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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · 4d

Our Comms Officer, Magda Jakubiak, spent the day at the Illustrated Communication Festival surrounded by fresh ideas on how to use visual communication. We’re proud to see our teammates keeping their curiosity alive!

#TeamingforExcellence #EU #HorizonEurope #communication

photos from the Illustrated Communication Festival in Gdansk, Poland

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · 7d

Uff, what a week we have had at the 6th DRD1 Collaboration Meeting (6–10.10), full of engagement! From daily presentation sessions to a schedule rich with social activities. Thank you, CERN, for entrusting us to deliver an enjoyable experience for our guests.
Find out more: astrocent.camk.edu.pl

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · 18d

On Monday, we are starting a special gathering as the 6th DRD1 Collaboration Meeting lands in Warsaw - its first edition outside CERN! This global event brings together leading researchers in gas radiation detector development. The countdown is on!

#DRD1Meeting #ParticleAstrophysics

DRD1 Collaboration Meeting in Warsaw, 2025

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · 18d

Astrocent joined the APPEC Town Meeting in Zaragoza (22–25 Sept 2025).
Prof. Roszkowski (APPEC GA Deputy Chair) and Prof. Kuźniak (APPEC SAC) took part in plenaries & round tables shaping the next European strategy in #AstroparticlePhysics.
Briefing book out this summer → roadmap next year. 🚀

A speaker addresses the audience in a lecture hall at Universidad de Zaragoza. People are seated in an amphitheater-style room with red walls, a large screen above, and a panel desk at the front.

A presenter gives a scientific talk at Universidad de Zaragoza, standing next to a screen displaying a detailed slide on mass scale. The lecture hall has red walls, a university emblem, and several empty chairs at the panel desk.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · 20d

Between September 7th - 18th, we were rooting for Samuel Belayneh while he attended the respected Gran Sasso Hands-on 2025. 💪We are on track with our Astrocent Plus project and excited to see where this journey leads!

#summerschool #GranSassoHandson2025

Group photo from Gran Sasso Hands-on 2025 - PhD summer school on experimental astroparticle physics

Scientists during their work, photo from Gran Sasso Hands-on 2025 - PhD summer school on experimental astroparticle physics.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · 28d

🌟 On Sept 21, 2025, CAMK opened its doors for the Festiwal Nauki! 🚀 Visitors explored lectures, VR journeys, a planetarium, sunspot observations & more. 👉 Astrocent was proud to contribute, bringing science closer to everyone. ✨

A group photo of fifteen people, including men and women, standing and sitting outdoors in front of a building with trees and greenery. They are smiling, wearing name badges, and appear to be participants of a scientific or outreach event.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Sep 18

The Astroparticle Frontiers Seminar Series is back! We’re kicking off the season next Thursday, Sept 25, at 2 pm, with a deep dive into neutrino detection in dark matter experiments.

👤 Featuring Dr. Ricardo Peres (Imperial College of London)

🎙️Tune in: tinyurl.com/pjckct6r
#Astroparticle

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Sep 2

Astrocent at #TAUP2025 (Aug 24–30, Xichang)! Prof. Masayuki Wada on light #darkmatter with DarkSide-20k & DarkSide-LowMass, and Michal Olszewski on DEAP-3600’s sensitivity to supermassive gravitinos. 🌌
@deap3600.bsky.social

Two Astrocent members smiling in front of the TAUP 2025 conference screen in Xichang, China.

A man speaking at TAUP 2025, with a slide showing features of noble liquid detectors projected on the screen.

A man presenting at TAUP 2025, standing at a podium with a slide titled “Plan” projected behind him.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Aug 26

Congratulations, Michela!

Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Aug 14

We are proud to be part of the DEAP-3600, working to uncover the invisible #darkmatter. The latest meeting took place at Carleton U. on 10–13 Aug, where we shared talks on database management, light/charge collection and detection R&D at Astrocent, and outreach activities.
@carleton.ca

DEAP-3600 @deap3600.bsky.social · Aug 14

10–13 Aug 2025, the DEAP-3600 team gathered at Carleton University — in person and online — to exchange results, spark ideas, and set new goals. These face-to-face moments keep our collaboration strong in the hunt for #darkmatter’s secrets.
#DEAP3600 #meetings
@carleton.ca

Group photo of 33 DEAP-3600 collaboration members standing on a small stage in front of a black curtain at Carleton University. The group includes men and women of different ages, dressed casually, smiling at the camera.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Jul 30

Astrocent (NCAC PAS) has signed an MoU with @cern.bsky.social to join the DRD1 Collaboration! 🚀 We’ll help develop cutting-edge gaseous detector tech for future physics experiments - and we’re hosting the next DRD1 meeting in Warsaw, 6–10 Oct 2025!
#DRD1 #collaboration

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DEAP-3600 @deap3600.bsky.social · Jul 24

Cheyanne Monk presents a background reduction in the DEAP-3600 detector at Women+ in Physics Canada!
We’re now over halfway filled, and the data looks excellent - great news for future experiments like DarkSide-20k & ARGO.
#WomenInPhysics #darkmatter

A person standing next to a scientific poster titled “Background Reduction in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Detector.” The poster includes diagrams, graphs, and descriptions of experimental methods. The person is holding a coffee cup and smiling at the camera.

