Proposed Internship projects 2021/2022
Internship projects 2020/2021 Internship defenses, January 2021
Path “Applications and small accelerators”:
1. Thick Target Neutron Yields with a proton projectile for Proton‐Therapy (TTNY‐PT project) - Marek Lewitowicz and Manssour Fadil - marek.lewitowicz@ganil.fr & manssour.fadil@ganil.fr
2. Scintillation dosimetry in protontherapy - Anne‐Marie Frelin-Labalme - anne‐marie.frelin@ganil.fr
3. Modeling of a plasma ion source with highly charged ions for accelerator applications - Laurent Garrigues (Laplace, Toulouse) & Laurent Maunoury (GANIL, Caen) - Laurent.garrigues@laplace.univ‐tlse.fr, Laurent.maunoury@ganil.fr
4. Influence of ligand binding on DNA G-quadruplex and duplex radio-induced denaturation - Jean-Christophe Poully - poully@ganil.fr
5. Scintillating ionization Chamber for ALPha particle production in neutron induced reaction - François-René Lecolley, Grégory Lehaut - fr.lecolley@lpccaen.in2p3.fr, lehaut@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
Path “Theoretical nuclear physics”:
1. Nuclear astrophysics: theoretical - F. Fantina & F. Gulminelli - fantina@ganil.fr, gulminelli@lpccaen.in2p3.fr.
2. Mid-shell nuclei and the Berry phase - Piet Van Isacker - isacker@ganil.fr,
2 bis. Machine-learning techniques to assess the relevance of three-body interactions in the shell model - Piet Van Isacker - isacker@ganil.fr,
3. Alpha‐decay of super‐heavy elements: handling very low statistics - David Boilley, boilley@ganil.fr
4. Spectroscopy simulation of Cs atom embedded in Ar matrix - B. Gervais, E. Jacquet and J. Douady - gervais@ganil.fr
5. Study of DFTB modeling for strongly charged systems - Pierre-Matthieu Anglade, P. Guibourg, and Benoit Gervais - pierre-matthieu.anglade@unicaen.fr, gervais@ganil.fr
5 bis. Post Hartree-Fock modeling of a metal-phosphonate - Pierre-Matthieu Anglade, S. Petit and Benoit Gervais - pierre-matthieu.anglade@unicaen.fr, sebastien.petit@unicaen.fr and gervais@ganil.fr
Path “Experiments and large accelerators”:
1. Monte-Carlo Simulations of a Scintillator Array for Direct Reaction Studies - F. Flavigny & A. Matta - flavigny@lpccaen.in2p3 and matta@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
2. The search for the electric dipole moment of the neutron - lefort@lpccaen.in2p3.fr.
3. CP – violation in nuclear b‐decay: data analysis for the MORA project - P. Delahaye and F. De Oliveira - delahaye@ganil.fr, oliveira@ganil.fr
4. Transfer induced ssion in inverse kinematics at VAMOS: Simulations and characterization of the PISTA detector - Antoine Lemasson & Diego Ramos - antoine.lemasson@ganil.fr, diego.ramos@ganil.fr
5. Investigating the structure of superheavy nuclei with SIRIUS - Julien Piot - piot@ganil.fr
6. Influence of the continuum on effective nuclear forces - O. Sorlin, F. de Oliveira and A. Kamenyero (GANIL) - sorlin@ganil.fr
7. Nuclear structure and reaction studies of very heavy nuclei at GANIL using the European multi‐detector AGATA - Christelle Stodel - stodel@ganil.fr
8. Muons and neutrinos flux modelization of the the KM3NeT experiment - Benoît Guillon and Gilles Quemener - guillon@lpccaen.in2p3.fr, quemener@lpccaen.in2p3.fr,
9. Probing the structure of light nuclei produced by fragmentation with FAZIA - Diego Gruyer - gruyer@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
Internship projects 2019/2020 Internship defenses, January 2020
Path “Applications and small accelerators”:
1. Processing of astrophysical ices by UV and ion radiation: origin and radio-resistance of organic matter. P. Boduch, (CIMAP/GANIL Laboratory) boduch@ganil.fr
2. Intrinsic processes induced by the irradiation of rifamycin/collagen non-covalent complexes. J.C Poully (CIMAP) poully@ganil.fr
3. Effect of the environment on the radiation damage. A. Domaracka domaracka@ganil.fr, P. Rousseau patrick.rousseau@unicaen.fr, C.Nicolafrancesco nicolafrancesco@ganil.fr
4. Simulating the + emitters production in the body during a carbon therapy irradiation session. S. Salvador, (LPC) salvador@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
5. Challenges in dose surface measurement. J. Thariat, (Cancerology center Francois Baclesse) jthariat@gmail.com
6. Dual energy CT (DECT) to assess calibration uncertainties in the conversion of Hounsfield Units (HU) into Stopping power ratios (SPR) for proton therapy in patients with implanted materials. J. Thariat, (Cancerology center Francois Baclesse) jthariat@gmail.com
7. Radiosensitizers in ion beam therapy: Measure of absolute cross section for emitted electrons from biomolecules and metallic nanoparticles upon ion collision using a Velocity Map Imaging spectrometer. V. Vizcaino (CIMAP) vizcaino@ganil.fr
Path “Theoretical nuclear physics”:
1. Core-collapse Supernova and Impact of Nuclear Physics Inputs. A. F. Fantina fantina@ganil.fr; F. Gulminelli gulminelli@lpccaen.in2p3.fr.
