Year: 2024

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ECAP welcomed the annual meeting of German radio astronomers in the second week of November 2024. Organized both by the VdR and GLOW, 73 participants got together for an exchange about exciting new science and upcoming projects. Radio astronomy as usual unperturbed by rainy and cloudy weather sp...

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From October 7th to 15th, we had the pleasure of hosting early-career scientists from around the globe for the 19th Astroparticle School. As always, the event took place in Obertrubach-Bärnfels, where participants engaged in lectures covering various aspects of Astroparticle Physics. Philipp Eller ...

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On the 16th and 17th of September was held in Paris the kick-off meeting for the Astrophysics Centre for Multimessenger studies in Europe - ACME. This HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01 EU-funded project coordinated by Centre national de la recherche scientifique CNRS aims to realize an ambitious...

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The Early Career Scientists (ECS) of the North Bavarian - or Franconien - Universities FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and JMU Würzburg meet to discuss the latest developments in their research in astronomy, astrophysics and astroparticle physics. The yearly event takes place at the research locations o...

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The Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) hosted the week-long “P-ONE” Collaboration Meeting in the week of May 13-17, 2024. P-ONE, the “Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment”, aims to construct a multi-cubic-kilometre neutrino telescope in the Pacific Ocean in order to add to the world-w...

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Just before Easter, 15 High School students visited ECAP to participate in this years IceCube Masterclass (https://masterclass.icecube.wisc.edu/, https://indico.ecap.work/event/74/). The day started with lectures in particle and astroparticle physics. After lunch the students visited selected ECAP ...

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This year, the regional competition "Jugend forscht" Mittelfranken took place at the Department of Physics at FAU - hosted in the ECAP Laboratory. The young researchers presented their projects on analysing aspartame in soft drinks, the optimal cornering in karting and paper made from natural mater...