Collaboration Meeting DarkPIX/MemPHIS

23 Mar 2026, 09:00 → 27 Mar 2026, 13:00 Europe/Berlin

changing (ECAP)

Markus Schneider (ECAP), Veronika Ludwig (ECAP)

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. 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 23 March

Joint measurements: Planning the joint measurements and getting started

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

1 Measurement plan and starting measurements

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

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

10:45 Coffee break

2 Joint measurements Timepix and X-ray phase-contrast scanning setup

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

12:30 Lunch break

Joint measurements

Conveners: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP), Markus Schneider

Tuesday 24 March

Project matters: Project status updates (IEAP)

Convener: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP)

3 Timepix 3/4 Updates

4 Open tasks regarding software and hardware integration

10:30 Coffee break

5 Open tasks & unresolved problems: Discussion and solution

6 Organisational issues and conclusion

12:00 Lunch break

Project matters: Project status updates (ECAP)

Conveners: Mr Markus Schneider (ECAP), Prof. Stefan Funk (ECAP)

7 Updates samples measurements

8 Discussion of planned sample measurements

14:30 Coffee break

9 Discussion of ideas regarding comprehensive data analysis

10 Open measurement routine tasks: Discussion and solution

Wednesday 25 March

Project matters: Planning publications

Conveners: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP), Prof. Stefan Funk (ECAP)

11 Discussing ideas for publications

Conclusion of all measurements. Setting the overall measurement and analysis goals.
Divide results in two publications: setup/detector-specific and application-specific.

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

10:30 Coffee break

12 Setting up draft for setup/detector-specific publication

Speaker: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP)

12:00 Lunch break

13 GROUP PHOTO

Project matters: Planning publications and follow-up projects

Conveners: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP), Markus Schneider (ECAP), Dr Martin Rongen (ECAP), Prof. Stefan Funk (ECAP)

14 Setting up draft for application-specific publication

Speaker: Markus Schneider (ECAP)

15:00 Coffee break

15 Ideas for follow-up projects, creating proposal draft

Speakers: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP), Dr Martin Rongen (ECAP), Prof. Stefan Funk (ECAP)

Thursday 26 March

Joint measurements

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

12:00 Lunch break

Joint measurements

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

Friday 27 March

Project matters: Summary and Conclusion

Conveners: Dr Benedikt Bergmann (IEAP), Prof. Stefan Funk (ECAP)

16 Conclusion

Summary of the week's measurement, publication drafts and follow-up project ideas within the phase-contrast group meeting.

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

11:30 Lunch break