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Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías

Experiments

Since its foundation, the IGFAE has been part of some of the leading international facilities in the field of physics. Our staff holds positions of high responsibility in these experiments.
SA1_LHCB

LHCb

Why does matter prevail over antimatter in our world? How do the fundamental particles actually interact? Is the Standard Model the final theory?
SA2_AUGE

Pierre Auger

Unravelling the mystery of high-energy cosmic rays, the most energetic particles observed in nature. What are cosmic rays? Where do they come from? How do they get their energy?

SA2_GRWA

LIGO

Albert Einstein theoretically predicted gravitational waves in 1915. Just over a century later, the LIGO experiment succeeded in observing them for the first time. What are these wrinkles in space-time?
SA3_NUCL

GSI / FAIR

Experiments and studies with relativistic ions to investigate the fundamental properties of the force containing the protons and neutrons inside the nuclei. This project is the ideal test bed for understanding the reactions responsible for the generation of energy and heavy elements in the universe.
SA3_NUCL

GANIL / ACTAR TPC

The ACTAR TPC project aims to build a new generation ‘active target’ to study very rare nuclear processes, and nuclei produced in very small quantities.
SA3_LACC

L2A2

The development of new radioisotope production technologies for medical imaging based on laser-plasma acceleration allows the construction of particle accelerators for fundamental and applied research in areas such as healthcare.
SA2_NEXT

NEXT

A detector under hundreds of metres of rock in the Pyrenees mountains is investigating whether neutrinos, the most elusive particles we know of, are actually their own antiparticle.
SA2_NEXT

DUNE

How to find the elusive neutrinos? A new experiment that travels more than 1,300 kilometres under US ground may hold the answer. The IGFAE is taking part in this major international collaboration.