Particle Astrophysics at the University of Zürich

Theses


XENON

PhD

  1. Gamma background studies for the XENON experiment using a high purity germanium detector,
    J. Angle, 2008

  2. Response of liquid xenon to low-energy ionizing radiation and its use in the XENON10 Dark Matter search,
    A. Manalaysay, 2009

  3. Studien des externen Untergrunds eines XENON Detektors auf Tonnenskala zum Nachweis von Dunkler Materie
    M. Haffke, 2010

  4. Dark Matter Search with the XENON100 Experiment
    A. Kish, 2011

  5. Material Screening and Selection for the XENON100 Dark Matter Experiment
    A. Askin, 2012

  6. Light Detectors for the XENON100 and XENON1T Dark Matter Search Experiments
    A. Behrens, 2013

  7. Inelastic WIMP-Nucleus Interactions in XENON100 and Cables and Connectors for XENON1T
    G. Kessler, 2016

  8. Photomultiplier Tubes for the XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment and Studies on the XENON100 Electromagnetic Background
    D. Mayani Paras, 2017

  9. The Photosensor Calibration System for the XENON1T Dark Matter Search Experiment, and Responce of Liquid Xenon to Low-energy Neutron Interactions
    P. Pakarha, 2017

  10. Materials Radioassay for the XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment, and Development of a Time-projection Chamber for the Study of Low-energy Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon
    F. Piastra, 2017

Diploma/Master

  1. Abschaetzung des Neutronenuntergrundes durch die Detektormaterialien sowie Bestimmung einer Grenze fuer spin-abhaengige und -unabhaengige Wechselwirkungsquerschnitte der dunklen Materie fuer XENON10
    S. Schulte, 2007

  2. Vergleich von Kalibrationsdaten des Xenondetektors mit Monte Carlo Simulationen und Simulationen des externen Untergrundes
    M. Bissok, 2008

  3. Kalibrierung von Flüssig-Xenon-Detektoren zur Suche nach dunkler Materie im Universum
    C. Geis, 2011

  4. Preparations for measurements of the low energy response of liquid xenon
    P. Pakarha, 2012

  5. Electrostatic Field Simulations and Low-Temperature Measurements for a Xenon-based Dual-Phase Noble Gas Dark Matter Detector
    J. Wulf, 2013

  6. Characterization and Calibration of a Liquid Xenon Time-Projection Chamber
    H. Dujmovic, 2014

  7. Design of a Dual-phase Xenon TPC with Hybrid Photosensor Array
    A. Gmuer, 2016

  8. Characterization of Silicon Photomultiplier Arrays in Liquid Xenon and Development of Dedicated Read-out Electronics
    S. D'Amato, 2016

Bachelor

  1. Messung der Gamma-Aktivitaet im Large Volume Detektor im Gran Sasso Untergrundlabor
    Y.-F.Te, 2008

  2. Neutron Background Monitoring for XENON100
    E. Crivelli, 2012

  3. Simulation and Optimization of the Electric Field in a Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber
    H. Dujmovic, 2012

  4. Avalanche Photodiode (APD) Testing in Liquid Xenon
    M. Miloradovic, 2013

  5. Photomultiplier Tube Tests in Liquid Xenon for Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments
    A. Gmuer, 2013

  6. Monte Carlo Simulation of a Liquid Xenon Detector Response to Low-Energy Neutrons
    D. Biasini, 2014

  7. A Facility for XENON Photosensors Characterization and Measurements of Photocathode Uniformity
    S. D'Amato, 2014

GERDA

PhD

  1. Calibration of Phase I of the GERDA Double Beta Decay Experiment
    F. Froborg, 2012

  2. Studies of Neutron Flux Suppression from a Gamma-ray Source and the GERDA Calibration System
    M. Tarka, 2012

  3. Background Reduction Techniques for the GERDA Experiment
    M. Walter, 2015

  4. Data Reconstruction and Analysis for the GERDA Experiment
    G. Benato, 2015

Master

  1. Emanation Measurement System and GERDA Phase II Calibration
    M. Miloradovic, 2015

Bachelor

  1. Calibration of a Germanium Detector
    L. van der Schaaf, 2012

Modulation

Bachelor

  1. Characterization of NaI(Tl) Detectors for a Radioactive Decay Rate Modulation Search Experiment
    M. Gienal, 2017

CDMS

PhD

  1. A Search for Weakly Interacting Particles with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment,
    T. Bruch, 2010

  2. Searching for Dark Matter with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment,
    S. Arrenberg, 2011

Diploma/Master

  1. Simulation of the (alpha,n)-induced Background in the CDMS-II Dark Matter Search Experiment,
    M. Tarka, 2007

  2. Searching for Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter Candidates with the CDMS experiment,
    S. Arrenberg, 2007




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