GRADE (CERN research programme)

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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]

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GRADE Research Programme

LHC experiments
ExperimentContact personDescriptionStatusLink
GR1 (SIMPLE)Markus Yrjo NordbergSilicon photo multipliers for generic detector R&D [2] [3] Completed April 2019 Grey Book
GR02 (TT-PET)Giuseppe IacobucciThin time-of-flight PET project [4] Grey Book
GR03 (AUGMENT)Olga BeltramelloGeneric R&D and augmented reality techniques [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Completed December 2019 Grey Book
GR04 (HEALTH)Marco SilariDetectors for health and safety [12] [13] Grey Book

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