Thesis projects
Below are example projects and topical areas with significant existing or planned
involvement. Most topics are adjustable to projects at either BSc or MSc level.
Data analysis
- Search for CP violation in the phase space of multi-body charm decays
- Search for time-dependent CP violation in neutral charm mesons
- Model-independent parametrisations of S-wave contributions to multi-body
decays - Angular analysis of semi-leptonic B decays and search for charged-current
physics beyond the Standard Model - Investigation of c→s and transitions in Bc decays
- Measurement of the CKM angle γ with B decays involving charm mesons
- Search for CP violation in semi-leptonic B decays
- Development of statistical combination techniques of mixing and CP violation
observables within the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group
Detector development
- Optimisation studies of the Mighty Tracker layout
- Development of detector assembly procedures and tools
- Development of quality control measures
- Development of novel semiconductor sensor technologies
Experiment operation
- Investigation of the performance of the SciFi detector
- Measurement of trigger efficiencies and optimisation of trigger selections
- Measurement of vertex and decay-time resolutions
- Investigation of the tracker alignment performance
Data-related R&D
- Development of tracker alignment on GPUs
- Exploration of FPGAs as hardware accelerators for alignment algorithms
- Development of fast simulation on GPUs