Donostia International Physics Center NEUTRINO GROUP

The neutrino group of the Donostia International Physics Center is investigating the origin of matter using the most elusive particle in the universe.

NEXT

The NEXT experiment is an international collaboration that searches for the neutrinoless double-beta decay at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory in Canfranc, Huesca (Spain). NEXT stands for Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC. The detection concept consists of a Time Projection Chamber filled with high-pressure gaseous Xenon, which exploits the electroluminescence process for the detection of the signal.

PET R&D

The technology developed for neutrino detection can be employed also for the development of innovative medical imaging devices. PETALO (a Positron Emission Tof Apparatus based on Liquid xenOn) is a project that seeks to demonstrate that liquid xenon, together with a SiPM-based readout and fast electronics, can provide a significant improvement in the field of medical imaging with PET-TOF. The CRYSP project is exploring the possibility of employing pure cesium iodide crystals for accessible full-body PETs.

Neutrinos at the ESS

The European Spallation Source (ESS), presently well on its way to completion, will soon provide the largest pulsed neutrino flux suitable for the detection of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEνNS). The DIPC is leading this effort with the GanESS experiment, which stands for Gaseous detector for Neutrino physics at the ESS, and with the ESSCEνNS project, which will employ cryogenic undoped caesium iodide scintillators.

Hyper-Kamiokande

Hyper-Kamiokande is to be the next generation of large-scale water Cherenkov detectors. It is planned to be an order of magnitude bigger than its predecessor, Super-Kamiokande, with the optimal design consisting of two half megaton tanks equiped with ultra high sensitivity photosensors. The Hyper-Kamiokande detector is both a “microscope,” used to observe elementary particles, and also a “telescope” for observing the Sun and supernovas, using neutrinos.

Who we are

Juan José Gómez Cadenas
Ikerbasque Research Professor
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Juan I. Collar
Ikerbasque Research Professor
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Paola Ferrario
Ikerbasque Research Professor
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Francesc Monrabal
Ikerbasque Research Associate
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Stefano Roberto Soleti
Ikerbasque Research Fellow
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Francisco López Gejo
Project Manager
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Daniel Rubén Zerzion
Visiting researcher
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Asier Castillo Litago
Mechanical Engineer
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Alejandro Taboada Fernandez
Mechanical Engineer
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Eva Oblak
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Jordi Torrent Collell
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Carlos Echeverria
Electromechanical Technician
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Alexey Brodoline
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Ander Simón Estévez
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Jose Maria Benlloch Rodríguez
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Charles Mark Lewis
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Jorge Pelegrin Mosquera
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Marian del Barrio-Torregrosa
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Mikel Elorza
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Leire Larizgoitia
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Helena Almazán Molina
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Pablo Dietz
Electronic Engineer
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Samuele Torelli
Postdoctoral fellow
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Nerea Salor
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Marc Seemann
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Alfonso Yubero Navarro
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There are no currently open positions.

We are always looking for PhD students and researchers to join our group. If you are interested in collaborating with us, feel free to send an email using this form.

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    Donostia International Physics Center
    Manuel Lardizabal Ibilbidea, 4
    20018 Donostia, Gipuzkoa
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