Iacopo Vivarelli

Search for Long-Lived Particles in ATLAS

Many models of physics beyond the Standard Model predict the existence of long-lived particles that can be detected by modern collider physics experiment detectors. One possible signal consists of particles that travel "too slowly" (due to their mass): time-of-flight measurements in various detectors can distinguish the signal from the background.

The idea of the project is to perform studies with simulated data to verify the sensitivity of the detector to these new physics models. The project may also include the analysis of data collected from the ATLAS experiment.

After completing the project, you will improve the following skills:

• Software development.
• Advanced data analysis methods, including the use of artificial intelligence.
• Working in an international collaboration.

HIDRA - new trchnologies for frontier phsyics calorimetry

The community is ramping up for the next big project in particle physics. The new collider will likely be a n e+e- collider, to study the Higgs sector with high precision. To achieve the desired results, detectors with superior performance need to be developed. This is the context in which dual readout (a particular technique able to achieve very high calorimetric resolution) is being studied. 

The candidate will join the HIDRA (HIgh-resolution Dual ReAdout) collaboration, and use simulation packages to study the performance of specific detector configurations which will be tested with beams of particles at CERN. 

After doing the project, you will have improved the following skills: 

- Software development.

- Knowledge of detector phsyics.

- Working in an international collaboration.

- Analysis of large amounts of data.