Laboratory for High Energy Physics

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Master Theses

NOTE: If you are thinking of getting your Masters degree in physics at the University of Bern, you will find the necessary information here.

We offer a wide range of Master thesis topics fully integrated in our research programs. These range from laboratory work to the development of modern computing tools. Please find below a list of possible research subjects and areas which give you an idea of the prospective theses.

Please contact Prof. Dr. Antonio Ereditato for more information.

High energy: ATLAS @ LHC

Analysis studies for new discoveries using 13 TeV center of mass energy data
Parallelization of reconstruction and analysis code for usage on massive multicore CPU hardware (GPU etc)
Commissioning of a newly installed silicon pixel detector in ATLAS
Work on the ATLAS pixel optical readout. New optical receiver modules will be designed in Bern, they need to be tested in a setup to be built

Neutrinos: T2K, LEM, OPERA

Measurements of neutrino interaction cross sections in T2K neutrino oscillation experiment.
Study of the low energy component of the T2K neutrino beam with the LEM detector.
Analysis of ν_μ → ν_e oscillations with the OPERA experiment.

Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay: EXO

Development of a cryogenic noble liquid purity monitor with high dynamic range for the Ba ion tagging R&D.

Dark Matter: XENON

Searching for dark matter with XENON1T: Reading signals from a large xenon time projection chamber
Liquid xenon in the lab: development of a small detector

MicroBoone

Electric field calibration of a 100t liquid argon detector with a high power laser
Reconstruction of complex 3D neutrino interaction images from a liquid argon tpc
Slow control systems in a modern particle physics experiment

Antimatter: AegIS

Development of a time of flight detector for the AEgIS experiment at CERN: MC simulation, construction and commissioning
Development and performance measurements of a new emulsion detector to measure anti-hydrogen annihilation in the AEgIS experiment at CERN

Novel detectors, Liquid noble gases

Study of the electrical strength of liquid Argon at large breakdown distances
Design and test of novel CMOS-like readout schemes for liquid Argon TPCs

R&D on Emulsion particle detectors

Particles tracking in 3D: Reconstruction of nuclear emulsion data by the state-of-the-art computing technologies using GPUs

Medical Application of Particle Physics

Particle accelerator physics with the new Bern medical cyclotron
Development of particle detectors for medical applications of ion beams and radiation protection
Novel radioisotopes for medical imaging