REU Topic: Nuclear Physics

Detector Developments for Experiments on the 88” Cyclotron

Dr. Heather Crawford

Berkeley’s development of the cyclotron under the leadership of Lawrence arguable gave birth to modern subatomic physics. The 88” cyclotron at Lawrence Berkeley Lab continues to be used for nuclear physics experiments [...]

Introduction to Neutrino Oscillations in Matter

Prof. Wick Haxton

The discovery of neutrino oscillations requires neutrinos to be massive, and the small scale of neutrino mass is suggestive of new physics residing at energy scales far beyond the Standard Model [...]

Developing a silicon pixel tracker for the new Electron-Ion Collider

Prof. Barbara Jacak

Development of Monte Carlo analysis tools for precision photon detection

Prof. Gabriel Orebi Gann

A full understanding of large (10–100 kton) detectors requires precision Monte Carlo modelling, tracking every individual photon from production to detection [...]