The experimental particle physics group at the at
Department of Physics of the Faculty of mathematics and physics,
University of Ljubljana,
cooperates closely with the
Jozef
Stefan Institute,
Faculty of
Electrical Engineering (University of Ljubljana),
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering (University of Maribor) and the
Department of Astroparticle Physics at
Nova Gorica Polytechnic.
Research Activities
Research in experimental particle physics depends on large particle
accelerators and complex detectors. Experiments are therefore
conducted in a few large research centres around the world and are
based on team work and international cooperation. Researchers of our
department are members of seven high-energy physics collaborations:
Detector Development Laboratory
Not all the work can be done in international research centres. A lot
can and has to be done in home laboratories, as for example the
research and development of new particle detectors, that will be used
in joint experiments. We put an effort in transferring the new
technologies and techniques in other fields, notably medicine and
environmental science. The current projects are:
- participation in the Very Forward Tracker upgrade for the DELPHI
experiment
- constuction of the RICH detector for the
HERA-B project at DESY
- upgrade of the particle
identification system of the BELLE
experiment
- construction of a Positron
Emission Tomograph based on multiwire proportional chambers and
Pb-Bi
photon converters
- development of a Si-aerogel Cherenkov counter for detection of
radioactive
Strontium in the environment
-
digital mammography using silicon detectors
- developement of silicon sensors, scintillators and read-out
electronics for a Compton
Prostate
Probe as a part of Cameras for Imaging in Medical Applications (CIMA) collaboration.
Group members, home pages
Schools and Conferences organised by the
memebers of the group department
Research Projects and Annual Reports
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