{"id":5664,"date":"2025-02-13T11:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/?page_id=5664"},"modified":"2026-03-16T23:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:13:02","slug":"laboratory-for-astroparticle-physics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/en\/about-the-faculty\/organisation\/division-of-theoretical-physics-and-astrophysics\/laboratory-for-astroparticle-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Head of the Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.uniri.hr\/Portfelj\/Details\/2879\">Assoc. Prof. Marina\u00a0Manganaro,\u00a0PhD<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:marina.manganaro@phy.uniri.hr\">marina.manganaro@phy.uniri.hr<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Office: O-S12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tel.: (051) 584 644<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle wp-block-ub-content-toggle-block\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-block-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\" data-mobilecollapse=\"false\" data-desktopcollapse=\"true\" data-preventcollapse=\"false\" data-showonlyone=\"false\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion\" style=\"border-color: #f1f1f1;\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-block-\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title-wrap\" style=\"background-color: #f1f1f1;\" aria-controls=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-0-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title ub-content-toggle-title-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\" style=\"color: #000000; \">Members<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-toggle-wrap right\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-state-indicator wp-block-ub-chevron-down\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-0-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.uniri.hr\/Portfelj\/Index\/1496\">Dijana Dominis Prester<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.uniri.hr\/Portfelj\/Index\/906\">Tomislav Terzi\u0107<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PhD students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jasmina Isakovi\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portfelj.uniri.hr\/Portfelj\/Details\/7541\">Karlo Mrakov\u010di\u0107<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lovro Pavleti\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portfelj.uniri.hr\/Portfelj\/Details\/7523\">Filip Re\u0161\u010di\u0107<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Master&#8217;s students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lorena Luli\u0107<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UNIRI-CTA-2_20181017.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3646\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UNIRI-CTA-2_20181017-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UNIRI-CTA-2_20181017-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UNIRI-CTA-2_20181017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UNIRI-CTA-2_20181017-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UNIRI-CTA-2_20181017-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UNIRI-CTA-2_20181017.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGICstructTomislav.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"3645\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGICstructTomislav-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGICstructTomislav-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGICstructTomislav-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGICstructTomislav-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGICstructTomislav.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dijana_MAGICII_Commissioning_2009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3647\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dijana_MAGICII_Commissioning_2009-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dijana_MAGICII_Commissioning_2009-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dijana_MAGICII_Commissioning_2009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dijana_MAGICII_Commissioning_2009-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dijana_MAGICII_Commissioning_2009.jpg 1112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion\" style=\"border-color: #f1f1f1;\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-block-\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title-wrap\" style=\"background-color: #f1f1f1;\" aria-controls=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-1-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title ub-content-toggle-title-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\" style=\"color: #000000; \">Activities<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-toggle-wrap right\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-state-indicator wp-block-ub-chevron-down\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-1-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Studies of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) using the <a href=\"https:\/\/magic.mpp.mpg.de\/\">MAGIC<\/a> (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescopes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Studies of the propagation of very high energy gamma rays (VHE, E &gt; 100 GeV)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Observational shifts and maintenance of the <a href=\"https:\/\/magic.mpp.mpg.de\/\">MAGIC<\/a> telescopes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participation in the commissioning of the\u00a0 Large-Sized Telescope (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cta-observatory.org\/project\/technology\/lst\/\">LST<\/a>) prototypes for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cta-observatory.org\/\">CTAO<\/a>\u00a0 (Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory) and observational shifts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participation in the R&amp;D) research and development phase of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swgo.org\/SWGOWiki\/doku.php\">SWGO<\/a> (Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participation in the scientific programs of the <a href=\"https:\/\/rubinobservatory.org\/\">Vera Rubin