Master student Projects

Projects for Master students in the Nikhef B-physics (LHCb) group

date: August 2013

This is an overview with all available Master student projects in the Nikhef B-physics (LHCb) group.

If you have your own research proposal, need more detailed information on the (availability) of individual proposals or would like to discuss about other available projects in the group you are always welcome to contact either the contact person for the project and/or the Nikhef B-physics group leader:

Marcel Merk ___ [ E-mail: i93_at_nikhef.nl, Tel 020-5925107, Nikhef room N2xx]

For an overview of the theses written in the Nikhef B-physics group you can look at the Nikhef LHCb theses page

Master projects in the Nikhef B-physics group

1) Study of long-living particles

Supervisors: Wouter Hulsbergen (staf) and Veerle Heijne (PhD)

Research description:

Supersymmetry is potentially the key to understand the Dark Matter in the Universe. Within the SUSY framework, long-living supersymmetric particles can exist, which can be detected by the LHCb detector. The search for these particles will be performed on the recent data set recorded in 2012, and some work is also needed on the trigger selection, to prepare for data taking in 2015, when the LHC will be running at a higher center-of-mass energy.

For this project computer skills are needed. The ROOT programme and C++ and/or Python macros are used. You become part of our research group (~5 persons); we have weekly video meetings with colleagues at CERN.

Relevant information:

Master thesis Suzanne Klaver (2013): A Search for Long-lived Neutralinos in LHCb: [1]