University of Heidelberg

Finished Theses

2023

Simulation and analysis of cluster shapes in the ALPIDE monolithic active pixel sensor
Fabian Koenigstein (Bachelorarbeit, 2023)

Tracking low momentum protons with the ALICE Pixel Detector
Anouk Kaiser (Bachelorarbeit, 2023)

Simulation of proton reaction cross-section measurements using ALPIDE monolithic active pixel sensors
Johannes Hensler (Bachelorarbeit, 2023)

Feasibility study of Ξ+c in proton-lead collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector
Sarah Liedtke (Bachelorarbeit, 2023)

Fluid description of charged hadron production in xenon-xenon collisions at √sNN = 5.44 TeV
Franziska Sophie Masuch (Bachelorarbeit, 2023)

Characterization of APTS, an analog MAPS test structure fabricated in 65 nm CMOS technology
David Schledewitz (Masterarbeit, 2023)

Energy-straggling analysis of the Digital Pixel Test Structure, a MAPS prototype produced in 65 nm TPSCo CMOS technology towards ALICE ITS3
Marius Wilm Menzel (Masterarbeit, 2023)

Electron identification with the ALICE TRD in LHC Run 3 and 4
Felix Schlepper (Masterarbeit, 2023)

Performance test of the KF Particle package for open heavy-flavour baryon reconstruction with ALICE
Phil Stahlhut (Bachelorarbeit, 2023)

Feasibility study of the non-prompt Λ+c → pK−π+ analysis in p–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV with ALICE
Christian Kleiber (Bachelorarbeit, 2023)

Determination of systematic uncertainties of the J/ψ measurement in ALICE TRD-triggered pp-collisions at √s = 13 TeV
Hannah Gebhardt (Bachelorarbeit, 2023)

Optimization of CBM physics performance for Ξ− baryon yield measurements with machine learning techniques
Lisa-Katrin Kuemmerer (Bachelorarbeit, 2023)

2022

Estimated number of χc-states in pp collisions at √ s = 13 TeV with ALICE in LHC Run 3
Carlotta Rosenthal (Bachelorarbeit, 2022)

Measurement of Ξ+c in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ALICE detector
Carolina Reetz (Masterarbeit, 2022)

Identification of inelastic interactions of light antinuclei in the Transition Radiation Detector in ALICE using Graph Neural Networks
Maximilian Hammermann (Bachelorarbeit, 2022)

Neural network regression for particle identification with the ALICE TPC detector in Run 3
Christian Sonnabend (Masterarbeit, 2022)

Inner Bremsstrahlung from leptonic J/psi decays with ALICE
Kristian Köhler (Bachelorarbeit, 2022)

Jet-hadron correlations to search for Mach cone signals in Pb-Pb with ALICE at the LHC
Jiyoung Kim (Dissertation, 2022)

ALICE TRD electron trigger performance in pp collisions at sqrt{s} = 13 TeV
Felix Korbinian Waldherr (Bachelorarbeit, 2022)

Phenomenological study of J/Ψ emission in p-Pb collisions at the LHC
Nicola Wilson (Bachelorarbeit, 2022)

Multidimensional parameter optimization in fluid dynamic simulations of heavy-ion collisions
Yannis Seemann (Masterarbeit, 2022)

Studies of jets in heavy-ion collisions at ALICE with a novel mixed-event approach
Nadine Alice Grünwald (Masterarbeit, 2022)

Hydrodynamic modeling of J/psi transverse momentum spectra and anisotropic flow at sqrt(s_NN)=5.02 TeV using FluiduM
Hjalmar Brunßen (Bachelorarbeit, 2022)

Analysis of the influence from prompt Ξ±c hadrons on the Primary Vertex in Simulated Data
Jan Hubrich (Bachelorarbeit, 2022)

Software development and validation for photon measurements in Run 3 using the photon conversion method in ALICE
Nikita Philip Tatsch (Bachelorarbeit, 2022)

2021

Identification of Monte-Carlo photon conversions from simulations in ALICE using XGBoost
Xuan-Xuyen Nguyen (Bachelorarbeit, 2021)

Measurement of the rate and angular distribution of cosmic muons with an ALPIDE telescope
David Schledewitz (Bachelorarbeit, 2021)

Differential analysis of the ALICE TRD anode currents
Felix Schlepper (Bachelorarbeit, 2021)

First look at J/psi production in TRD-triggered pp collisions at sqrt{s} = 13 TeV with ALICE
Sophie Rohletter (Bachelorarbeit, 2021)

Reconstruction study of the S particle dark matter candidate at ALICE
Fabio Schlichtmann (Masterarbeit, 2021)

