Summer Student Program

- Harry Daniels - 3rd year Theoretical Physics - University of Birmingham - Irina Maria Ionescu - 3rd year - Mechanical Engineering & Mecatronix Technical University - Bucharest - Liudas Karalius - 2nd year Physics Faculty - University of Birmingham - Amelia Lindner - 3rd year Physics Faculty - Babes- Bolyai University - Tanase Marius Manafu - 2nd year Particle Physics & Cosmology - University of Birmingham - Ana Maria Marcu – 1st year – Engineering Faculty - Cambridge University - Adrian Sorin Mare - 3rd year Physics Faculty - Babes- Bolyai University - Iustin Ouatu - 1st year - Physics Faculty - Oxford University - Eusebiu Sutu – 1st year – Engineering Faculty - Oxford University

Summer Student Program -  Harry Daniels - July 24 - August 31 -  Irina Maria Ionescu - June 15 - September 15 -  Liudas Karalius - June 3rd - August 11 - confirmed on 19.05.2017 -  Amelia Lindner - July 20 - October 1st -  Tanase Marius Manafu - June 14 - September 8 - confirmed on 19.05.2017 -  Ana-Maria Marcu - August 7 - September 18 - confirmed on 19.05.2017 - Adrian Sorin Mare - July 20 - October 1st -  Iustin Ouatu - July 3rd – August 14 - confirmed on 19.05.2017 - Eusebiu Sutu - August 7 - September 15 - confirmed on 20.05.2017

June July August September October

Harry Daniels

Irina Maria Ionescu

Liudas Karalius

Amelia Lindner

Tanase Marius Manafu

Ana-Maria Marcu

Adrian Sorin Mare

Iustin Ouatu

Eusebiu Sutu

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24 31

15 15

3 11

20 1

14 8

14

20 1

3

3 14

7 18

8x18 days 6x21 days 5x38 days

2x57 days 3x56 days

2x84 days

Mo July 24 – Fr. August 11 12 normal days w/o Fr. for lectures/seminars

Summer Student Program Mo July 24 – Fr. August 11 12 normal days w/o Fr. for lectures/seminars

Alexandrina Oana Mihai Amalia Puiu Mariana Alexandru Claudiu Cara Laura Cristi Andrei Madalina

Summer Student Program - Harry Daniels - late July - late August Amalia - EPOS calculations Cristi, Andrei, Madalina - EPOS analysis - generated events - Irina Maria Ionescu - June 15 - September 15 Laura, Victor – CBM-ToF inner wall design - Liudas Karalius - June 3rd - August 11 Alexandru - CBM-TRD – R&D - Amalia Lindner - July 20 - October 1st Amalia - EPOS calculations Cristi, Andrei, Madalina - EPOS analysis - generated events - starting data analysis - Tanase Marius Manafu Alexandru - MC simulations CBM-TRD ??? Cristi, Andrei, Madalina – PYTHIA, PHOJET, EPOS analysis - generated events ??? - Adrian Sorin Mare - July 20 - October 1st Alexandrina – Nuclear Structure & Dynamics - Iustin Ouatu - July 3rd ? - ? Alexandru - CBM-TRD – R&D Mariana – RPC2012 – “after pulse” studies PADI vs. NINO

Summer Student Program A. Studies of exotic nuclear structure and dynamics near to the drip lines Description of coexistence exotic phenomena using variational procedures with projections on symmetries before variation based on realistic effective interactions in large model space 1. Studies of the effect of shapes and isospin mixtures and of pairing correlations in different channels on the structure and dynamics of the nuclei close to N=Z line. Beyond standard model through the investigation of super allowed Fermi beta decay and neutrino less double beta decay 2. Beta decay studies related to the nucleosynthesis of medium mass nuclei via the rapid proton burning relevant for X-ray bursts in astrophysics 3. Studies of nuclear structure and dynamics of neutron reach nuclei in A~100 mass region relevant for the rapid neutron capture astrophysics process Prof. Dr. Alexandrina Nicoletta Petrovici

Summer Student Program

B. Studies of collective type phenomena and Equation of State of strongly interaction matter 1. Studies of collective type phenomena in p+p interactions at 7 TeV center of mass energy. Analysis of experimental data obtained using ALICE Experiment at LHC CERN 2. Search for experimental observables to be used in selecting soft processes in p-p and Pb-Pb interactions at LHC energies Prof. Dr. Mihai Petrovici, CSI Dr. Amalia Pop, CSIII Dr. Cristian Andrei, CSIII Dr. Andrei Herghelegiu

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C. Development of a new generation of detectors for high counting rate future experiments (CBM at FAIR) 1. Development of Resistive Plate Counters (RPC) used for charged particle identification based on time-of-flight method in relativistic and ultrarelativistic energies experiments 2. Development of transition radiation detectors (TRD) for electron-pion discrimination and tracking for high counting rate experiments

Prof. Dr. Mihai Petrovici, CSII Dr. Alexandru Bercuci, CSII Dr. Mariana Petris

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D. Design and tests of frontend electronics and data processing systems 1. CADENCE design of frontend electronics associated to the detection and identification systems developed in Hadron Physics Department 2. Design of motherboards in SMD technology, interfacing the front end electronics with the detectors and data acquisition systems 3. Tests of the frontend electronics and their performance CSII Dr. Ing. Catanescu Vasile, CSII Ing. Gheorghe Caragheorgheopol

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E. GRID type computing structures 1. GRID type structures and their efficient operation. NIHAM within ALICE GRID 2. Setting-up the structure of an integrated system for monitoring and protection of the distributed computing structure NIHAM. Implementation and operation. Fiz. Claudiu Schiaua

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F. Data acquisition and processing systems Prof. Dr. Mihai Petrovici, CSII Dr. Alexandru Bercuci, Fiz. Claudiu Schiaua G. Design of electronic interfaces CSII, Ing. Gheorghe Caragheorgheopol H. Simulations of TRD and RPC detectors - signal transmission Fiz. Daniel Bartos