Observatory<\/a> and LSST (Legacy Survey of Space and Time)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a>Participation in the <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.et-gw.eu\/\">Einstein Telescope<\/a> (ET) experiment (gravitational waves)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cooperation in the international group \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/Suradnja%20u%20me%C4%91unarodnoj%20grupi%20%22NuGRid%22%20--Simulacije%20u%20okru%C5%BEenjima%20nuklearne%20astrofizike%20---(Marina%20Manganaro)\">NuGRid<\/a>\u201d\u00a0 &#8211; Simulations in nuclear astrophysics environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion\" style=\"border-color: #f1f1f1;\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-block-\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title-wrap\" style=\"background-color: #f1f1f1;\" aria-controls=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-2-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title ub-content-toggle-title-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\" style=\"color: #000000; \">Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs)<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-toggle-wrap right\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-state-indicator wp-block-ub-chevron-down\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-2-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\">\n\n<p>AGNs are bright compact objects in the centers of galaxies, powered by a supermassive black hole (SMBH) and emitting radiation across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Some AGNs eject matter in the form of collimated jets of ultrarelativistic energy. With Cherenkov Imaging telescopes, as MAGIC and LST, we investigate the VHE gamma-ray produced by AGNs and we gather multiwavelength and multimessenger data to study the emission mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mrk421_fig8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"366\" data-id=\"3650\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mrk421_fig8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mrk421_fig8.jpg 567w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mrk421_fig8-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGIC_B0218_bis.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"294\" data-id=\"3649\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGIC_B0218_bis.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3649\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion\" style=\"border-color: #f1f1f1;\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-block-\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title-wrap\" style=\"background-color: #f1f1f1;\" aria-controls=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-3-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title ub-content-toggle-title-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\" style=\"color: #000000; \">Instrumentation<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-toggle-wrap right\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-state-indicator wp-block-ub-chevron-down\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-3-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\">\n\n<p>The main research equipment (the Cherenkov Imaging Telescopes) is located at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iac.es\/eno.php?op1=2&amp;lang=en\">Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM)<\/a>\u00a0 on the Canary Island of La Palma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>MAGIC Florian Goebel Telescopes<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The MAGIC telescopes are a system of two Cherenkov telescopes located at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iac.es\/eno.php?op1=2&amp;lang=en\">ORM<\/a>. They detect Cherenkov radiation as a consequence of cosmic and gamma-ray interaction with the nuclei of the atmosphere. They are optimized for observing gamma-rays with energies higher than 50 GeV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGIC_siteLogo-1-1024x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGIC_siteLogo-1-1024x417.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGIC_siteLogo-1-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGIC_siteLogo-1-768x312.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGIC_siteLogo-1-1536x625.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAGIC_siteLogo-1.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CTAO (Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cta-observatory.org\/\">CTAO<\/a> is a planned system of Cherenkov telescopes. It will be located at two locations: in the northern hemisphere at ORM, and in the southern hemisphere in Chile near the Paranal Observatory. The northern part will consist of 19 telescopes in two sizes, and the southern part of 99 telescopes in three sizes. The first telescope of <a>CTAO<\/a>-North, LST-1, has recently been put into operation and other three LSTs are installed and almost ready to take data.<a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Site1_KBerger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3653\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Site1_KBerger-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Site1_KBerger-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Site1_KBerger-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Site1_KBerger-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Site1_KBerger-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Site1_KBerger.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos s teleskopima (slijeva nadesno) LST-1,<br>MAGIC 2, MAGIC 1. Autor: K. Berger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LST_img_prensa_prensa989_1598_hi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"3652\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LST_img_prensa_prensa989_1598_hi-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LST_img_prensa_prensa989_1598_hi-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LST_img_prensa_prensa989_1598_hi-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LST_img_prensa_prensa989_1598_hi-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LST_img_prensa_prensa989_1598_hi.