Tracking cosmic muons with the ALICE pixel detector - A study of monolithic active pixel sensors and telescope alignment
Maurice Donner (Bachelorarbeit, 2021)

Reconstruction of Lambda_c^+ in p-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector
Annalena Kalteyer (Masterarbeit, 2021)

Performance and characterisation of bent monolithic active pixel sensors (MAPS) for the application in future tracking detectors using the example of the ALPIDE chip
Pascal Becht (Masterarbeit, 2021)

Inclusive J/psi production in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=5.02 TeV with ALICE
Alena Gromada (Dissertation, 2021)

Measurement of the Lambda_c production in proton-proton collisions for Lambda_c -> pK0s at sqrt(s)=5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector
Simon Gross-Boelting (Bachelorarbeit, 2021)

Investigating the Initial State of Heavy-Ion Collisions through Measurements of Anysotropic Flow using Spectator Neutrons with ALICE at the LHC
Lukas Kreis (Dissertation, 2021)

2020

Strategy for measuring the mass of hypertriton with the ALICE detector
Anton Eberhardt (Bachelorarbeit, 2020)

Common-mode effect and ion-tail analysis of the GEM upgrade of the ALICE TPC at CERN
Panagiota Chatzidaki (Masterarbeit, 2020)

Space Point Calibration of the ALICE TPC with Track Residuals
Marten Ole Schmidt (Dissertation, 2020)

Production of (anti-)^3He, (anti-)^3H in p-Pb collisions at sqrt(sNN)=5.02TeV measured with ALICE at the LHC
Sebastian Hornung (Dissertation, 2020)

Impact of initial conditions on integrated particle yields from Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 2.76 TeV and 5.02 TeV
Sarah Lisa Goerlitz (Bachelorarbeit, 2020)

On the influence of temperature-dependent eta/s on transverse-momentum particle spectra in heavy-ion collisions
Christian Sonnabend (Bachelorarbeit, 2020)

Test of CPT theorem invariance via mass difference of Omega hyperons
Georgijs Skorodumovs (Masterarbeit, 2020)

Simultaneous blast-wave description of transverse momentum spectra and elliptic flow data at sNN = 7.7 GeV - 5.02 TeV
Nadine Grünwald (Bachelorarbeit, 2020)

Effect of feeddown contributions on blast-wave descriptions of elliptic flow and particle spectra data in heavy ion collisions
Nikita Schmal (Bachelorarbeit, 2020)

Implementation of a Stand Alone Tracking Algorithm for the Transition Radiation Detector in ALICE using a Kalman Filter Approach
Sven Hoppner (Bachelorarbeit, 2020)

2019

Symbolic Regression in Heavy-Ion Physics
David Korbany (Bachelorarbeit, 2019)

Development of the FPGA-based Raw Data Preprocessor for the TPC Readout Upgrade in ALICE
Sebastian Klewin (Dissertation, 2019)

Electrons from semi-leptonic decays of heavy-????avour hadrons at mid-rapidity and low transverse momenta in pp collisions at √s = 5.02 TeV
Michael Ciupek (Masterarbeit, 2019)

Study of the nuclear modication factor of charged particles in Pb-Pb and Xe-Xe collisions with ALICE
Richard Kaiser (Masterarbeit, 2019)

Discharge propagation in double-GEM detectors
Bogdan-Mihail Blidaru (Masterarbeit, 2019)

Reconstruction of the Hadronic Decay of the Ξ0c Baryon with the ALICE Detector – Investigation of Charm Production and Validation of the KF Particle Package
Carolina Reetz (Bachelorarbeit, 2019)

Probing the path-length dependence of jet energy loss with correlation functions in JEWEL
Luisa Bergmann (Masterarbeit, 2019)

Inclusive J/Psi production at mid-rapidity in pp and Pb-Pb collisions with ALICE
Dennis Weiser (Dissertation, 2019)

Secondary discharge studies in a single-GEM detector in the scope of the ALICE TPC upgrade
Daniel Baitinger (Masterarbeit, 2019)

Production of (anti-)deuterons in Pb-Pb collisions and via the spallation process
Yannis Seemann (Bachelorarbeit, 2019)

2018

Mass difference between matter and anti-matter
Alissa Fink (Bachelorarbeit, 2018)

Quality assurance of gas electron multiplier foils for the ALICETPC upgrade via leakage current measurements
Pascal Becht (Bachelorarbeit, 2018)

Pressure and high-voltage calibration of the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector
Fabio Schlichtmann (Bachelorarbeit, 2018)

