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The Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP)
In 2007 the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg founded the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP). ECAP encompasses the working groups of eleven professors with over eighty scientists. An electronics and a mechanics workshop with more than twenty technicians support the research. Overall, more than 2000 square meters of laboratory space are available.
The Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics combines expertise in the fields of neutrino, X-ray and very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. With the ECAP, the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg has created an outstanding framework for scientists to participate in major projects of astroparticle physics. ECAP also integrates the research in optical astronomy and the development of new detectors.
The research at the ECAP covers the following astroparticle physics topics: the field of neutrino astronomy is the focus of the projects ANTARES and KM3NeT; the experiments H.E.S.S. and - in the future - CTA work in the field of very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy; the satellite experiments eROSITA and XEUS investigate X-ray astrophysics. In all of these experiments, scientists of the ECAP are deeply involved in the manifold challenges of constructing and running detectors in such extreme conditions as the deep sea or space.
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The Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics combines expertise in the fields of neutrino, X-ray and very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. With the ECAP, the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg has created an outstanding framework for scientists to participate in major projects of astroparticle physics. ECAP also integrates the research in optical astronomy and the development of new detectors.
The research at the ECAP covers the following astroparticle physics topics: the field of neutrino astronomy is the focus of the projects ANTARES and KM3NeT; the experiments H.E.S.S. and - in the future - CTA work in the field of very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy; the satellite experiments eROSITA and XEUS investigate X-ray astrophysics. In all of these experiments, scientists of the ECAP are deeply involved in the manifold challenges of constructing and running detectors in such extreme conditions as the deep sea or space.
