GRADE (Generic pre-R&D at IdeaSquare) is a CERN research programme. The programme was approved by the CERN Research Board in December 2015. [1]
Experiment | Contact person | Description | Status | Link |
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GR1 (SIMPLE) | Markus Yrjo Nordberg | Silicon photo multipliers for generic detector R&D [2] [3] | Completed April 2019 | Grey Book |
GR02 (TT-PET) | Giuseppe Iacobucci | Thin time-of-flight PET project [4] | Grey Book | |
GR03 (AUGMENT) | Olga Beltramello | Generic R&D and augmented reality techniques [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] | Completed December 2019 | Grey Book |
GR04 (HEALTH) | Marco Silari | Detectors for health and safety [12] [13] | Grey Book | |
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