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Einstein Telescope @einsteintelescope.bsky.social · Jul 25

ET-PP Annual Meeting in Barcelona 🇪🇺
22-24 July ET-PP consortium met to review progress & plan the next steps for building the foundations of the Einstein Telescope. 30 institutions, 11 countries, one vision for Europe’s #gravitationalwave future!
#ETPP #InfraDev #HorizonEurope

A group photo of ET-PP Annual Meeting participants taken on the rooftop terrace under a bright blue sky. The attendees, wearing conference badges, are standing and smiling against a backdrop of city buildings.

A large group of attendees standing together on an outdoor terrace under a sunny sky during the ET-PP Annual Meeting in Barcelona. Most participants are wearing blue lanyards and name badges, and the background shows modern rooftop structures.

A group of people posing indoors for a group photo during the ET-PP Annual Meeting. They are wearing blue lanyards with name badges, and a video call screen in the background shows additional participants joining remotely.

A man standing at a podium inside an auditorium, delivering a presentation during the ET-PP Annual Meeting at the Barcelona School of Management. A slide projected behind him shows the event title “ET-PP annual meeting 22nd July 2024” and a photo of a building.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Jul 24

Astrocent at #IBER2025! 🇪🇸
Dr. André Cortez presented on boosting light collection for next-gen #darkmatter detectors - key for rare-event searches. Great collaboration with University of Coimbra, @Universidade de Aveiro & IGFAE!

Close-up of an IBER 2025 conference badge on top of the event booklet. The badge includes the conference title, dates (21–24 July 2025), and location (Vigo, Spain), along with multiple institutional logos.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Jul 18

Dr. Azam Zabihi (Astrocent/NCAC) is visiting IHEP in Beijing as part of the PROBES Project to work on cryogenic systems and TPC technology. On July 16, she presented a seminar on using xenon-doped liquid argon scintillators for advanced PET scanners in medical physics.
#HorizonEurope

Four researchers stand in a laboratory next to a complex cryogenic and detector setup with stainless steel tubes, cables, and sensors. Behind them is an open control cabinet with wiring, monitors showing data plots, and electronic equipment on tables.

A researcher wearing a colorful floral headscarf and light clothing is working on an experimental cryogenic detector system with aluminum foil-wrapped components and connected blue wires. Laboratory shelves with tools and containers are visible in the background.

A researcher in a floral headscarf stands beside a tall cryogenic detector system with multiple cables and control sensors. Computer monitors in the background display real-time data charts and graphs.

A researcher in a patterned headscarf stands next to a large presentation screen showing the title: ‘A Novel Total-Body PET Scanner Using Xenon-Doped Liquid Argon Scintillator for Outstanding Detection.’ Logos of collaborating institutions and projects are visible at the bottom.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Jul 14

Meet GW231123!
#gravitationalwave #LIGOVirgoKAGRA

Einstein Telescope @einsteintelescope.bsky.social · Jul 14

🕳️ Our colleagues at LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA announced detection of the most massive #blackhole merger ever seen!
Event GW231123, observed on Nov 23, 2023, came from black holes of ~103 & 137 solar masses - forming one over 225 times the Sun’s mass☀️
#GravitationalWaves #GW231123

Infographic titled "Meet GW231123: a gravitational-wave signal from the most massive binary black hole observed to date". It highlights the November 23, 2023 detection by LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA of two merging black holes—103 and 137 times the mass of the Sun—producing a final black hole over 225 solar masses. The event was observed by LIGO Hanford and Livingston for 0.1 seconds. A visual chart shows the masses in comparison to typical black hole ranges, noting the "upper mass gap." An inset suggests a "hierarchical origin story"—the merging black holes may have formed from previous mergers. The infographic emphasises the black holes' rapid spins (80–90% of the maximum theoretical spin rate) and shows their detection from a distance of 2–13 billion light-years. A world map marks the locations of LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA detectors. Credit: Simona J. Miller / Caltech

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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · Jul 9

Record-Setting Dark Matter Detector Comes Up Empty—and That's Good News https://gizmodo.com/record-setting-dark-matter-detector-comes-up-empty-and-thats-good-news-2000625783

Record-Setting Dark Matter Detector Comes Up Empty—and That's Good News

LUX-ZEPLIN’s latest result sets the most stringent limit on WIMPs' interaction strength to date.

