GRK 2058:  High Resolution and High Rate Detectors in Nuclear and Particle Physics (HighRR)

• Subject Area: Particles, Nuclei and Fields
• Term: from 2015 to 2024
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• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 252537693

Advances in techniques of particle detection are crucial for progress in many areas of physics and science. The HighRR – the extension of which is requested in this renewal proposal – is a Research Training Group dedicated to the development of high rate and high resolution detectors in nuclear and particle physics. It is unique in its strong focus on detector science with a special training and support program for doctoral students contributing to this important field of research, be it through the development of novel detector systems, advanced trigger and readout techniques, new electronics and sensing devices, or new reconstruction and simulation methods. With its training and supervision concept the HighRR promotes knowledge exchange among young and experienced detector scientists, supports the exploitation of emerging synergies and creates an atmosphere in which detector research at the highest level is possible. To also attract students with a more engineering-oriented background or from abroad, special measures support a lateral or early-stage entry into the HighRR PhD program via an up to one-year qualification phase; the option for an early-stage entry, thereby, is embedded in the integrated master/PhD program offered by the Department of Physics and Astronomy. The HighRR profits from the many detector R&D projects in Heidelberg providing a very stimulating environment in which training in detector science is optimally supported. With its excellent infrastructure, its many facilities and the technological equipment available, Heidelberg provides a perfect platform for research and training on state-of-the art detector systems.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Hans-Christian Schultz-Coulon
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Christian Walter Dietrich Enss; Professor Dr. Peter Fischer; Privatdozentin Dr. Loredana Gastaldo; Professorin Dr. Stephanie Hansmann-Menzemer; Professor Dr. Norbert Herrmann; Professorin Dr. Belina von Krosigk, since 3/2023; Professorin Dr. Silvia Masciocchi, since 4/2019; Professor Dr. Klaus Reygers; Professor Dr. André Schöning; Professorin Dr. Johanna Stachel; Professor Dr. Ulrich Uwer