Available theses
Different thesis activities are available, both for Bachelor’s and Master’s degree levels.
Bachelor
- Building of a LabVIEW interface for the control of a group of Laue lens modules joined together with an appropriate mechanical interface;
- Long term stability study of glue based bonding for X-ray optics;
- Reflectivity measurements of crystals for Laue lenses;
- Development of a set-up for polarized X-ray measurements at LARIX;
- Evaluation of the polarimetric capabilities of ASTENA and THESEUS.
Master
- Monte Carlo analysis of a double difraction system (Lobster Eye configuration) to increase the Field of View of a Laue lens;
- Performance study of a Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) detector for Gamma-ray polarization measurements;
- Performance analysis of samples of SILCs (Silicon Pore as Laue Components) – collaboration with Cosine Measurement System (Netherlands);
- Evaluation of the polarimetric capabilities of ASTENA and THESEUS;
- Study of the source localization accuracy of ASTENA/WFM and THESEUS/XGIS;
- MEGAlib simulations of a CdTe or CZT position sensitive detector;
- Feasibility study of a Laue lens based X and Gamma-ray polarimeter.
If you are interested in any of our thesis projects, contact us!
Prof. Piero Rosati: rosati@fe.infn.it
Lisa Ferro: lisa.ferro@unife.it
Miguel Moita: miguel.fernandesmoita@unife.it
Enrico Virgilli: enrico.virgilli@inaf.it