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Contact me at calinblodgett@gmail.com!
Research Interests
The complex and fascinating world of particle physics was initially revealed to me through a workshop called Physics In and Through Cosmology that I did the summer of my sophomore year, in which I had the opportunity to hear from scientists around the world involved with the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is a 27-kilometer wide particle collider that is enabling the next generation of particle physics research, featuring many different detectors along its track that specialize in unique types of interactions and collisions. The ALICE detector specializes in heavy ion collisions, and the experiment is receiving an exciting new upgrade that will upgrade the tracking capabilities and reduce costs. It is the development of this new ALICE 3 detector that I have the opportunity to contribute for my MARC project.
This image features some of the exciting new features that will be installed in this upgrade, including 60 sq meters of ultra-thin silicon tracking devices, which are the focus of my contributions! Image credit
Ever since the Physics In and Through Cosmology workshop, CERN had been at forefront of where I wanted to put my efforts during my time in MARC, and I've been very lucky to have the opportunity to contribute to this enormous collaboration! The CERN Collaboration is made up of thousands of scientists worldwide, all doing their part in order to pursue research on a scale that has never before been done, and I will now have the chance to add my own stepping stone to better our understanding of the natural world.
My mentor for this research is Dr. Nicole Apadula, a research scientist at the Berkeley Lab who specializes in silicon trackers. She's worked in numerous projects involving the development, creation, and testing of detector technology for multiple research facilities. On top of her current work with the ALICE Collaboration, she is contributing to research for the upcoming electron-Ion Collider (eIC) at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
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