Crystal Lab Ferrara

The Crystal Lab is a joint collaboration between researchers from the University of Ferrara and the INFN local division. We investigate the coherent interaction of high-energy particles with crystalline structures, at the intersection of particle and solid-state physics.

Our research spans the development of compact detectors for high-energy physics and astrophysics, novel strategies for Dark Matter detection, advanced beam optics for CERN accelerators, and the generation of gamma-ray and antimatter sources

• Experimental activities in several fully equipped laboratories, including a 130 m² cleanroom.

• Frequent beamline testing at international facilities, including CERN (Geneve), DESY (Hamburg), and MAMI (Mainz).

• Simulation with the Geant4 simulation toolkit in which we implementated the crystal physics, enhancing its capabilities for particle-matter interaction studies.

• Hardware development of cutting-edge particle detectors.

• Software development for data analysis of beamtest experiment and international collaboration experiment as NA62 @ CERN.