Do your thesis with us.
Bachelor (LT), master (LM) and PhD theses in data analysis, beam tests, simulation and lab work. Write to the contacts listed for each topic, or come and see the lab.
Leggi in italianoHow it works.
- Pick a topic
Every topic below is open to bachelor (LT) and master (LM) theses. For a PhD, write to crystals@fe.infn.it.
- Write to its contacts
Say which degree you are on and when you would like to start. Any of the people listed can answer.
- Come and see the lab
Meet the group, see the cleanroom and the instruments, and agree on your project with your supervisor, who can be from the University or from INFN.
Data analysis
- Analysis of rare decays of the K meson
Write to:Alberto Gianoli
Laura Bandiera - Performance analysis of prototype calorimeters with oriented crystals for HEP and satellites
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Laura Bandiera - Data analysis of beam tests on bent crystals
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Marco Romagnoni - Performance of innovative positron-source prototypes
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Laura Bandiera
Beam tests
- Shift leader in NA62 data taking
Write to:Alberto Gianoli
Laura Bandiera - Beam tests of prototype calorimeters with oriented crystals at CERN and DESY
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Laura Bandiera - Beam tests of bent crystals at CERN, DESY and MAMI
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Andrea Mazzolari - Beam tests of innovative positron-source prototypes at CERN, PSI and MAMI
Write to:
Laura Bandiera
Geant4 simulation
- Simulations of beam-test setups for oriented crystals
Write to:
Alexei Sytov
Gianfranco Paternò - Development of crystal physics in the Geant4 toolkit
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Alexei SytovGianfranco Paternò - Simulations of plasma wakefield acceleration in solid targets at SLAC E336
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Alexei SytovLaura Bandiera - Design of the FCC-ee injection system
Laboratory work
- Development of prototype calorimeters with oriented crystals for HEP and satellites
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Lorenzo MalaguttiLaura Bandiera - Development and characterisation of bent crystals
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Andrea MazzolariMarco Romagnoni
Interested in another line?
No topic is listed yet for these lines. Write to their contacts to ask about a thesis.
- Crystalline undulatorsHard photons from periodically bent crystalsLaura Bandiera
- Crystal bondingGlue-free assemblies that keep their curvatureAndrea Mazzolari
- X-ray spectroscopyBent crystal analysersAndrea Mazzolari
- Laue lensesFocusing γ rays for astrophysicsAndrea Mazzolari
- X-ray tomoscopyCrystal beam splitters for MHz imagingcrystals@fe.infn.it
- Cryogenic detectorsSilicon arrays for dark matter and neutrinoscrystals@fe.infn.it
- Gravitational wavesSilicon optics for the Einstein Telescopecrystals@fe.infn.it
The projects named above.
- NA62
- CERN experiment that measures rare decays of the K meson.
- OREO
- Our INFN project on calorimeters made of oriented crystals.
- CERN DRD6
- CERN collaboration for research and development on calorimeters.
- Mu2e
- Fermilab experiment searching for the conversion of a muon into an electron; our bent crystals protect its beam extraction.
- TWOCRYST
- Test at the LHC with two bent crystals in sequence.
- CRYSTAL BOND
- Our INFN project on crystals bonded to shaped substrates.
- e+BOOST
- Research project (PRIN) on positron sources made of oriented crystals.
- PSI P3
- Positron-source experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute.
- FCC-ee
- The proposed Future Circular Collider for electrons and positrons at CERN.
- TRILLION
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship on crystal physics in Geant4.
- GEANT4INFN
- INFN project that develops the Geant4 toolkit.