From March 18-22, there was the Color Meets Flavor School at the DPG Physics Centre in Bad Honnef, organized by Prof. Johannes Albrecht (TU Dortmund University), Prof. Florian Bernlochner (University of Bonn) and Prof. Alexander Lenz (University of Siegen). Participants from different countries and universities had the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of flavor physics in lectures and exercises.
A special highlight of the program was the DIY detector workshop, which was led by Prof. Florian Bernlochner, Sebastian Laudage and Maike Hansen. The participants had the opportunity to gain their first experience in soldering and assemble their own particle detectors. These detectors enable the measurement of ionizing radiation, allowing the participants to measure various samples of natural radioactive at the end of the workshop. The self-built detectors could be taken home for further measurements and as a souvenir.
The detector design is based on the open source project „DIY Particle Detector“ from Oliver Keller (CERN) and offers a beginner-friendly opportunity for those interested in building their own small particle detectors.
With soldering kits from the Elektronics Lab of the Research and Technology Centre for Detectorphysis 12 mobile workstations were set up at the DPG Physics Center, where students could solder and assemble their detectors in pairs.
During the workshop, the participants received support from Tobias Schiffer (Uni Bonn). In addition, they were actively supported by two student interns who had already gained experience with the detector concept and were completing an internship at the Institute of Physics in collaboration with the Argelander Institute for Astronomy during the school period.
