Particle Physics & MACRO

James Wetzel

REU candidates working with Dr. Wetzel jwetzel@coe.edu have several options to choose from:

Study of the RADiCAL concept A radiation tolerant high performance calorimeter detector module for a future circular collider or high energy astrophysics detector. This project requires analysis of data using python and C++, design of detector components using circuit or CAD software, and prototyping of parts with 3D printing. An REU student can have the choice of which component to work on.

Contribution to the MACRO project A group of Midwest colleges co-manages a remotely controlled robotic telescope at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita, Arizona. We are actively developing the shared server technologies using python, javaScript, MySQL, and html that help us schedule and decide what the telescope takes pictures of. An REU student could also choose to participate in exo-planet search analysis, studying light curve data in search of an eclipsing event.

QWall A highly granular calorimeter concept for future detectors. Like the RADiCAL project, we have been testing this concept at CERN in electron beams, and could use help analyzing the data with python / C++ / ROOT. We could also use help simulating the concept using C++ and the GEANT4 library.