DOE/INFN Summer Exchange Program for 2008

- 7th Edition -

INFN ROMA

The US Department of Energy (DoE) and the National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Italy (INFN) announce the 2008 edition of the Summer Exchange Program, dedicated to the exchange of US and Italian students in science and engineering.

Students are offered the possibility to work on projects which will extend their experience in the areas of science and technology relevant for their academic training.

Research activities in Roma are pursued in all major INFN areas of interest: Particle Physics, Astroparticle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Theoretical Physics and Detector Physics.
Several groups are participating in experimental programs in collaboration with US institutions.
In particular the following groups have expressed their interest in the program and they invite US students to join their research activities.

Candidates must have completed at least three years in an undergraduate curriculum in physics, engineering or computing in a US University. They can join a team in Rome for 10 weeks between June 1st and November 30th, 2008.

Opportunities include participation in physics analysis activities of running experiments as well as involvement in detector developments.

The following activities are available:

 

ATLAS experiment

BaBar experiment

CDF experiment


Search for Higgs boson at Tevatron.

CP violating studies in the Bs system.


CMS experiment


Active and Passive Monitoring of Large Computational Farms.

Search for Supersymmetry with Gauge-Mediated Breaking at CMS with the first LHC data.

CUORE experiment

 

Physics models and tools for the characterization of the bolometer pulses are currently under study: Understanding deeply the physics of these detectors could lead to an improvement in assembly setups to reach better resolutions and higher reproducibility. Moreover a faithful waveform modeling can be a powerful data-analysis tool as well as a useful item to be inserted in the MonteCarlo simulations.

New software and analysis tools are being developed in view of the upcoming new experiment CUORE0, the first CUORE tower. The same software will be used later with CUORE.

A Muon Detector has been recently installed on CUORICINO to estimate the background contribution of muons in the 0nuDBD energy region. The detector is being commissioned and data-analysis is ongoing.

The production of ultra radio-pure components for CUORE is starting. A production database is under development to keep tracks and drive this very delicate process.

An R&D project has started in Rome to study the optimal opto- mechanical coupling between extruded scintillators read by means of WLS fibers and several optical decives(MPPC, Low voltage Compact PMT, standard 64 multi-channel PMT. This study, performed with different scintillators shapes and fiber displacements, will drive the decision of the technology used for the CUORE muon detector.


KLOE experiment

MEG experiment

 

To apply, please fill the application form explaining your interests in physics, or computer science along with a curriculum vitae with your educational and work experience. The deadline for applications is April 20, 2008.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

 

 

LOCAL SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR

Prof. Francesco Lacava (+39 06 4991 4357)
Fax (+39 06 4454910)
francesco.lacava@roma1.infn.it

LOCAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM SECRETARIAT

Mauro Mancini (+39 06 4991 4358)
Fax (+39 06 4454910)
mauro.mancini@roma1.infn.it