Difference: SummerBursaries2009 (1 vs. 38)

List of Students who participated in the Summer Bursary Scheme 2009

• Student: Rosamunde Pare, Joshua Stafford-Haworth

• Student: Rosamunde Pare, Joshua Stafford-Haworth

• Student: Daniel Caroli, Lorraine Bobb

• Student: Spencer Compton, Jethro Smith

• Title : "Fresnel diffraction integrals for simulation of optical systems"
• Duration : 8 weeks
• Supervisor : Dr. Stewart Boogert
• Student : Gemma Smith
• Brief description :

The passage of light through optical systems including matter is important for the developing measurement systems such as microscopes and telescopes, but also for the manipulation of coherent beams such as lasers, distance sources (stars) and accelerators. The aim of this project is to develop a library of functions for Fresnel diffraction calculation which could be applied for undergraduate teaching demonstration, research projects including the laser-wire other projects within the accelerator physics group.

• Student: Spencer Compton

• Student:

• Student: Rosamunde Pare

• Student: Rosamunde Pare

• Student: Ziggi Sheldrake, Laura Lewis, Mathew Pannell

• Student: Ziggi Sheldrake, Laura Lewis, Mathew Pannell

• Student: Daniel Caroli,

• Supervisor: Dr Pedro Teixeira-Dias (Office W260)
• Student: Lorraine Bobb, Jacobo Blanco, Spencer Compton

• Student:

Dr. Pedro Teixeira-Dias

• Title of project "Search for the Higgs particle with the ATLAS detector at the LHC "
• Duration: 6 weeks
• Supervisor: Dr Pedro Teixeira-Dias (Office W260) * Student:
• Brief description of project:

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN will start producing proton-proton collision data in Autumn 2009. The search for the Higgs particle -- believed to be at the heart of the explanation as to why fundamental particles have any mass at all -- is one of the main priorities in the LHC scientific programme.

This project will consist of the analysis of simulated ATLAS data,including Higgs particle production as well as background processes. The student will work on the determination of Higgs particle production rates leading to specific final states, and on data selection methods to distinguish between the Higgs signal and background processes. Competence in programming (eg as demonstrated in PH2150) would be a significant advantage.

Dr. Phil Meeson

• Title of project "Optimisation of Josephson Junction Properties"
• Duration: 10 weeks
• Supervisor: Phil Meeson and Gregoire Ithier
• Student: Jonathan Burnett
• Brief description of project:

Josephson Junctions developed at RHUL can be improved in a variety of ways, the principle aim being to achieve full control of the tunnelling current and eliminate random factors affecting fabrication. The aim of the project will be to fully test the performance of new metallic film deposition facilities presently being purchased. Ultimately this will require careful low noise, low temperature measurements to fully characterise the junctions and expose the quantum effects we seek.

Dr. Stewart Boogert

• Title of project "Undergraduate telescope system upgrades and development "
• Duration: 8 weeks
• Supervisor: Dr. Stewart Boogert
• Student:
• Brief description of project:

The undergraduate 10" Meade reflecting telescope is used for 2nd year undergraduate teaching and 3rd and 4th year astronomy and physics projects. We are planning to upgrade the telescope infrastructure to enable more detailed and challenging projects. We are planning to upgrade the digital camera systems and the control of the telescope tracking system. These upgrades will require programming in an object orientated language to develop an integrated telescope control. It would be beneficial if the prospective student is comfortable with a programing language like Java, Python or C++, although not essential.

• Supervisor: Dr. V. Boisvert, Dr. A. Misiejuk

Professor V. Petrashov

Dr S. Molloy

Dr. V. Boisvert

• Title of project "Software for performance studies of a switch based electronic card for the ATLAS detector"
• Duration: 8 weeks
• Supervisor: Dr. V. Boisvert, A. Misiejuk
• Student:
• Brief description of project:

The project entails the installation of CERN software that will allow the study of the performance of the ROBIN card, an electronic card that RHUL designed and which is currently used in ATLAS. This software will communicate with the electronic card and will be able to record the performance of the card, more specifically we are interested in the performance of this card when it is operated in a "switch-based" mode. This performance will be compared to the results obtained from a custom software written by RHUL research staff.

The interested student does not need any prerequisite knowledge of computing (it is expected that the student took PH2150), although an interest in computers in general and in the hardware used for the ATLAS detector is useful.

Professor B. Cowan

• Title of project "Development of an Electromagnetism experiment for second year laboratory"
• Duration: 6-8 weeks
• Supervisor: Professor B. Cowan
• Student:
• Brief description of project:

Development of a demonstration / experiment to show the real effect of the displacement current. This will involve making the equipment, taking careful measurements, and establishing the feasibility of the idea.

• Title of project: "Development of a Statistical Physics experiment for second year laboratory"
• Duration: 6-8 weeks
• Supervisor: Professor B. Cowan
• Brief description

• Title of project
• Duration (max 8 weeks)
• Supervisor
• Student (if "?", interested students should contact supervisor for more information)
• Brief description of project

Professor Victor Petrashov

• Title of project "Superconducting properties of gated ferromagnetic nano-structures"
• Duration: 8 weeks
• Supervisor: Professor Victor Petrashov, Research Officer Dr Rais Shaikhaidarov, PDRA Chris Checkley and PhD student Richard Marsh.
• Student: D.J.Voneshen, Connor Shelley
• Brief description of project:

Dr. P.Karataev

• Title of project "Radiative processes initiated by relativistic electrons: control and applications"
• Duration: 8 weeks
• Supervisor: Dr. P.Karataev
• Student: Rob Ainsworth, Vishal Panchal
• Brief description of project:

Electron accelerators are powerful instruments in various areas of scientific research such as particle physics, material science medicine and biology. Relativistic nature of electrons provides an opportunity to generate intense EM radiation beams with a very broad spectrum via such mechanisms as Synchrotron Radiation, Transition Radiation, Diffraction Radiation,etc. Detailed control of the EM radiation characteristics gives an opportunity to extract the information about the electron beam itself to be able to improve its quality which is essential for stable and reliable accelerator operation required by scientific community.

Dr S Molloy

• Title of project "Acoustic Imaging of Accelerated Electron Beams"
• Duration: 6 weeks
• Supervisor: Dr S Molloy
• Student: Rob Ainsworth, Vishal Panchal
• Brief description of project:

• Title of project

Acoustic Imaging of Accelerated Electron Beams

• Duration (max 8 weeks)

Six weeks

• Supervisor

Dr S Molloy

• Student (if "?", interested students should contact supervisor for more information)

• Brief description of project

Imaging of the cross section of a relativistic electron beam is usual accomplished with the use of screens constructed to emit light through various physical processes when struck by the electrons. In the case of modern light sources, the very short bunches cause this emission to be dominated by coherent light, thus making the measurement impossible.

This project is to investigate the possibilities of using measurements of the acoustic waves produced when a beam hits a metallic or crystalline disc to determine the cross section of the incident beam. Due to the importance of such beam measurements, this scheme has the potential to be installed world-wide at the multitude of new light sources being constructed.

The project will consist of some mixture of simulation, hardware development, and data analysis.

medicine and biology. Relativistic nature of electrons provides an opportunity to generate intense EM radiation beams

with a very broad spectrum via such mechanisms as Synchrotron Radiation, Transition Radiation, Diffraction Radiation,etc.

Detailed control of the EM radiation characteristics gives an opportunity to extract the information about

the electron beam itself to be able to improve its quality which is essential for stable and reliable

accelerator operation required by scientific community.