2. Shape Coexistence in the Geometric Collective Model of nuclei. P E Georgoudis (GANIL) panagiotis.georgoudis@ganil.fr
3. Ionic conductivity in weak electrolytes via irradiated glass capillaries. E.Giglio (CIMAP) giglio@ganil.fr
4. Modeling the formation of the solid crust of a neutron star. F.Gulminelli (LPC) gulminelli@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
5. Partial dynamical symmetries in the shell model. P. Van Isacker isacker@ganil.fr
6. Calculation of neutron multiplicities from isotopic fission yields. A.Lemasson (GANIL) antoine.lemasson@ganil.fr & D. Ramos, diego.ramos@ganil.fr
Path “Experiments and large accelerators”:
1. Measurement of light charged particle Equilibrium constants using heavy‐ion reactions. R. Bougault (LPC Caen) bougault@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
2. Characterization of particle detectors for precision measurements in nuclear beta decay. X. Fléchard, flechard@lpccaen.in2p3.fr & E. Liénard, etienne.lienard@unicaen.fr
3. Measurement of all reaction products produced by the breakup of different radioactive beams at the SAMURAI
experimental area. J. Gibelin (LPC) gibelin@unicaen.fr & M. Marqués marques@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
4. Coulomb Explosion Imaging of Molecular Clusters. A. Mery (CIMAP) mery@ganil.fr
5. Investigating the structure of superheavy nuclei with SIRIUS. J. Piot piot@ganil.fr
6. Molecular growth induced by ion collisions. A. Domaracka (CIMAP) domaracka@ganil.fr, P. Rousseau, patrick.rousseau@unicaen.fr, S. Indrajith, indrajith@ganil.fr
7. Calculation of neutron multiplicities from isotopic fission yields. A.Lemasson (GANIL) antoine.lemasson@ganil.fr & D. Ramos, diego.ramos@ganil.fr
8. Processing of astrophysical ices by UV and ion radiation: origin and radio-resistance of organic matter. P.Boduch, (CIMAP/GANIL Laboratory) boduch@ganil.fr
Internship projects 2018/2019 Internship defenses, January 2019
Path “Applications and small accelerators” :
1. JC Poully (CIMAP) : Irradiation of isolated mass‐selected proteins and DNA strands by ionizing radiation poully@ganil.fr
2. Ph.Boduch (CIMAP) : Origin and radio‐resistance of biomolecules boduch@ganil.fr
3. A.M.Frélin (GANIL): Monte Carlo simulations of low doses in preclinical radiotherapy anne‐marie.frelin@ganil.fr
4. M.Fadil (GANIL) : Radiological impact in the nuclear facilities SPIRAL1 and S3 fadil@ganil.fr
5. D.Cussol (LPC): Impact of the nucleus‐nucleus collision model on the evaluation of biological effects for carbon‐therapy. cussol@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
6. J.Colin (LPC): Effective doses for low energy photons skin equivalent doses ‐ lens equivalent doses ‐ depth equivalent doses : experimental measurements and calculations colin@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
7. A.Domaracka (GANIL):On the radiosensitising role of metallic nanoparticles: a study of the processes at the molecular level domaracka@ganil.fr
Path “Theoretical nuclear physics”:
1. A.Fantina (GANIL) : Sensitivity of supernova observables to astrophysics and nuclear physics inputs fantina@ganil.fr
2. F.Gulminelli (LPC): Modelling the crust‐core phase transition of a neutron star gulminelli@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
3. P.Van Isacker (GANIL) : An application of algebraic geometry to a nuclear‐ structure problem isacker@ganil.fr
4. E.Giglio (CIMAP): Self‐organized focusing power in insulating capillaries giglio@ganil.fr
5. J.Douady (CIMAP): Theoretical study of fluorine anions solvated in small water clusters Julie.douady@ensicaen.fr
Path “Experiments and large accelerators”:
1. E.Liénard (LPC) : Contribution to the MORA project: measurement of correlations in the decay of trapped and laser oriented 23Mg ions lienard@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
2. D.Durand (LPC) : Development of a heavy‐ion collision simulator and comparison with experimental data durand@lpccaen.in2p3.fr More info
3. D.Ackermann (GANIL) : Construction and test of a system for the detection of particle‐X‐ray coincidences for heavy and superheavy nuclei ackermann@ganil.fr
4. J.Frankland (GANIL): Experimental studies of nuclear clusterization and fragmentation in heavy ion collisions frankland@ganil.fr
5. M.Fadil (GANIL) : Analysis of experimental data about thick targets irradiated by heavy ion beams fadil@ganil.fr
6. N.Leneindre (LPC) : Study of fragmentation reactions with different projectiles and targets with the FAZIA array leneindre@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
7. J.Gibelin (LPC) : Charged particles tracking algorithms gibelin@lpccaen.in2p3.fr
8. E.Giglio (CIMAP): Self‐organized focusing power in insulating capillaries giglio@ganil.fr
9. P.Rousseau (CIMAP) : Molecular growth inside clusters of hydrocarbons induced by ion collisions: application to planetary atmosphere Patrick.rousseau@unicaen.fr
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