ERC Advanced Grant
Award year: 2020
Category: Scholarship / Grant
Type: ERC Advanced Grant
Awarding organization: Europäischer Forschungsrat (ERC)
Many people associate the giant ring at CERN in Switzerland with particle accelerators. Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff’s project, however, aims to develop minute particle accelerators using photon chips. It is hoped that this will open up brand new possibilities for imaging methods or medical radiation therapies. In addition, the particle accelerator designed by Hommelhoff’s team could also be used for material analysis and fundamental research into quantum mechanics.