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LST (Large-sized Telescope)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The prototype telescope of the LST type was recently inaugurated at the ORM observatory. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cta-observatory.org\/project\/technology\/lst\/\">LST<\/a> is the largest of the three types of Cherenkov telescopes (LST, MST, SST) that will be part of\u00a0 the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory <a>(CTAO)<\/a>. Currently, LST-1 is operational at the ORM observatory, and the other three LSTs are under construction and will be operational at the end of 2026.<a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LSTprototype-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LSTprototype-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3655\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LSTprototype-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LSTprototype-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LSTprototype-1-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SWGO (Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swgo.org\/SWGOWiki\/doku.php\">SWGO<\/a> is a gamma ray observatory based on water Cherenkov detector units. It will be located in the Atacama Astronomical Park in Chile at an altitude of 4,770 m. SWGO is in the research and development (R&amp;D) phase, and simulations and tests are being conducted to select the final detector design and the best detector array configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/swgo_imagesmain_rw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/swgo_imagesmain_rw-1024x746.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3656\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/swgo_imagesmain_rw-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/swgo_imagesmain_rw-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/swgo_imagesmain_rw-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/swgo_imagesmain_rw.jpg 1052w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vera Rubin Observatory and LSST (Legacy Survey of Space and Time)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Located on a mountaintop in Chile, the nearly complete <a href=\"https:\/\/rubinobservatory.org\/\">Vera Rubin Observatory<\/a> will image the universe in exquisite detail. Using the largest camera ever built, Rubin will scan the sky continuously for 10 years, creating an ultra-wide, ultra-high-resolution time-lapse record of our universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/noirlab2421a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/noirlab2421a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3658\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/noirlab2421a.jpg 700w, https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/noirlab2421a-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: RubinObs\/NOIRLab\/SLAC\/NSF\/DOE\/AURA\/P. Marenfeld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion\" style=\"border-color: #f1f1f1;\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-block-\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title-wrap\" style=\"background-color: #f1f1f1;\" aria-controls=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-4-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title ub-content-toggle-title-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\" style=\"color: #000000; \">On the media<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-toggle-wrap right\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-state-indicator wp-block-ub-chevron-down\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-4-b331340e-f04c-4462-bda3-492991e7d485\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Critical Design Review of the Large-Sized Telescope Successfully Approved and Closed <\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctao.org\/news\/critical-design-review-of-the-large-sized-telescope-successfully-approved-and-closed\/\">CTAO announcements<\/a>, 25. 9. 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magic in the Air <\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Javier Barbuzano, <a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/sky-and-telescope-magazine\/magic-in-the-air\/\">Sky &amp; Telescope<\/a> 5. 9. 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SWGO site selection<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swgo.org\/SWGOWiki\/doku.php?id=site_press_release\">SWGO<\/a>, 12. 8. 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MAGIC Rije\u010dani godinama istra\u017euju ekstremne pojave u svemiru<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ingrid \u0160estan Ku\u010di\u0107, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novilist.hr\/ostalo\/sci-tech\/znanost\/magic-rijecani-godinama-istrazuju-ekstremne-pojave-u-svemiru\/?meta_refresh=true\">Novi List<\/a>, 15. 2. 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>20 MAGIC years of gamma-ray astronomy<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>David Paneque, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpp.mpg.de\/en\/news\/news\/magic-20-jahre-gamma-astronomie-am-mpp\">4. 14. 2022.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Veliki uspjeh: Na\u0161i fizi\u010dari napravili va\u017ean korak prema teoriji svega<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nenad Jari\u0107 Dauenhauer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.index.hr\/vijesti\/clanak\/veliki-uspjeh-nasi-fizicari-istrazili-sveti-gral-fizike-teoriju-svega\/2201858.aspx\">Index.hr<\/a>, 31. 7. 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Teleskopi MAGIC nametnuli novo ograni\u010denje eventualnoj teoriji kvantne gravitacije<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dario Hrupec, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bug.hr\/znanost\/teleskopi-magic-nametnuli-novo-ogranicenje-eventualnoj-teoriji-kvantne-15836?fbclid=IwAR2X5Jcq1O4WoTgj4_NmjUVzANicJYJLVf1GOUt3v0mCQzEZTdqRLJtOowY\">BUG<\/a>, 12. 7. 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rije\u010dki znanstvenik u ekipi koja je potvrdila op\u0107u teoriju relativnosti<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ingrid \u0160estan Ku\u010di\u0107, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novilist.hr\/rijeka-regija\/rijeka\/rijecanin-tomislav-terzic-u-ekipi-koja-je-potvrdila-opcu-teoriju-relativnosti\/\">Novi list<\/a>, 8. 