Cold plate prototypes manufactured by CSEM during a previous project in collaboration with JJ Cooling

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is playing an increasingly important role in manufacturing, including for scientific instruments. That is why the AIDAInnova project is looking into how the technology can be used to make ultra-thin cold plates for advanced tracking and vertex detectors. 

The work is being carried out as part of Work Package 10 of the project, with teams looking into cold plates made from both ceramics and metal alloys. 

The work on the alloy versions has

Stefania-Alexandra Juks’ poster on eco-friendly gas alternatives for particle detectors won her a place at a one-week detector school in Italy

A PhD student working on eco-friendly gas alternatives for particle detectors has spoken of her surprise and delight at winning an AIDAInnova-supported poster challenge, which granted her a fully funded place at the Bonaudi-Chiavassa International School on Particle Detectors in June. 

The poster session was a part of the CERN Experimental Physics department’s annual EP R&D Day event in May to showcase technologies for future experiments. The