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CRC 1660 News

August 26, 2025

This summer, the Mainz Particle Physics Academy welcomed 16 high school students from across Germany. During the ten-day program, the participants immersed themselves in the world of particle physics — attending lectures by JGU scientists, conducting hands-on experiments at our MAMI accelerator, and even building their own plastic scintillator detectors.

Organised in cooperation with the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence and supported by scientists involved in our CRC, the academy offers a unique opportunity for students to gain early research experience in an inspiring university environment.

Read more about the Mainz Particle Physics Academy here (press release in German)

August 12, 2025
Achim Denig and Hartmut Wittig, both project leaders in CRC 1660, are members of the Steering Committee of the international Muon g–2 Theory Initiative, which coordinates theoretical efforts and key publications such as the widely cited White Paper. Hartmut has been part of the committee for some time, and Achim has recently joined. The initiative plays a central role in interpreting the latest, most precise measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon.
 
July 1, 2025

First Prize for Monica Sanjinez Ortiz

Monica Sanjinez Ortiz, PhD student in subproject N02 of our CRC 1660, attended the International Summer School on Nuclear Physics La Rábida 2025 in Huelva (Spain) from 16 to 20 June.

She was awarded the prize for the best oral presentation for her talk “α(d, γ)⁶Li cross section from Coulomb break-up experiments: An analysis with a fully dynamical reaction model.”

We warmly congratulate Monica on this well-deserved recognition of her excellent work.