Measurements of ion mobility and GEM discharge studies for the upgrade of the ALICE time projection chamber
Alexander Deisting (Dissertation, 2018)

Entropy in Pb-Pb Collisions at the LHC
Patrick Hanus (Bachelorarbeit, 2018)

Inclusive J/psi production at mid-rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN)= 5.02 TeV
Tonatiuh Jimenez Bustamante (Dissertation, 2018)

A fast GEM HV analogue current readout system for the ALICE TPC upgrade at CERN LHC
Friedrich Anastasopoulos (Bachelorarbeit, 2018)

Considering the Effects of Radial Flow in Decay Photon Calculations in Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
Ilya Fokin (Bachelorarbeit, 2018)

Measurement of electrons originating from beauty-hadron decays in p-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC
Lorenz Luger (Bachelorarbeit, 2018)

Study of the influence of modified (non-)strange baryon and meson spectra on hadron densities calculated within the statistical hadronization model
Yannick Kirchhoff (Bachelorarbeit, 2018)

2017

Neutral meson and direct photon measurements with conversions in ALICE in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 0.9, 7 and 8 TeV
Nicolas Schmidt (Masterarbeit, 2017)

Beauty production in Pb–Pb with the ALICE experiment at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV
Lukas Layer (Masterarbeit, 2017)

Studies on secondary discharges and their mitigation with a two GEM detector
Alexandra Datz (Bachelorarbeit, 2017)

Quality assurance for gas electron multipliers with the leakage current test
Manuel Jahn (Bachelorarbeit, 2017)

Improving the Accuracy of the Photon Conversion Method in ALICE
Stephan Stiefelmaier (Masterarbeit, 2017)

Studies of the Gain and Drift Velocity for the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector at the CERN LHC
Luisa Bergmann (Bachelorarbeit, 2017)

Tracklet-based particle identification with the ALICE TRD for LHC Run 3
Hannah Klingenmeyer (Masterarbeit, 2017)

Measurement of neutral mesons and direct photons in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 2.76 TeV with the ALICE experiment at the LHC
Lucia Leardini (Dissertation, 2017)

Commissioning and testing of large-area GEM-based readout chambers for the high-rate ALICE TPC
Thomas Rudzki (Masterarbeit, 2017)

2016

Studies for the ALICE Inner Tracking System Upgrade
Felix Reidt (Dissertation, 2016)

Inclusive J/psi production at mid-rapidity in p-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=5.02 TeV
Michael Winn (Dissertation, 2016)

Monte Carlo Simulation of charmed meson reconstruction in the semi-leptonic decay channel D*+ -> D0(K-e+nu_e)pion+ at ALICE
Georgijs Skorodumovs (Bachelorarbeit, 2016)

Measurement of Direct Photons in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with ALICE
Lucas Altenkämper (Masterarbeit, 2016)

Electron identification in different colliding systems with ALICE
Michael Ciupek (Bachelorarbeit, 2016)

Determination of the Prompt Fraction of D0 Mesons in proton-proton Collisions with ALICE at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV
Barbara Scherpe (Bachelorarbeit, 2016)

Analysis of D0 and D*+-meson production in pp and p-Pb collisions with ALICE at the LHC
Jeremy Wilkinson (Dissertation, 2016)

Simulation and commissioning of the rejection of late conversions in the TRD triggers of ALICE
Ole Schmidt (Masterarbeit, 2016)

Full kinematic reconstruction of charged B mesons with the upgraded Inner Tracking System of the ALICE Experiment
Johannes Stiller (Dissertation, 2016)

System zur schnellen Messung von Stromspitzen in der Hochspannung am Übergangsstrahlungsdetektor von ALICE
Robert Verclas (Bachelorarbeit, 2016)

Study of heavy-flavor hadron production in pp collisions with ALICE
Sebastian Hornung (Masterarbeit, 2016)

Production of strange hadrons in charged jets in Pb–Pb collisions measured with ALICE at the LHC
Alice Zimmermann (Dissertation, 2016)

Electrons from beauty-hadron decays in central Pb–Pb collisions at √SNN= 2.76 TeV
Martin Völkl (Dissertation, 2016)

2015

Eta meson production with conversions in ALICE in pp collisions at √s = 2.76 TeV and √s = 8 TeV
Alexander Koch (Bachelorarbeit, 2015)

Optimisation of the Local On-line Tracking for Triggering with the Transition Radiation Detector in A Large Ion Collider Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider
Hannah Klingenmeyer (Bachelorarbeit, 2015)

Studies on charge-up effects and gain stability for the ALICE TPC upgrade with GEMs
Yannik Vetter (Bachelorarbeit, 2015)

