2024

A diversity of physical experiments are trying to detect dark matter in theMilky Way in physical experiments in the Earth, assuming dark matter is made ofweakly interacting fields. In the case of haloscopes, dark matter is assumed tobe the QCD axion which, in the presence of a strong magnetic field, converts toa photon with energy equal to the total axion energy (rest mass plus kineticenergy). Therefore, the spectral line shape observed for the created photonsdepends on the velocity distribution of the dark matter in the laboratory frameof the experiment.

In this thesis, you will make predictions for the forthcoming measurements of baryon form factors by the HADES collaboration [1].

The project can be carried in Barcelona and/or remotely with weekly Zoom meetings with the supervisor.

The sensitivity of the rare decays η/η'→π0γγ to signatures of Beyond the Standard particles in the MeV-GeV mass range will be analyzed in this work.

A neutron star merger is a highly dynamical system in which the four fundamental forces of nature—electromagnetic, weak, strong, and gravitational—play significant roles. This makes it an intriguing laboratory for studying fundamental physics, which can be explored experimentally through both gravitational and electromagnetic waves. To model this system, instead of solving quantum chromo

In this thesis, you’ll develop a model describing the photoproduction of tensor mesons based on the model from Ref. [1] and the data from Refs. [2-4]. You will learn some standard techniques and theories used in particle physics such as the helicity formalism, the decomposition into partial waves, the S-matrix (or scattering) theory and Regge theory. 

In this thesis, you will develop a model for a strange cascade, that is, a reaction in which several baryons containing strange quarks are produced. The GlueX collaboration (Hall D at the Thomas Jefferson Lab) is exploring the possibilities of setting up a polarized proton target [1]. A polarized target could potentially help in the determination of the quantum numbers of the produced strange baryon.

In this project, the student will assemble a low-cost radio telescope (a Horn antenna) on the roof of the Physics Faculty building, for future courses in radio astronomy at UB. This telescope is tailored to observe in the protected frequency band containing the HI emission line at 1.42GHz.