gizmodo.com

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Jul 10

We are hiring! Applications are invited for a postdoc at Astrocent / NCAC PAS.
The successful applicant will work on the project “Understanding delayed (spurious) emission mechanisms in dual-phase TPCs for #DarkMatter searches"
Job description: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/357373
@ncn.gov.pl

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Einstein Telescope @einsteintelescope.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌍 The ET preparatory phase has been shortlisted among 🇩🇪 Germany’s top 9 large-scale research infrastructures - a major recognition of its global relevance & scientific ambition!
📢 Full statement: shorturl.at/7Jkzw
#ETproject #Science #ResearchInfrastructures

Map of Germany highlighting the locations of the nine large-scale research infrastructure projects selected in the national prioritisation process (Forschungsinfrastruktur – FIS). Each project is marked with a labeled blue circle (letters C, D, E, H, I, L, P, R, S) corresponding to its acronym and institution. The Einstein Telescope (labelled "E") is included and linked to RWTH Aachen, Universität Münster, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, and Technische Universität Dresden. The map was published by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Jun 30

🎓 On June 26, our team member Sarthak Choudhary defended his PhD at NCAC PAS! Title: Optimisation of Light Collection in LAr Detectors and Modelling PSD for Dark Matter Searches. Congrats to Sarthak and his supervisor, Prof. Marcin Kuźniak! 👏 #PhDDefense #DarkMatter #NCN #Opus

A group of ten people standing in front of a large presentation screen displaying the PhD thesis title. The PhD candidate stands at the center holding a diploma folder. Everyone is smiling, and the setting is a lecture hall.

The PhD candidate stands on stage in front of the screen showing the thesis title, listening to a faculty member delivering final remarks at a microphone. The atmosphere is formal, with a few people visible in the background.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Jun 12

🧪 Our new JINST article reports results from 2023 CERN campaign! PEN film shows stable light-shifting in LAr over 12 days - key for future neutrino/dark matter detectors.
With TUM, UZH, U. Edinburgh, Nikhef, INFN Bologna, CERN, UH Manoa.
#DarkWave #H2020 #PENfilm

Diagram and photo of a particle detection setup. Left: a schematic of a test volume showing VUV and visible photon paths, a PMT, source holder positions, and gaps in the foil. Right: two people in cleanroom suits standing beside the assembled detector frame, partially covered with reflective foil.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Jun 6

Astrocent joined the DarkSide-20k summer meeting in Sardinia (2–6 June), working with global partners to push the search for #darkmatter forward. WIMPs beware - we’re coming for you with 20 tonnes of liquid argon! 💡🕳️

Astrocent team members posing together during the DarkSide-20k summer collaboration meeting in Sardinia, June 2025. The group stands in front of a tree with a pool area and greenery in the background.

A calm seashore in Sardinia with ‘ACNT’ written in the sand.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · Jun 2

On 29 May, Astrocent's PhD student Wathela Alhassan successfully defended his thesis on using deep learning to detect binary black hole signals for the Einstein Telescope. Congrats to Dr. Alhassan, his supervisors, and reviewers! 👏 @einsteintelescope.bsky.social
#PhDDefense

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · May 21

Prof. Leszek Roszkowski 🇱🇹🇱🇻 (12–16 May): showcased #AstrocentPlus at #DeepTechAtelier2025 🚀, met #SustAInLivWork (Kaunas) & #COMART2 (Riga) to boost research excellence. Building bridges for science without borders! 🌌✨ #HorizonEU #WIDERA

A man in a grey blazer stands on an indoor stage, holding a microphone and presentation remote. To his right, a large monitor displays a slide titled “Windows on the Universe” with space-themed images. To his left, a purple conference backdrop reads “DEEP TECH ATELIER” and features a neon-style circuit-tree graphic alongside EU and “Mission Latvia” logos. An empty chair and a small potted plant sit in the background.

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Astrocent / NCAC PAS @astrocent.bsky.social · May 13

Ale Kosmos! 🔭✨
Last Saturday (10 May) our AstroCeNT Plus crew attended the 28th Piknik Naukowy in Warsaw’s PGE Narodowy!
Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by, asked brilliant questions and proved that curiosity really is universal! 🌌🤝

#outreach #TfE

A presenter in a yellow coat and beige headscarf sits behind a Sun–Earth–Moon demonstration model; on the table is a poster titled “What is the Universe Made of?” highlighting dark matter and dark energy.

Two women stand side by side, smiling next to their planetary-motion model at the Science Picnic stall.

Outdoors a volunteer demonstrates a black-boxed telescope-style device on a tripod to a group of curious children, with colourful spectra charts spread on the table.

Inside the science-fair tent, bundled-up children colour astronomy worksheets at low tables while parents and other visitors observe the activities.

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