Measurement of jet fragmentation into charged particles in p-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV with ALICE
Dennis Weiser (Masterarbeit, 2015)

Development and Commissioning of the Trigger System Upgrade for the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector at the LHC at CERN
Sebastian Klewin (Masterarbeit, 2015)

Development of a fast simulation tool for vertexing studies in ALICE
Lukas Layer (Bachelorarbeit, 2015)

Study of the influence of modified light flavour hadron spectra on thermal model hadron densities
Deniz Gündüz (Bachelorarbeit, 2015)

Jet cross sections and properties in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV analysed within the C++ framework Rivet
Auguste Schulz (Bachelorarbeit, 2015)

2014

D-meson production at ultra-low transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions with ALICE at the LHC
Christian Möhler (Masterarbeit, 2014)

Spectrum and Elliptic Flow of Direct Photons for a Space-Time Evolution from the Hydrokinetic Model
Martin Kroesen (Bachelorarbeit, 2014)

Charmed Meson Reconstruction in the D*+ -> D0 (K- pi+) pi+ Decay Channel in p-p Collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ALICE Experiment
Yifei Wang (Dissertation, 2014)

Hints for collective effects in identified particle spectra from p-Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV
Michael Schork (Bachelorarbeit, 2014)

Jet Physics with A Large Ion Collider Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider
Jochen Klein (Dissertation, 2014)

Study of the Applicability of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods to the Statistical Separation of Electron Sources via the Impact Parameter for ALICE
Manuel Wittner (Bachelorarbeit, 2014)

Estimating Hadron Contamination in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 2.76 TeV for Low Transversal Momenta with TPC, TOF and TRD of the ALICE Experiment
Martin Braß (Bachelorarbeit, 2014)

New criteria for distinguishing hadrons containing beauty from hadrons with charm in proton-proton collisions with sqrt(s)=7 TeV at ALICE
Sebastian Hornung (Bachelorarbeit, 2014)

ALICE Capabilities for Reconstructing neutral Pions by Pairing Photons from the Conversion Method and Calorimeters
Lucas Altenkämper (Bachelorarbeit, 2014)

Commissioning a gas chromatograph for automatic measurements of gas compositions in the ALICE TPC and TRD and measurement of electrons from semi-leptonic heavy-flavour hadron decays in p-Pb collisions at sqrt{s_{NN}} = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE TRD
Martin Fleck (Masterarbeit, 2014)

Neutral Pion Measurements with Conversions in ALICE in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV
Nicolas Schmidt (Bachelorarbeit, 2014)

2013

Investigation on J/psi production in Monte Carlo Simulations with the C++ framework RIVET
Marc Barra (Bachelorarbeit, 2013)

Simulation of a photon converter for the ALICE experiment
Maria Christine Heinz (Bachelorarbeit, 2013)

Exploring the performance limits of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber and Transition Radiation Detector for measuring identified hadron production at the LHC
Xianguo Lu (Dissertation, 2013)

Precise Determination of the ccbar Cross Section in pp Collisions at 7 TeV
Halil Cakir (Bachelorarbeit, 2013)

Simple Phenomenological Models for Anisotropic Direct Photon Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions
Tobias Denz (Bachelorarbeit, 2013)

Anisotropic flow of the charmed D*+ meson in non-central Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 2.76 TeV
Robert Grajcarek (Dissertation, 2013)

Anisotropic Flow of Direct Photons in Pb-Pb collisions at 2.76 TeV per Nucleon
Daniel Lohner (Dissertation, 2013)

2012

Polarization Effects on Detector Acceptance in D*+(2010) -> D^0 (K- Pi+) + Pi+
Felix Benjamin Schäfer (Bachelorarbeit, 2012)

MC Simulation of Direct Photon HBT Correlations in Central Pb+Pb Collisions at sqrt(s) =2.76 TeV
Manuel Meske (Bachelorarbeit, 2012)

Extrapolation Of D Meson Cross Sections
Stephan Stiefelmaier (Bachelorarbeit, 2012)

Neutral Pion and Eta Meson Production in pp and Pb-Pb Collisions at the LHC with the ALICE Detector
Friederike Bock (Masterarbeit, 2012)

Measurement of pi0 and eta mesons with photon conversions in ALICE in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 0.9, 2.76 and 7 TeV
Kathrin Koch (Dissertation, 2012)

Study of the Underlying Event in pp collisions with the ALICE detector at the LHC
Sara Vallero (Dissertation, 2012)

Particle Production in Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions and the Constituent Participant Model
Felix Frey (Bachelorarbeit, 2012)

