Request for a DESY Summer Student in 2011
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  Name : Mikael Berggren      email : mikael.berggren@desy,de

  Tel  : 1597                Room : 1e/O1-535

  DESY-Group/Experiment : FLC


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   Short description of the project the student should work on  :


   One of the most interesting physics opportunities of the ILC
   is the possibility of SUSY with a rather light spectrum. In such
   a scenario, many channels would be open at the ILC. The question
   the arises on how to best study the entire model, in terms of
   luminousity delivered at different beam-energy and polarisation.
   Several studies of separate channels have been done in the past,
   but with the development of a new fast simulation for the ILD detector,
   we are now in the position to be able to make such a systematic survey.

   A key observable is the mass of the lightest SUSY particle, and
   the project of the summer-student would be to investigate the
   potential of the selectron channel to measure it.


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   Physics / Computing/ Engineering  Content of the project :

  Physics: To be able to extract the simulated signal process out of
  a simulated SUSY and SM background. To determine the the selectron
  and LSP masses, and their uncertainties.
  Computing:  Use of ROOT. Use the SGV fast simulation of the ILD. Some
  use of the full SW framework of ILD, for checks. Engineering: -


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  Special Qualifications expected from the student ( Computing,...) :

  Some programming experience in C++. Some knowledge of Fortran would be
  beneficial, while not essential.


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  Other remarks :



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   Supervisor(s) during the project (20/07/10 - 9/09/10) :


   Name:               Tel:       email :
  Mikael Berggren      1597       mikael.berggren@desy.de
  Jenny List           3681       jenny.list@desy.de