Het datacenter van Nikhef verwerkt per seconde een grote hoeveelheid data. Om de snelheid van de servers te kunnen testen wordt op dit moment een tool gebruikt die problemen heeft met het testen van snelheden die groter zijn dan 40 Gb/s. Omdat bij Nikhef datasnelheden van meer dan 100 Gb/s bereikt kunnen …

A Quad Focus GridPix Gaseous Tracking Detector is under construction, to allow calibration and test beam measurements to validate the working principles of the (quad) GridPix detectors while using a focused electric field. The development is well on its way: both measurements should be able to be conducted …

In the medical community, X-rays are an important tool in imaging the human body. In principle X-ray images are 2 dimensional images. By measuring such X-ray images at multiple angles, one can construct the 3 dimensional inner structure of the sample. This 3 dimensional structure is created by applying …

A new gravitation wave observatory is being built in Japan. This facility is a big Michelson interferometer where the mirrors and sensors will be made cryogenic down to 4 K. The problem is that: the heat cannot be transported out of the mirror by its surroundings because the whole system is in an ultra-high …