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The Institute of Experimental Particle Physics (ETP) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) investigates the fundamental puzzles of nature. Research focuses on international projects in elementary particle physics and astroparticle physics. Together with further institutes, we form the center of excellence KCETA.

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Real-time graph neural networks on FPGAs for the Belle II electromagnetic calorimeter

February 18, 2026

Researchers at ETP and ITIV have implemented the first real-time Graph Neural Network-based trigger on FPGAs within the Belle II experiment, enabling deterministic microsecond level event reconstruction at 8 million events per second.

Solving the puzzles of charming resonances

February 17, 2026

Researchers from ETP propose a novel measurement to facilitate the direct observation of the lightest scalar open-charm state and resolve a puzzling tension.