Study of the Transverse Momentum Spectra of Semielectronic Heavy Flavor Decays in pp Collisions at sqrt{s}=7TeV and Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt{s_{NN}}=2.76TeV with ALICE
Martin Völkl (Masterarbeit, 2012)

Systems-on-Chip (SoC) for applications in High-Energy Physics
Massimiliano De Gaspari (Dissertation, 2012)

Commissioning of a Prototype Transition Radiation Detector Chamber (ALICE)
Holger Jörg (Staatsexamensarbeit, 2012)

Analysis of Double-Gap Events in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt(s)=7TeV with the ALICE Experiment at the LHC
Felix Reidt (Masterarbeit, 2012)

J/Ï?- Hadron Correlations in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt(s)= 7 TeV with ALICE at the LHC
Michael Winn (Masterarbeit, 2012)

Triggering on light nuclei with the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector
Jan Felix Mücke (Bachelorarbeit, 2012)

2011

Performance of the local on-line Tracking and of a track-based Jet Trigger Algorithm for the ALICE TRD on the Basis of Monte-Carlo Simulations
Niklas Wahl (Bachelorarbeit, 2011)

Azimuthally Sensitive Hanbury Brown–Twiss Interferometry measured with the ALICE Experiment
Johanna Gramling (Diplomarbeit, 2011)

Gain Calibration of the ALICE TRD using the Decay of 83mKr and Alignment of the ALICE TRD
Johannes Stiller (Diplomarbeit, 2011)

Analysis and Extrapolation of D Meson Cross Sections at the LHC
Jeremy Wilkinson (Bachelorarbeit, 2011)

Measurement of Multiplicity Distributions in Limited Pseudo-Rapidity Windows in pp and Pb–Pb collisions with the ALICE Detector
Maren Hellwig (Diplomarbeit, 2011)

Online Electron Identification for Triggering with the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector
Benjamin Heß (Diplomarbeit, 2011)

Measurement of neutral-pion production suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 2.76 ATeV with ALICE at the CERN LHC
Radoslav Rusanov (Diplomarbeit, 2011)

2010

Construction and Performance of the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector
David Emschermann (Dissertation, January 2010)

Der Einfluss der Eigenvolumenkorrektur auf das thermische Modell zur Untersuchung von Schwerionenkollisionen
Michael Winn (Bachelorarbeit, 2010)

Development and Implementation of a Diffractive-Gap Trigger for the ALICE TRD Pre-Trigger System
Felix Reidt (Bachelorarbeit, 2010)

ALICE Capabilities for Studying Photon Physics with the Conversion Method at LHC Energies
Friederike Bock (Bachelorarbeit, 2010)

Gain Calibration of the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector with Krypton-83
Mustapha Al Helwi (Diplomarbeit, 2010)

2009

Feasibility study on determining the average radiation thickness of the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector from CERN testbeam data
Robert Grajcarek (Diplomarbeit, January 2009)

Development and Implementation of the Control System for the Pre-Trigger System of the Transition Radiation Detector at ALICE
Stefan Schmiederer (Diplomarbeit, October 2009)

Production of Neutral Pions in Pb+Au collisions at 158 AGeV/c
Rachik Soualah (Dissertation, 2009)

2008

Production of the power distribution boxes for the full ALICE Transition Radiation Detector and the development and integration of their control system
Michael Neher (Diplomarbeit, February 2008)

Implementation of the ALICE TRD TRAP-chip into AliRoot
Clemens Haltebourg (Diplomarbeit, August 2008)

Development of the control system of the ALICE Transition Radiation Detector and of a test environment for quality-assurance of its front-end electronics
Jorge Mercado (Dissertation, September 2008)

Design, Implementation and Commissioning of the Pretrigger System for the Transition Radiation Detector at the ALICE experiment of CERN
Stefan Zimmer (Diplomarbeit, October 2008)

Study of J/psi production in p+p collisions at sqrt(s)=10 TeV with the Transition Radiation Detector of ALICE
Dirk Krumbhorn (Diplomarbeit, November 2008)

A Monte Carlo Model for Jet Evolution With Energy Loss
Korinna Zapp (Dissertation, December 2008)

2005

The Soft Scattering Contribution to Jet Quenching in a Quark-Gluon Plasma and General Properties of Partonic Energy Loss
Korinna Zapp (Diplomarbeit, June 2005)

2004

Development of the Readout Chamber of the ALICE Transition Radiator Detector and Evaluation of its Physics Performance in the Quarkonium Sector
Tariq Mahmoud (Dissertation, Mai 2004)

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