The PSI Laboratory of Particle Physics pursues fundamental research, addressing up to date questions in modern, accelerator-based particle physics.
Lab News and Scientific Highlights
Neutrons don’t disappear into the mirror world
Do mirror particles exist for all elementary particles? PSI researchers have succeeded in largely ruling out this hypothesis in particle physics – with unprecedented experimental precision.
Combination of searches for heavy vector boson resonances in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
Demand for denser, lower-power data storage keeps rising, yet the metallic magnets behind most memory technologies dissipate energy through electrical currents. Magneto-electric insulators on the other hand offer an alternative...
Justin Tabbett: 2025 Patricia Tomkins Thesis Prize
Justin Tabbett has been awarded the 2025 Patricia Tomkins Thesis Prize by the Royal Astronomical Society
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Publications
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Aplin KL, Tabbett JD, Houghton IMP
Energy spectra from ionising radiation in the troposphere and stratosphere measured with a super-miniaturised scintillator detector
Radiation Measurements. 2026; 191: 107581 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2025.107581
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Moreno-Pérez JA, Ruiz-García I, Duane R, Martín-Holgado P, Morvaj L, Vasovic N, et al.
Characterization of a 100 nm RADFET as a proton beam detector
Sensors. 2026; 26: 202 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/s26010202
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Gouzevitch M, Çaça E, Peqini K, Mirabito L, Balleyguier L, Galbit G, et al.
Space resolution measurement and threshold calibration of the iRPC detector
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2026; 1083: 171125 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.171125
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Xie X, Bergamaschi A, Brückner M, Carulla M, Dinapoli R, Ebner S, et al.
Optimization and validation of charge transport simulation for hybrid pixel detectors incorporating the repulsion effect
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2026; 1081: 170894 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.170894
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