Collaboration Meeting DarkPIX/MemPHIS

2 Jun 2025, 09:00 → 6 Jun 2025, 13:00 Europe/Berlin

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Collaboration Meeting of the ECAP/FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg phase-contrast imaging group, the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics of CTU Prague and from the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg. Presentation of research work at ECAP. Discussions and joint measurements regarding our common project "Development of interferometric X-ray Imaging Techniques for the Assessment of Functional Layers for future clean energy production on industrial scale".

Monday 2 June

09:00 → 12:30 Joint measurements: Planning the joint measurements and getting started

09:00 Measurement plan

Discussion about the To-Do's for the joint measurement sessions of the week.
Setting the measurement goals.
Writing a detailed measurement plan.

Speakers: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP), Markus Schneider (ECAP), Dr Veronika Ludwig (ECAP)

09:30 Starting with joint measurements

Speaker: Markus Schneider (ECAP)

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Joint measurements Timepix and X-ray phase-contrast scanning setup

Speaker: Markus Schneider (ECAP)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 17:00 Joint measurements

Convener: Markus Schneider

Tuesday 3 June

09:00 → 12:30 Joint measurements

Convener: Markus Schneider (ECAP)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 17:00 Joint measurements

Convener: Markus Schneider (ECAP)

Wednesday 4 June

09:00 → 10:00 Presentations: X-ray phase-contrast imaging projects

Convener: Dr Veronika Ludwig (ECAP, Lehrstuhl für Physik)

09:00 History lesson: From the birth of our phase-contrast imaging group until now

A brief summary of more than 25 years of phase-contrast imaging at ECAP.

Speaker: Prof. Gisela Anton (ECAP)

09:30 Phase-contrast imaging and laboratory astrophysics

Overview of our recent projects in the fields of laboratory astrophysics, mammography computed tomography and dual X-ray interferometer scanning of materials

Speaker: Prof. Stefan Funk (ECAP)

10:00 → 12:30 Project matters

Convener: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP)

10:00 Introduction to polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Background information about our investigated sample will be given. How does a fuel cell work? Why are the examined membranes so important? What are the crucial (quality) parameters of such membranes? What examination tools are usually used for analysis? How can X-ray dark-field imaging help?

Speaker: Marco Bonanno (HIERN)

10:45 Coffee break

11:15 Discussion about the sample measurement results

Which investigations were successful?
Which analyses are helpful?
Discussion about future measurements, further aims of the project related to the membrane samples, …

Speakers: Markus Schneider (ECAP), Dr Veronika Ludwig (ECAP, Lehrstuhl für Physik)

12:00 Future sample measurements

Discussion which specific sample measurements we could perform.
The result should be a clear measurement plan for the following weeks.

Speaker: Dr Veronika Ludwig (ECAP, Lehrstuhl für Physik)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 17:00 Project matters

13:30 Timepix 3/4 Update

Timepix 3/4 update about electronics, readout, software, integration in TrackLab, …

Speaker: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP)

14:15 Scanning Setup update

Status of the X-ray phase-contrast scanning setup. Challenges, affects on project, optimization ideas, ...

Speaker: Constantin Rauch (ECAP)

14:35 Software and hardware

Discussions about the next tasks regarding readout, implementation in scanning measuring routine, ...

Speakers: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP), Markus Schneider (ECAP)

15:30 Analysis plan

Discussion about the To-Do's for the following measurements
Setting the overall measurement and analysis goals.
Ideas for publications?

Speakers: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP), Dr Veronika Ludwig (ECAP, Lehrstuhl für Physik)

Thursday 5 June

09:00 → 12:00 Presentations: Latest research at ECAP Laboratory

Convener: Dr Veronika Ludwig (ECAP, Lehrstuhl für Physik)

09:00 Guided tour through the ECAP Laboratory

Speaker: Dr Kay Graf (ECAP)

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Neutrino physics

KM3NeT, IceCube, ORCA, ...

11:20 Gamma-Ray Astronomy

H.E.S.S., CTA, ...

11:40 Einstein laboratory

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch break

13:00 → 14:00 ECAP Seminar

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Speaker: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP)

14:00 → 17:00 Project matters: Analysis and discussion of this week's data

Friday 6 June

09:00 → 12:00 Project matters: Summary and Conclusion

Convener: Dr Veronika Ludwig (ECAP, Lehrstuhl für Physik)

09:00 Summary of dicussions

Summary of the discussion results of the week. Which future aims were decided? What are the next steps. Finalize meeting protocol.

Speaker: Dr Veronika Ludwig (ECAP, Lehrstuhl für Physik)

09:45 Summary of measurements

What has been achieved in the measurement sessions?
Which problems occurred? Solutions? Tasks for the next weeks?
Further discussion about data management.
What are the next steps?

Speakers: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP), Markus Schneider (ECAP)

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Conclusion

Summary of overall next project steps and aims.
Discussion about publication ideas.
Discussion about follow-up projects. Proposals?

Speaker: Dr Veronika Ludwig (ECAP, Lehrstuhl für Physik)

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch break