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Monday, 11:15 - 13:00
UZH Y36 J33 and Y36 K08 - Irchel Campus
Language: English
Attendance: mandatory
Grading: failed/passed
We will have two groups and thus two sets of topics, one in condensed matter physics, one in particle and astroparticle physics.
The topics will be distributed on the first day (September 14, room Y36 J33) by drawing lots.
Dates for presentations: Sept 21, 28; Oct 5, 12, 19, 26; Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Dec 7, 14.
After successful participation in the proseminar, the student will have learned:
1. to use the basic methods of literature retrieval
2. to condense the knowledge from scientific papers into a presentation
3. to obtain good presentation skills
4. details about different methods and experiments in condensed matter, particle and astroparticle physics
The talks should take 30 minutes, additional 15-30 minutes are reserved for questions and discussion.
Evaluation criteria:
1. structure and organisation of the talk
2. presentation of basic knowledge
3. presentation of advanced aspects
4. quality and relevance of presented formulae and figures
5. the clarity of the presentation
6. the ability to present the topic with excitement and enthusiasm
7. time keeping
8. the ability to answer questions
Responsible faculty members: L. Baudis, F. Canelli, B. Kilminster, A.Kish, N.Serra, A. Vollhardt
| date | speaker | topic | responsible | |
| 1 | Sept 28 | Eschle, Jonas | Passage of radiation through matter (electromagnetic and nuclear) | Baudis |
| 2 | Oct 5 | Cossalter, Fabio | Cloud chambers | Kilminster |
| 3 | Oct 12 | Gabi, Lukas | Bubble chambers; concrete example: Gargamelle (historical) and COUPP (current) | Kish |
| 4 | Oct 19 | LeBow, Nicholas | Modern photon counters: PMTs (including latest developments) and solid-state devices | Kish |
| 5 | Oct 26 | Scheibler, Subas | Gas wire chamber; concrete example: multi-wire proportional chambers, the muon system of LHCb | Serra |
| 6 | Nov 2 | Janisch, Tranquillo Fabio | Liquid scintillators; concrete example: Borexino and neutrino detection | Baudis |
| 7 | Nov 2 | Neuenschwander, Benno | Solid state scintillators; concrete example: the crystal EM calorimeter of CMS | Canelli |
| 8 | Nov 9 | Ruosch, Lukas | Semiconductor ionization detectors; concrete examples: HPGe crystals and Si tracking devices | Kilminster |
| 9 | Nov 16 | Masseroni, Michele | Cherenkov detectors; concrete example: ring-imaging Cherenkov and water Cherenkov detectors | Vollhardt |
| 10 | Nov 23 | Mueller, Simon | Cryogenic calorimeters; concrete example: liquid argon detector of D0 (important for top discovery) | Canelli |
| 11 | Nov 30 | Heer, Matthaeus | Time projection chambers; concrete example: the NEXT experiment (high-pressure xenon for double beta decay) | Baudis |
| 12 | Dec 7 | Gienal, Magnus | GEMs; concrete example: PHENIX heavy ion experiment | Serra |
| 13 | Dec 14 | Baertschi, Pascal | Particle identification techniques | Kilminster |
Responsible faculty members: C. Aegerter, J. Chang, H.W. Fink, J. Osterwalder, A. Schilling
| date | speaker | topic | responsible | |
| 1 | Sept 28 | Salzmann, Bjoern | Angle-resolved photoemission: How to probe the band structure of solids | Osterwalder |
| 2 | Oct 5 | Meier, Matthias | How to generate ultrashort laser pulses | Osterwalder |
| 3 | Oct 12 | Meili, Georg | Measuring the electrical conductivity through individual molecules | Osterwalder |
| 4 | Oct 12 | Kunz, Nicolas | Measuring the electronic work function of a solid | Osterwalder |
| 5 | Oct 19 | Kretz, Patrick | Neutron scattering: How to probe phonon's and magnon's | Chang |
| 6 | Oct 19 | Traber, Regina | Thermoelectricity: Converting heat to electricity | Chang |
| 7 | Oct 26 | Andersson, Paul- Magnus | Resonant x-ray scattering: Usage of 3rd generation synchrotrons | Chang |
| 8 | Oct 26 | von Arx, Karin | Quantum oscillation experiments to probe Fermi surfaces | Chang |
| 9 |
Nov 2 |
Schachtler, Daniel | Getting at molecular dynamics using Foerster Resonant Energy Transfer | Aegerter |
| 10 |
Nov 9 |
Ebersold, Michael | Beating the diffraction limit in light microscopy using stimulated emission | Aegerter |
| 11 | Nov 16 at 12:15 |
Ivkovic, Mladen | Probing magnetic fields in solids using muon spin rotation | Aegerter |
| 12 | Nov 23 | Furrer, Remo | Smartphones I: Transmission of speech, music and movies - from Bell to the Smartphone | Schilling |
| 13 | Nov 30 | Tobler, Benjamin | Smartphones II: Electronic circuits and memories - from vacuum tubes and magnetic core memory to integrated circuits | Schilling |
| 14 | Dec 7 | Schmidli, Kevin | Smartphones III: Screens - from the cathode ray tube to the touchscreen | Schilling |
| 15 | Dec 14 | Doenmez, Eser | Liquid ionic gating: Turning insulators metallic | Chang |
| Christof Aegerter | email: aegerter@physik.uzh.ch | ||
| Laura Baudis | email: lbaudis@physik.uzh.ch | ||
| Florencia Canelli | email: canelli@physik.uzh.ch | ||
| Johan Chang | email: johan.chang@physik.uzh.ch | ||
| Hans-Werner Fink | email: hwfink@physik.uzh.ch | ||
| Ben Kilminster | email: kilminster@physik.uzh.ch | ||
| Alexander Kish | email: alexkish@physik.uzh.ch | ||
| Jürg Osterwalder | email: osterwal@physik.uzh.ch | ||
| Andreas Schilling | email: schilling@physik.uzh.ch | ||
| Nico Serra | email: nicola.serra@uzh.ch | ||
| Achim Vollhardt | email: avollhar@physik.uzh.ch |
