About Us
Instrumentation Technology Development Center (ITDC) is a new center established in Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies (IPNS) in April of 2022.
ITDC is a reorganization of KEK Detector Technology Project (KEKDTP), which has been promoting cross-organizational instrumentation development. One of the main focus of the center is the operation of newly established Instrumentation Development Test Beam Line. The center serves as a hub for instrumentation development across various fields and as a platform for researcher exchange, working together with university collaborative users. Our goal is to nurture new research ideas by facilitating interactions among researchers from a wide range of fields, without confining it to the field of particle and nuclear physics, and to create a place where young researchers can try their creative idea.
"New directions in science are launched by new tools much more often than by new concepts. The effect of a concept-driven revolution is to explain old things in new ways. The effect of a tool-driven revolution is to discover new things that have to be explained."
Freeman Dyson
Activities
Strengthening Inter-University research
Commencing full-scale operation at the completed Test Beam Line will accelerate and streamline instrumentation development. ITDC aims to create a system where not only the Test Beam Line but also the unique infrastructure and measurement equipment at KEK can be easily accessed by researchers from across the country, forming a hub place for instrumentation development where numerous researchers can collaborate together. Additionally, by establishing a simple and speedy evaluation system for users, the center intends to make the Test Beam Line accessible to young researchers, encouraging the cultivation of young talent and allowing them to use it with creative idea.
Development of next-generation Technologies
ITDC carries out the development of next-generation foundational technologies that can be shared among multiple future projects across group boundaries. After the foundational technology development is completed, each group will pursue an exit strategy for application development. This approach aims to promote large-scale development that may be challenged by individual groups, accelerate development by each, and secure a prominent position of ITDC in the international competition for instrumentation development. The development themes coexist with both top-down projects carried out by ITDC and bottom-up proposals from the community. In either case, collaborative research is conducted for each development theme through the platforms that have been set up (currently, there are three types: optical sensors, semiconductors, and gas & active media) and the Collider Electronics Forum.
Research Support
We support the IPNS experimental projects with the technology. Three sub-groups belonging to the Next-Generation Technology Development Division, which includes Cryogenic (Low Temperature), Electronics system, and Mechanics, continue to provide research support as before. By eliminating the boundaries between sub-groups, we aim to leverage a more diverse range of expertise and make more efficient and high-performance technology proposals than ever before. For inquiries related to research support and technical consultations, please contact us at "itdc-consult[at]ml.post.kek.jp".
Organization
Inter-University Research Institute Corporation
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Experiment Groups
Supporting Group
Computing Research Group
Occupational safety Group
Inter-University Research
Development groups for next generation of technologies Cryogenic Electronics System Mechanical engineering
Administration Bureau
