Description
The next big particle collider project is foreseen to be an e+e- Higgs factory.
Various detector concepts with advanced detector technologies have been
proposed for such colliders, aiming to probe the Standard Model to
unprecedented precision. In order to optimise the physics performance of
these detectors, sophisticated reconstruction algorithms are being developed
and bench-marked on detailed simulations.
One such algorithm is the identification of in-flight decays of neutral
particles, so called V0s, in the sensitive volume of gaseous trackers,
which offer continuous tracking and thus significant advantages in pattern
recognition with respect to a silicon tracker.
A summer student joining our Software&Analysis team will assess the
performance of the current, somewhat basic implementation of the V0-Finder,
in a generic calibration case as well as with physics samples.
They will then adapt the V0-Finder to find a particular SUSY signature
- chargino decay to neutralino and a single track inside the tracker -
and use it to assess the discovery/exclusion limit for this signature
at one future Higgs factory.
If time allows, the student will finally compare the simple V0-Finder with
a more complex vertexing framework and study their interactions in the current
default reconstruction chain.
Physics / Computing / Engineering Content of the project : 33% / 67% / 0%
- Computing: Studying advanced reconstruction algorithms in particle detectors,
making connections between state-of-the-art detector technologies and
reconstruction performance
- Physics: Applying these algorithms to a physics case to show its impact
Special Qualifications:
Basic skills programming (C++ or python) to perform a data analysis
| Field | B1: Particle physics analysis (software-oriented) |
|---|---|
| DESY Place | Hamburg |
| DESY Division | FH |
| DESY Group | FTX/SLB |
