High Energy Group at the Physics Institute (Particle Physics)

Welcome to our High Energy Physics group at the Physics Institute of Heidelberg University. Our group is involved in several research projects in the field of experimental particle physics, with a focus on the study of fundamental particles and their interactions. This includes the participation in the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the Mu3e experiment at PSI and the development of new high resolution Silicon detector technologies.

Fast and high resolution Silicon pixel sensors are at the heart of many particle physics experiments today. Our group specialises in the R&D of High Voltage Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (HV-MAPS) for the instrumentation of future particle detectors. A part of our group is extensively involved in commisioning and operation of the the Mu3e experiment at PSI. Furthermore, we design and develop detector simulations, track reconstruction algorithms and data analyses tools involving machine learning for both the Mu3e and the ATLAS experiment.

If you are looking for theses opportunities in our group as a student, please have a look on the following page. If you are interested in joining our group do not hesitate to get in touch with us. We are always looking for motivated and talented people to join our team!

Further details about our research projects and the group members can be found on the following pages.

Research Projects in HE group (Prof. Dr. Andre Schöning)

• Mu3e Experiment at PSI - Search for the rare muon decay to three electrons

• ATLAS at LHC - Proton-Proton Collisions at 14 TeV center of mass

• HV-MAPS (High Voltage Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors) for detector instrumentation (R&D project)