiments in international astroparticles. Original source in Spanish: Heraldo de Aragón. Translated by Google Translate. The Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities,  Pedro Duque , visited the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC), the second largest in Europe, in which 8 experiments on international astroparticles are … Continue reading

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IAXO gets an ERC Advanced Grant!!

Igor G. Irastorza, spokesperson of IAXO, has been awarded an “Advanced Grant” of the European Research Council (ERC). These grants are the most prestigious of the ERC, awarded to projects and researchers only on the basis of excellence. The grant … Continue reading

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TREX-DM goes underground

Last February 6th a major milestone in the preparatory phase of TREX-DM detector was reached. After completing the tests of surface culminating with the high pressure certification of the vessel (necessary for its operation underground), the detector left our TREX … Continue reading

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TREX-DM and CAST in “En Ruta por la Ciencia”

The science TV program “En Ruta por la Ciencia” of Aragón Televisión focus this week on the Dark Universe, and in particular including our research in TREX-DM and CAST: Complete program (in Spanish) here. link1, link2      

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TREX-DM readouts under test

The microbulk Micromegas readouts of the TREX-DM experiments are the largest area single microbulk readout ever fabricated so far. They have an active area of 25×25 cm2 and about 1000 readout channels  in a X-Y strip pattern, that are extracted from … Continue reading

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Last results from CAST published in Nature Physics

The last results in the hunt for the axion of CAST at CERN have been published last week in Nature Physics (open access). The result has been enabled by the availability of a new detection system, composed by a new x-ray … Continue reading

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