7. 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Otkri\u0107e fotona najvi\u0161ih energija u provalama gama-zraka<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tatjana Sandalj, Akademskih kvarat ure, <a href=\"https:\/\/radio.hrt.hr\/radio-rijeka\/aod\/otkrice-fotona-najvisih-energija-u-provalama-gama-zraka\/322540\/\">Radio Rijeka<\/a>, 24. 11. 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hrvatski tim otkrio mo\u0107nu svemirsku pojavu za koju se mislilo da ne postoji<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nenad Jari\u0107 Dauenhauer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.index.hr\/vijesti\/clanak\/hrvatski-tim-otkrio-mocnu-svemirsku-pojavu-za-koju-se-mislilo-da-ne-postoji\/2133958.aspx\">Index.hr<\/a>, 20. 11. 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hrvatski znanstvenici sudjelovali u svjetski va\u017enom otkri\u0107u Po prvi put su detektirali fotone najvi\u0161ih energija u bljesku gama-zraka<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jutarnji.hr\/life\/znanost\/hrvatski-znanstvenici-sudjelovali-u-svjetski-vaznom-otkricu-po-prvi-put-su-detektirali-fotone-najvisih-energija-u-bljesku-gama-zraka\/9642376\/\">Jutarnji.hr<\/a>, 20. 11. 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Astrofizi\u010dari na sastanku u Rijeci: Raspravljaju o razvoju najve\u0107ih teleskopa na svijetu<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ivana Kocijan, <a href=\"http:\/\/novilist.hr\/Znanost-i-tehnologija\/Znanost\/Astrofizicari-na-sastanku-u-Rijeci-Raspravljaju-o-razvoju-najvecih-teleskopa-na-svijetu?meta_refresh=true&amp;fbclid=IwAR1LkYEetSGG7uZr1k60STHRCLROHReiTqMDQdsOY-QvzPvvBH8uQ_y2peI\">Novi List<\/a>, 9. 7. 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rije\u010dka astrofizi\u010darka &#8220;Oko 90 posto svjetskog BDP-a rezultat je &#8211; kvantne fizike&#8221;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aneli Dragojevi\u0107 Mijatovi\u0107, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novilist.hr\/Znanost-i-tehnologija\/Znanost\/RIJECKA-ASTROFIZICARKA-Oko-90-posto-svjetskog-BDP-a-rezultat-je-kvantne-fizike\">Novi List<\/a>, 31. 3. 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hrvatski znanstvenik Bo\u017ei\u0107 provodi na rajskom oto\u010dju<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tanja Rude\u017e, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jutarnji.hr\/life\/znanost\/hrvatski-znanstvenik-bozic-provodi-na-rajskom-otocju-lovim-gama-zrake-visoke-energije-uz-pomoc-teleskopa-promjera-24-metra\/8211836\/\">Jutarnji List<\/a>, 26. 12. 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Na Kanarima mjerenja teleskopom LST-1 u projektu u kojem sudjeluje i Hrvatska<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hina, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jutarnji.hr\/life\/znanost\/na-kanarima-mjerenja-teleskopom-lst-1-u-projektu-u-kojem-sudjeluje-i-hrvatska\/8210627\/\">Jutarnji List<\/a>, 23. 12. 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Indeks<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sun\u010dica Findak ed., Indeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrti.hrt.hr\/videostore\/moviedetails?referenceId=373675385&amp;refer=search%7Cindex&amp;customCatalogueReferenceId=search&amp;heading=undefined\">HRT<\/a>, 11. 11. 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rije\u010dki astrofizi\u010dari u gradnji najve\u0107eg teleskopa<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tatjana Sandalj, Akademskih kvarat ure, <a href=\"https:\/\/radio.hrt.hr\/radio-rijeka\/ep\/rijecki-astrofizicari-u-gradnji-najveceg-teleskopa\/276566\/\">Radio Rijeka<\/a>, 11. 11. 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rije\u010dki znanstvenici sudjelovali u izgradnji najsna\u017enijeg gama-teleskopa na svijetu<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ingrid \u0160estan Ku\u010di\u0107, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novilist.hr\/Znanost-i-tehnologija\/Tehnologija\/Rijecki-znanstvenici-sudjelovali-u-izgradnji-najsnaznijeg-gama-teleskopa-na-svijetu\">Novi list<\/a>, 2. 11. 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hrvatska se na\u0161la u prvoj ligi traga\u010da za najve\u0107im misterijima svemira<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nenad Jari\u0107 Dauenhauer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.index.hr\/vijesti\/clanak\/hrvatska-se-nasla-u-prvoj-ligi-tragaca-za-najvecim-misterijima-svemira\/2031417.aspx\">Index.hr<\/a>, 28. 10. 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u0160to Hrvatska ima od \u010cerenkovljevih teleskopa? Sve o njima otkrila nam je poznata astrofizi\u010darka<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biljana Star\u010di\u0107, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tportal.hr\/tehno\/clanak\/sto-hrvatska-ima-od-cerenkovljevih-teleskopa-sve-o-njima-otkrila-nam-je-poznata-astrofizicarka-foto-20181027\">tportal<\/a>, 27. 10. 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ne\u0107emo daleko sti\u0107i budemo li za svaki izazov rekli &#8211; neka to rade bogatije zemlje<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Zoran Vitas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vecernji.hr\/techsci\/necemo-daleko-stici-budemo-li-za-svaki-izazov-rekli-neka-to-rade-bogatije-zemlje-1277864\">Ve\u010dernji list<\/a>, 22. 10. 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lov na tamnu materiju po\u010dinje na Kanarima<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vedrana Simi\u010devi\u0107, <a href=\"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/files\/ustroj\/laboratoriji\/LAPP\/Media\/NoviList_2018-10-13_LSTinauguracija_vert.pdf\">Novi list<\/a>, 13. 10. 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head of the Lab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5542,"parent":5650,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5664","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/O-Fakultetu.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5664"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7805,"href":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5664\/revisions\/7805"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phy.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}