Master theses

Master theses completed at the Institute for Subatomic Physics
Since 2012
 

Gravitational Wave Data Analysis: Improving the Normalizing Flow Architecture in flowMC for Efficient Bayesian Inference in Parameter Estimation
2025, H. Guo
Supervisors: C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, T. Wouters

Variational inference scheme for gravitational waves parameter estimation.
2025, O. Bevza
Supervisors: C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, T. Wouters

Investigating chiral symmetry restoration with ALICE at CERN LHC
2025, O. Benchikhi
Supervisors: A. Grelli, R. Snellings

Clusterization and background estimation of a direct photon signal in pp collisions at 鈭歴=13.6 TeV in ALICE
2024, B. van Beuzekom
Supervisors: M. Verweij, A. Grelli

Pre-merger sky localization and parameter estimation of binary neutron star inspirals using normalizing flows
2024, W. van Straalen
Supervisors: C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, J. Janquart, A. Kolmus

Testing general relativity with gravitational wave parameter estimation using machine learning
2024, J. Langendorff
Supervisors: C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, J. Janquart, A. Kolmus

Early warning for gravitational wave signals from binary neutron star coalescence using field programmable gate arrays
2024, A.I. Silva Martins
Supervisors: C.F.F. Van Den Broeck, M. van der Sluys

Exploring the behavior of the strong coupling constant through the primary Lund plane for jets of particles detected by the ALICE detector
2024, A. Caluisi
Supervisors: M. Verweij

Exploring open charmed hadron production in heavy-ion collisions within the Trajectum theoretical framework
2024, T. de Theije
Supervisors: A. Grelli, R. Snellings, O.Massen

A measurement of neutral mesons inside jets in pp - collisions at 5TeV
2024, J.N. Schoppink
Supervisors: M. Verweij, A. Grelli

Accelerating Trigger Performance of the ALICE Detector Using FPGA-Based Neural Networks
2023, S.T. Bos
Supervisors: A. Grelli, M. Rossewij

Using machine learning for non-prompt D0 analysis
2023, C.R. Bolle
Supervisors: A. Grelli, R. Snellings

To the standard model and beyond, A theoretical and experimental study of Leptoquark phenomenology and its traces in LFV B 鈫 蟿碌 decays in theory and with LHCb
2022, O. Massen
Supervisors: R. Snellings, A. Grelli, J. de Vries, M. Lucio martinez

Performance study of future 螞b production with ALICE3
2022, M. Jongerhuis
Supervisors: P. Christakoglou, M. Verweij

X(3872) analysis for run 5 with the O2 framework
2021, R. Spijkers
Supervisors: P. Christakoglou, A. Grelli

Feasibility Study on the reconstruction of heavy neutral D-mesons with data collected by the ALICE detector at CERN LHC
2021, L. Meijers
Supervisors: A. Grelli, H. Zanoli

Charge-dependent two-particle correlations for unidentifi?ed charged particles in Xe-Xe collisions at 鈭歴NN = 5.44 TeV
2021, A. van Keeken
Supervisors: P. Christakoglou

Controlling penguin contributions to CP violation in B鈦扳啋J/蠄X decays
2020, M.Z. Barel
Supervisors: R. Fleischer, P. Christakoglou, R.J.M. Snellings

Angular analysis of the decay B0鈫扠 鈭0 J/蠄(鈫 e+e鈭)
2020, B. Hofman
Supervisors: W. Hulsbergen, M.Lucio Martinez, R.J.M. Snellings (examined)

Charm baryon production at central rapidity in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV
2020, F.M. Jonkman
Supervisors: P. Christakoglou, D. Caffarri

Variance reduction techniques for Monte Carlo simulations of photon transport in liquid xenon detectors
2020, O.V. Kesber
Supervisors: A.P. Colijn

Rare, weak J/蠄 decays in BESIII: J/蠄鈫扗0蠁 and J/蠄鈫扗0蠅
2019, R.E. deBoer
Supervisors: R.J.M. Snelling, X.Y. Shen

The modulation experiment: searching for trends in radioactive decays
2019, T.M. Mons
Supervisors: A.P. Colijn

Generation of base data supporting a radiotherapeutic carbon dose engine using Monte Carlo methods.
2019, T.M. Niessen
Supervisors: T. Peitzmann, L. Glimelius

Measurement of charged D鈭+ meson production in Pb-Pb collisions in 60-80% centrality with the ALICE detector at CERN
2019, C.J.M. Oomen
Supervisors: A. Grelli, R.J.M. Snellings, A. Mischke

The description of high-energy electromagnetic cascades in a highly granular digital calorimeter
2019, P.R. Renes
Supervisors: T. Peitzmann, M. Spruit, N. van der Kolk

D*+ Meson Nuclear Modification Factor in Pb-Pb collisions at 鈭歴NN = 5.02 TeV
2018, P.W. Gaemers
Supervisors: A. Grelli, A. Mischke

First observation of the decay Lb->Dsp
2018, M. Tervoert
Supervisors: N. Tuning, A. Mischke, A. Grelli, L.J. Bel

