Projects
Search for Heavy Neutrinos using the CMS detector at the LHC Ghent University
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is currently the most powerful particle accelerator in the world,
delivering proton-proton collision in a lab environment at unprecedented energies. After the
discovery of the Higgs Boson in 2012, which was the latest missing piece of the Standard Model
(SM), the priority of the LHC program has now shifted towards the search for new physics. Some of
the most popular ...
Introduction of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in vegetable crops (Liliaceae and Apiaceae) Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Can we succesfylly integrate the cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) technique in the development of new cultivars in model crops celery (fam. Apiaceae) and leek (fam. Liliaceae), with the final aim to produce F1 hybrids? For breeding in both vegetables, hybrid seeds are only partially used, but CMS has not yet been introduced. For breeders and growers, this technique can represent a tool for easier ...
The future CMS tracker : Ensuring maximal detector performance and readiness. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
advantage of the Belgian commitment to the CMS tracker phase-2
upgrade.
Through a forefront role in the quality assurance of upgraded
detector modules, both at the Belgian production centre level and at
the scale of the collaboration, the in depth studies of multiple
modules simultaneously read-out in particle beams, the development
...
FLAMENCO: Flavor, Lepton number, And Mass Explorations of Neutrinos at the COmpact muon solenoid Ghent University
Neutrinos, the subatomic particles that play a fundamental role in everyday nuclear processes like the solar fusion cycle, are very much a mystery despite their discovery already 60 years ago. Within the Standard Model of Particle Physics, the widely successful description of particles at the smallest scales, neutrinos are massless. As a result, the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of extremely tiny neutrino masses represents one of the greatest ...
Innovative search for heavy neutral leptons using parked datasets at CMS. Ghent University
This research will search for a new, heavy type of neutrino, as is predicted by several theories. Furthermore, this research is innovative as it uses a new dataset, differing from all previous datasets and being very sensitive to the potential presence of heavy neutrino’s.
This way, the probability grows for either a discovery, or the exclusion of some models.
Study of proton-proton interactions in the CMS-experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in CERN Ghent University
In the LHC accelerator protons are accelerated and brought into collision at the highest energies ever achieved. This project concerns the physics research programme to be performed in Gent with this accelerator.
Searching signals of supersymmetry with the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider Ghent University
Using proton-proton collisions delivered by the LHC and recorded by the CMS detector, we will search fpr signals of supersymmetry, a promising and popular extension of the Standard Model of particle physics.
Study of the heavy flavour content of the proton with the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in CERN. University of Antwerp
Tumor heterogeneity in relapsed or metastatic breast, ovarian and colorectal cancer KU Leuven
Cancer is a genetic disease. Genetic changes or mutations that alter the function of genes, can provide a cell with a selective growth advantage compared to its surrounding cells. Next-generation sequencing is revolutionizing the characterization of these (epi)genetic alterations and is gaining influence on therapy choice and prediction of prognosis. This manuscript describes the results and interpretations derived of genetic ...