Description:
During the month of October and November 2009 there will be a devoted period of test beam studies at CERN whose purpose is to test and quantify the performance of a set of 3d sensors. A detailed description and useful links to the "ATLAS 3d sensors" can be found here
Project tasks:
The project would involved working with Philippe Grenier, Paul Jackson and Per Hansson on the analysis of data collected during the test beam period. You will begin by understanding the setup used in the testbeam followed by manipulating the data to extract results and plots from an offline analysis of those data. This will involve writing code to plot meaningful quantities to extract results summarizing the effectiveness of the 3D sensors and making comparisons among multiple devices. The analysis part of the work will involve the use ofROOT, for which some prior knowledge would be advantageous but it is not a requirement.