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PhD student impressions. Zdenko van Kesteren RECFA 23-09-2005. Introduction. Started Ph.D january 2005, working on ATLAS @ CERN One of the first graduates on new bachelor/master particle physics (joint NIKHEF, UvA, UU, VU program). Water Ch erenkov muon detector. 4 months project.
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PhD student impressions Zdenko van Kesteren RECFA 23-09-2005
Introduction • Started Ph.D january 2005, working on ATLAS @ CERN • One of the first graduates on new bachelor/master particle physics (joint NIKHEF, UvA, UU, VU program) RECFA 2005
Water Cherenkov muon detector 4 months project RECFA 2005
CERN summerschool RECFA 2005
Graduation on B-field sensors RECFA 2005
After graduation: Ph.D at NIKHEF Education never ends... • Topical lectures 3 days • Gravitation, Monte Carlo, loop calculations, … • BDN summerschool2 weeks • At this very moment: Texel summerschool • Give education • Supervising undergraduate students RECFA 2005
Research & service tasks Service tasks • Cabling MDTchambers at CERN Research – NIKHEF good environment • Software • Muonspectrometer and tracking • Threshold to make contribution to large software framework high • Physics at ATLAS • Single top analysis RECFA 2005
Conclusions • Master program at NIKHEF excellent dive into particle physics • Master and Ph.D at NIKHEF good opportunity to work at a large-scale experiment such as ATLAS RECFA 2005