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The CUA_JLab group

Kaon Aerogel Detector: the last stage of machining is ongoing at CUA. In detail a picture of the Box, where PMTs will be attached to collect light radiated in the detector.

Last News

See pictures of the Kaon Aerogel Detector here.

New aerogel tiles arrived for the Kaon Aerogel Detector! They have refractive index of 1.015... extremely fragile! See pictures on the Kaon Aerogel Detector Construction.

August 05-10, 2012 - GRC Photonuclear Reactions
Pre-assembly of the Kaon Aerogel Detector already done! The last pieces of the detector are being finalized, and all the parts are being tested to check if they fit together. Check status on the Kaon Aerogel Detector page.

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Upcoming events

APS/DNP 2012 Conference (October 24-October 27, 2012)

Projects Pages

Timelike Compton Scattering Analysis (g12)
Pseudoscalar Meson Production at JLab
Kaon Aerogel Cerenkov Detector
Hadronic calorimeter for pi0 detection
DIRC detector for PID at an EIC
Charge Distribution

Members of the Group

Dr. Tanja Horn
Dr. Ibrahim Albayrak (Postdoc)
Marco Carmignotto (Graduate Student/Researcher)
Julianna Couto (Graduate Student/Researcher)
Nathaniel Hlavin (Undergraduate Student/Researcher)
Laura Rothgeb (Undergraduate Student/Researcher)

Alumni of the Group

Mike Metz (Undergraduate Student/Researcher)

Summer Student Researchers

Lilian Anderson (Undergraduate Summer Researcher 2012)
Daniel Rice (High School Intern 2012)
Gina Repole (High School Intern 2012)
Mike Wang (High School Intern 2012)
Katya Gilbo (High School Intern 2011)
Robert Macedo (High School Intern 2011)
Lilian Anderson (High School Intern 2011)
Josh Kelly (Undergraduate Summer Researcher 2011)
Steven Rowe (High School Intern 2010)

Acknowledgement!

Thanks a lot for:

Nick and Rich and also the VSL group for giving us a space to host our wiki!
Dr. Marek Brandys and Dr. Ian Pegg, from VSL group
All the people (from several Universities, Institutes and also JLab) that are collaborating to make these projects happen!