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INTENSE: particle physics experiments at the high intensity frontier, from new physics to spinoffs. Ghent University

Didar Dobur, Dirk Ryckbosch, Michael Tytgat
Department of Physics and astronomy, University of Bern, University of Manchester, Université Catholique de Louvain, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, University of Pisa, Tel Aviv University, Costruzioni Apparecchiature Elettroniche Nucleari (Italy), National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, National Institute for Nuclear Physics

Neutrinos come in three types or flavours: electron, muon and tau. They are known to oscillate in and out of the three flavours as they travel in space, but only further evidence will help scientists determine whether they also oscillate into a fourth type – a sterile neutrino. The EU-funded INTENSE project constitutes a new European training network between universities, research centres and industries. The project's researchers will take ...

Experimental particle physics at the energy frontier Ghent University

Dirk Ryckbosch, Martin Grünewald
Department of Physics and astronomy

In 2009 the experiments at the new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accelerator facility at CERN (Geneva) became operational. In this accelerator protons are accelerated to energies up to 7 TeV. In collisions of protons with this energy new phenomena are expected: new particles such as the Higgs-boson or supersymmetry particles. In this project we carry out precision measurements on the top quark and a search for signals of supersymmetry.

Development of a Next Calorimeter for Future Particle Physics Experiments Ghent University

Dirk Ryckbosch
Department of Physics and astronomy

Particle Physics experiments at future accelerators, like the International Linear Collider, will require a new generation of calorimeters with high 3D-granularity which enables the use of particle flow techniques. Within the CALICE R&D Collaboration we work on prototypes of a hadronic calorimeter with a semi-digital readout system and Glass Resistive Plate Chambers or Micro-Pattern Gas Detector as active detection medium.

Dirichlet-branes: links between elementary particle physics and cosmology. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Ben Craps
Physics
Lacking experimental input, the exploration of extremely high energies over the past two decades has been based on mathematical and physical consistency of fundamental theories. String theory [1] manages to give a quantum mechanical description of the gravitational interaction which is needed to understand the physics of black holes and that of the Big Bang. An example of an important result is the microscopic explanation of the entropy of black ...

A study of aspects of particle physics with IceCube Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Catherine De Clercq
Ghent University, Physics
We propose to perform research along two lines: the identification of the nature of Dark Matter and the observation of astrophisical tau-neutrino's. In this process we will use data taken by the IceCube neutrino observatory located deep in the ice at the South Pole.

Precise top quark physics at the LHC in the search for Dark Matter particles Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Jorgen D'Hondt
Physics
The true nature of Dark Matter is one of the most fascinating mysteries in science. It dominates the matter content of our universe and is therefore essential in describing the evolution of it. Scientists are more and more convinced that Dark Matter is made of unknown particles. Therefore in our understanding of particle physics, new particles are to be included beyond the Standard Model. Several new direct and indirect searches for Dark Matter ...

Disk-like Particles under Shear Flow: Understanding the physics behind yielding of colloidal disks in the nematic phase and the mechanics of red blood cell (dis)aggregation KU Leuven

Pavlik Lettinga
Soft Matter and Biophysics, Soft Matter, Rheology and Technology (SMaRT)

In this thesis, the relation between the tumbling motion of disk-like particles in shear flow and the structure that the particles form is studied for two systems: Gibbsite platelets in the nematic phase and aggregates of two red blood cells.

Using time-resolved small-angle X-ray measurements, we investigate the dynamic nonlinear response to Large Amplitude Oscillatory stress and strain of a nematic dispersion of colloidal Gibbsite ...

Combining mathematics and physics beyond the introductory level: the case of partial differential equations KU Leuven

Mieke De Cock
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Mathematics

Using mathematics in physics requires more than straightforward application of mathematical procedures. But how do students give physical meaning to a mathematical structure? How do they associate mathematical understanding to a physical phenomenon especially at the advanced undergraduate level? It has been proven this is a challenge for learners at all levels of education. In this project we bring together expertise from physics and ...