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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