Search for Magnetic Monopoles: from the Large Hadron Collider to Space

Required Availability

The End of Time

Preferred Majors

Aerospace Engineer & Mechanics | Applied Physics | Computer Science | Physics | Aerospace Engineering | Computer Science | Electrical Engineering

Keywords

machine learning | particle detectors | elementary particles | astrophysics | monte carlo simulation | microfabrication

Description

Student can get involved in the following aspects of the project: 1. Development of novel radiation detectors optimized for the magnetic monopole searches. The detectors are to be deployed at the Large Hadron Collider, CERN, and in space using CubeSat satellites. Experience with electronics (charge-sensitive amplifiers, impedance matching) and/or micro-fabrication techniques (physical vapor deposition, photolithography) is a plus. 2. Simulation of the galactic and solar magnetic fields to study propagation and detection of cosmological and astrophysical sources of magnetic monopoles.

Contact Phone #

(205)348-3773

Contact Email

iostrovskiy@ua.edu

Research Website

http://iostrovskiy.people.ua.edu/