Open Positions
We are constantly offering Bachelor & Master thesis projects on a variety of topics centered on particle physics with the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment (CMS) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Just let me know via e-mail if you are interested to discuss possible topics.
Current research topics:
- Detector R&D
Developement of silicon detectors, in particular pixel detectors for the phase-1 and phase-2 upgrade of the CMS detector, sensor and module developement, test beam measurements
- CMS detector
Improvement of i) pixel detector performance, (e.g. dE/dx measurement), ii) jet-measurements (transverse momentum calibration using 2-jet events), iii) missing transverse momentum reconstruction. For all topics we use the latest data of the CMS experiment.
- top-Quark
High precision measurement of the mass of the top-quark, using both semileptonic and fully hadronic final states; top pair cross section measurement and related measurements.
- Higgs
Rare Higgs decays, in particular into muon pairs and in leton flavour violating processes such as tau-muon and tau-electron; heavy higgs production in decays into lighter higgs.
- Supersymmetry
Search for squarks and gluinos in fully hadronic final states, search for heavy stable charged particles, Dark Matter related final states, pMSSM parameter scans
Theses
- Bachelor
Thesis projects last 3 to 6 month, depending mostly on the available time per week. These are research topics of current interest and make use of laboratories for detector developement or of experimental data of running experiments.
- Master
Thesis projects are limited to one year, including a six month start up project.
- PhD
Thesis projects last typically 3 years. They are funded by the University or by third party research grants.