Beauty of the Quark Gluon Plasma - Prospect for B0 measurement in ALICE
2017, L.V.R.  van Doremalen
Supervisors: A. Mischke, A. Grelli

PMT calibrations and radon measurements in a liquid xenon time projection chamber
2017, K.D. van Teutem
Supervisors: A.P. Colijn, E. Hogenbirk

Open heavy-flavour production in high-energy proton-proton and nucleus-nucleus collisions at CERN-LHC energies
2017, L.A. Vermunt
Supervisors: A. Mischke, A. Grelli 

Feasibility and Quality Assessment of Model-Based Respiratory Motion Compensation in Positron Emission Tomography
2017, M. Verra
Supervisors: A. Mischke, R. Bastiaannet

VIS/NIR Photocurrent Spectroscopy on Organic Semiconductors by Lock-in Amplification
2016, A.L. van der Feltz
Supervisors: T. Peitzmann, D. van Oosten, B. Fraboni, A. Ciavatti

D*+ meson measurement in proton-proton collisions at 鈭歋 = 8 TeV with the ALICE detector
2016, D. Leermakers
Supervisors: A. Grelli, A. Mischke

Improvement of the light collection from inorganic scintillator crystals with photonic crystals
2016, R.H. Pots
Supervisors: R.J.M. Snellings, D. van Oosten, A. Auffray
Available at UU Repository

Neutral Mesons & Direct Photon Flow
2016, M.H.P.A. Sas
Supervisors: T. Peitzmann

First light of XAMS; Electronic recoil calibration of the Netherland's first dual-phase xenon time projection chamber
2015, M.K.M. Bader
Supervisors: P. Decowski, A.P. Colijn, E. Hogenbirk

Pre-Alignment of CLIC - Rasclic versus WPS
2015, N. Deelen
Supervisors: R.J.M. Snellings, A. Grelli, H. van der Graaf, H.M. Durand

Position reconstruction and data quality in XENON
2015, B.E.J. Pelssers
Supervisors: M.P. Decowski, R.J.M. Snellings, A. Tiseni

Search for CP T and Lorentz violation in B0 mixing with B0 鈫 J/蠄 KS0 at LHCb
2015, M.C. van Veghel
Supervisors: J. van Tilburg, R.J.M. Snellings

Measurement of the branching fractions of Bs0->Ds K, Bs0->Ds Pi and B0->Ds K
2014, L.J. Bel
Supervisors: R.J.M. Snellings, N. Tuning

D*+ reconstruction in proton-proton interactions at 鈭歴 = 8 TeV with the ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider
2014, A.M. Veen
Supervisors: A. Mischke, A. Grelli

Inclusive spectra and two-particle correlations in pp collisions at 鈭歴 = 7 TeV with ALICE
2014, P.J.J.P. Versteeg
Supervisors: M. van Leeuwen, T. Peitzmann

Data analysis from the beam test at DESY for the FoCal prototype
2013, A. Apostolou
Supervisors: G.J. Nooren, T. Peitzmann

Electromagnetic Shower Recognition with a Forward Calorimeter for the ALICE Experiment
2013, A.I. Babeanu
Supervisors: T. Peitzmann, D. Lodato

Elliptic flow of inclusive electrons at 鈭歋NN = 2.76 TeV Pb-Pb collisions with the ALICE detector
2013, L. Brenner
Supervisors: R.J.M. Snellings, A. Dubla

Azimuthal angular correlations of heavy flavour decay electrons and charged hadrons in proton-proton collisions at 鈭歋 = 7 TeV using the ALICE detector
2013, J. van der Maarel
Supervisors: A. Mischke, D. Thomas

Azimuthal angular correlations between heavy-flavour electrons and charged hadrons in semi-central lead-lead collisions at 2.76 TeV at ALICE
2013, N. Mohammadi
Supervisors: A. Mischke, D. Thomas

Blast-Wave Model Fit for Identified Particle Spectra and Elliptic Flow
2013, Z. Wu
Supervisors: R.J.M. Snellings, Y. Zhou

Azimuthal anisotropy of phi-mesons in 鈭歴NN = 2.76 TeV Pb--Pb Collisions at ALICE
2012, R.A. Bertens
Supervisors: R.J.M. Snellings
Available at UU Repository

The development of a GEANT based Monte Carlo simulation framework for the R&D process of the FoCal calorimeter
2012, P. Blenkers
Supervisors: T. Peitzmann

Radiation in the FoCal detector and the photon response and resolution of the FoCal detector with a background
2012, M.H.F. van de Klundert
Supervisors: T. Peitzmann, G.J. Nooren

Measurement of Z boson production in the muon decay channel in lead-lead collisions at 鈭歴NN = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector
2012, J. Onderwaater
Supervisors: T. Peitzmann, A. Milov

Next-to-leading order QCD predictions for H 鈫 b 虅b and Z 鈫抌 虅b at 鈭歴=7 TeV and mH =125 GeV, using the parton-level generator MCFM
2012, S.J.D. Piebinga
Supervisors: R.S. Thorne, T. Peitzmann