2–6 Feb 2026
TIFR, Mumbai
Asia/Kolkata timezone

Detecting Antiprotons with Submicrometric Spatial Accuracy

5 Feb 2026, 14:00
15m
TIFR, Mumbai

TIFR, Mumbai

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India
Oral Solid state detectors Parallel Session-III

Speaker

MUNSTER, Markus (Technische Universitaet Muenchen (DE))

Description

The AEgIS experiment aims to measure the free fall of antihydrogen in Earth’s gravitational field with unprecedented precision. This requires overcoming unique technological challenges, among them the detection of antiprotons, in real-time with the highmost spatial accuracy, over a large area. An unexpected, but very effective solution to this problem was obtained through the repurposing of smartphone camera sensors. In this talk, the characterization and the engineering and deployment of OPHANIM, a 3.84 Gigapixel, large area detector based on their use, will be discussed.

Position PhD Student
Affiliation Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II), Technical University of Munich
Country Germany

Authors

BERGHOLD, Michael CARAVITA, Ruggero (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT)) GUATIERI, Francesco (Technische Universitaet Muenchen (DE)) MUNSTER, Markus (Technische Universitaet Muenchen (DE))

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