Summer research experience
This program will provide research opportunities to undergraduate physics majors on topic related to particle astrophysics and germanium detectors. Due to the pandemic, two options are being considered:
A) Students travel to Queen's University, in Canada, and join research group at Queen's and at SNOLAB to participate in hands-on research.
B) Students work within the United States with research supervisors from the GEMADARC collaboration.
Option A is the favoured option, but will only take place if there are no social distancing requirements and no travel restrictions in place. A decision will be made on 1st February 2021 at the latest, to decide which version of the program will take place.
Duration:
For Option A, the program will nominally last 8 weeks, including a 2-week long summer school at Queen's University, on advanced particle astrophysics and germanium detector topics, at the beginning of the program.
For Option B, the summer school topics will be delivered asynchronously during the 8 weeks in which the students participate in research.
Support:
Students will receive a stipend and most of their expenses, including travel and accommodations, will be covered.
Accommodations (Option A):
A variety of options will be available for accommodations at Queen's, in Kingston. These range from rooms in residences to contacting local students to obtain summer sublets (the preferred option for an extended stay). The details will be finalized once the decision between options A and B are made.
Research projects for option A (at Queen's):
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Neutrons Mix & Match Game: Find the optimal combination of filters to create quasi-monoenergetic neutron beams in the 10 – 100 keV range - Prof. L. Balogh
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Characterization of large volume germanium detectors - Prof. R. Martin
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Study of energy depositions in spherical proportional counters (SPC) - Dr. P. Gros
- Revealing the temperature structure of protostellar cores - Prof. S. Sadavoy
- Calibration of HPGe detectors for material assays at SNOLAB
Research projects for option B :
