LNGS Summer Students Program (INFN-DoE)

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DOE/INFN Summer Exchange Program for 2024

2024 Edition

INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory site

 

The US Department of Energy (DoE) and the National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Italy (INFN) announce the 2024 Summer Exchange Program edition, addressed to US and Italian students in science and engineering.

Students are given a chance to join projects that will deepen their experience in the fields of science and technology which are relevant for their academic training.  

The Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS ) is one of the four INFN National laboratories. It is the largest underground laboratory in the world for experiments in particle physics and nuclear astrophysics.

In particular, the LUNA Experiment at LNGS has expressed an interest in the INFN-DoE Program. 

For this edition, in fact, TWO positions for the LUNA Experiment are available as reported below:

  • Position 1:

Title: Commissioning and characterization of the setup for the study of the 12C+12C process inside the LNGS underground laboratory.

Description: The LUNA (Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics) collaboration aims to study the 12C+12C reaction via photon detection at the new “Bellotti” Ion Beam Facility, located inside the LNGS (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso) underground laboratory in Italy. A key component of this experiment is a high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector, enclosed in a 25 cm thick lead shielding to suppress the low-energy background gamma radiation in the experimental site and improve the sensitivity.

Activities: The goal of this internship is to actively participate in the commissioning and the characterization of the setup that will be used for the study of the 12C+12C process, including the development of online monitoring tools, the study of environmental backgrounds, calibrations and first tests with proton and carbon beams.

 

Tutor: Federico Ferraro (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

 

Activity period: June-July 2024

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  • Position 2:

Title: Test beam for the study of the 12C+12C process inside the LNGS underground laboratory.

Description: The LUNA (Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics) collaboration aims to study the 12C+12C reaction via photon detection at the new “Bellotti” Ion Beam Facility, located inside the LNGS (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso) underground laboratory in Italy. A key component of this experiment a high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector, enclosed in a 25 cm thick lead shielding to suppress the low-energy background gamma radiation in the experimental site and improve the sensitivity.

Activities: The goal of this internship are the study of beam-induced backgrounds and the analysis of preliminary high-energy data during the test beams that will follow the commissioning of the setup, including the implementation of advanced techniques for offline analysis and the accurate determination of the cross section.

 

Tutor: Federico Ferraro (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

 

Activity period: September-October 2024

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Local contacts:

LNGS UserOffice: Vincenzo Fantozzi and Serena Cavalcante (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

 

Local LNGS site: https://www.lngs.infn.it/en

 

LNGS Summer Students Program site: https://www.lngs.infn.it/it/summer-student-lngs

To apply and for further info please refer to INFN site: https://web.infn.it/DOE-INFN-SSEP/

 

 

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