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We are pleased to announce that our postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Miroslav Macko from Astrocent and the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CAMK PAN) has been awarded a SONATA\u201121 grant from the National Science Centre (NCN) for the project: STAR: Scalable Tracking for Advanced Rare\u2011event detection<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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The project, funded with PLN 1 460 100, aims to develop next\u2011generation detector technology for the search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0\u03bd\u03b2\u03b2) – a key process that would prove that neutrinos are Majorana particles and could contribute to the explanation of the matter\u2013antimatter asymmetry of the Universe.<\/div>\n
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The STAR project will explore an innovative combination of dual\u2011phase liquid\u2011argon TPC technology doped with xenon and the Timepix4 high\u2011granularity charge\u2011readout ASIC. This approach has the potential to deliver the scalability, energy resolution, and precise tracking required to reach sensitivities capable of probing the normal ordering of neutrino masses. The project will include detector simulations, development of track\u2011reconstruction software, construction of a small\u2011scale prototype, and demonstration of electron\u2011track reconstruction.<\/div>\n
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Dr. Miroslav Macko is a physicist specializing in rare\u2011event searches, namely neutrinoless double beta decay. Before joining CAMK PAN and Astrocent, he worked at the Czech Technical University in Prague, where he acted as deputy physics coordinator of the SuperNEMO project. He has over a decade of experience in 0\u03bd\u03b2\u03b2 research, including work within the SuperNEMO collaboration, and his expertise bridges experimental particle physics, detector instrumentation, and data analysis.<\/div>\n
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Congratulations to Dr. Miroslav Macko!<\/div>\n
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Project title: STAR: Scalable Tracking for Advanced Rare\u2011event detection<\/strong><\/div>\n
Project budget: PLN 1 460 100<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Project funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), the \u201cSONATA 21\u201d programme.<\/div>\n
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Nazwa projektu: STAR: Skalowalne \u015bledzenie do zaawansowanego wykrywania rzadkich zdarze\u0144<\/strong><\/div>\n
Kwota projektu:\u00a0\u00a01 460 100 z\u0142<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Opis projektu:<\/div>\n
Projekt STAR b\u0119dzie bada\u0142 innowacyjne po\u0142\u0105czenie dwufazowej technologii ciek\u0142ego argonu TPC domieszkowanego ksenonem z uk\u0142adem ASIC Timepix4 o wysokiej granularno\u015bci i odczycie \u0142adunku. To podej\u015bcie ma potencja\u0142 zapewnienia skalowalno\u015bci, rozdzielczo\u015bci energetycznej i precyzyjnego \u015bledzenia wymaganego do osi\u0105gni\u0119cia czu\u0142o\u015bci umo\u017cliwiaj\u0105cej badanie normalnego uporz\u0105dkowania mas neutrin. Projekt obejmie symulacje detektor\u00f3w, opracowanie oprogramowania do rekonstrukcji \u015blad\u00f3w, budow\u0119 prototypu w ma\u0142ej skali oraz demonstracj\u0119 rekonstrukcji \u015blad\u00f3w elektron\u00f3w.<\/div>\n
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Projekt finansowany ze \u015brodk\u00f3w Narodowego Centrum Nauki w ramach programu “Sonata 21”.<\/div>\n
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#NCN #SONATA21 #ExploreTheHiddenUniverse<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are pleased to announce that our postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Miroslav Macko from Astrocent and the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CAMK PAN) has been awarded a SONATA\u201121 grant from the National Science Centre (NCN) for the project: STAR: Scalable Tracking for Advanced Rare\u2011event detection. 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