High-Tech Equipment to Detect the Tiniest Existing Particles

Operational start-up ceremony held at the University of Bonn Research and Technology Center for Detector Physics (FTD). Prototype particle detector - developed by research groups at the FTD. Photo: Volker Lannert/University of Bonn . New high-tech measurement methods are required to detect new phenomena sought after in particle physics. The University of Bonn Research and Technology Center for Detector Physics (FTD), thanks to its research groups, is a leading developer of such detector technology, employed at research institutions around the world. A ceremony was held for operational start-up of the scientific equipment, attended by numerous high-profile guests. An initial ceremony roughly two years ago was held with North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister of Science and Research, attendance of which was limited due to the pandemic, but now the FTD actually commenced operation within the framework of a scientific symposium on "Cutting-Edge Detector Technologies." "At today's symposium we saw in impressive fashion how we are very much on track in our efforts to make the FTD a leading location for detector physics in Europe and beyond.