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Supervised Theses (since Oct. 2014)

PhD

  • Development of a Silicon Photomultipllier based Scintillator Detector for Cosmic Air Showers (Julian Kemp, July 2020, 3a)

  • Development of scintillator detectors for measuring muons and air showers (Christine Peters, Mai 2019, 3a) [pdf]

  • Exploring Silicon Photomultipliers for the Upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory (Johannes Schumacher, September 2018, 3a) [pdf]

  • Data acquisiton for a SiPM based muon detector (Lukas Middendorf, March 2018, 3a) [pdf]

Master theses

  • Commissioning of two improved HAWC's Eye telescopes in a hybrid setup with the HAWC gamma-ray observatory (Jan Audehm, Feb. 2020, 3a) [pdf]

  • Search for Ultra-High Energy Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory using Deep Learning Techniques (Tobias Pan, Feb. 2020, 3a) [pdf]

  • Data-Driven Efficiency Correction Enabling Unbiased Periodicity Analyses with the FACT Telescope (Fabian Theißen, Feb. 2020, 3a) [pdf]

  • Developing a Magnetic reconnection Model to Interpret Blazar Variability as Measired with the FACT Telescope (Marc Klinger, Dec. 2019, 3a) [pdf]

  • Developement of a Setup for Quality Tests of PMMA Winston Cones for the IceAct Telescope (Johannes Buscher, Nov. 2019, 3b) [pdf]

  • Spectral Analysis with the First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope under changing observational conditions (Marvin Beck, Sept. 2019, 3a) [pdf]

  • Simulation of the Optics of the Imaging Air-Cherenkov Telescope IceAct with Geant4 (Maurice Günder, April 2019, 3b) [pdf, revised version]

  • Analysis of Coincident Air Showers measured with IceCube, IceTop and IceAct during the Austral Winter 2016 (Tobias Sälzer, Sept. 2017, 3b)

  • Development of a 61-pixel Camera for the IceAct imaging air-Cherenkov Telescope (Jan-Paul Bernd Koschinsky, Sept. 2017, 3b) [pdf]

  • HAWC's Eye -- Implementing Hybrid Detection by combining a compact air-Cherenkov Telescope with the HAWC Gamma-ray Observatory (Merlin Schaufel, Sept. 2017, 3a) [pdf, revised version]

  • Probing periodicty of blazars with the First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (Max Mahlke, Sept. 2017, 3a) [pdf]

  • Simulations towards Cosmic Ray composition measurements with IceTop and IceAct (Aatif Waza, May 2017, 3b) [pdf]

  • Simulations-Studie des Luft-Tscherenkow-Teleskops, IceAct, für eine IceCube Oberflächenerweiterung (Bengt Alexander Hansmann, Jan. 2016, 3b) [pdf]

Bachelor theses

  • Ray tracing simulation of the ORAFOL SC-943 Fresnel lens (Adelind Elshani, Dec. 2019, 3a) [pdf, revised version]

  • Application of Deep Learning for the Anaylsis of Air Shower Images of the IceAct Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (Simon Thommes, Oct. 2019, 3b) [pdf]

  • Image Characetristics of the Fresnel lens of the HAWC's Eye telescope (Lukas Jäschke, Sept. 2019, 3a) [pdf]

  • Test und Inbetriebnahme eines Heizsystems für das IceAct-Teleskop am Südpol (Matthias Bodenberg, Feb. 2019, 3b) [pdf]

  • Klebetests von PMMA basierten Winston-Cones mit Silizium-Photomultipliern für das IceAct Luft-Tscherenkow-Teleskop am Südpol (Ben Burgmann, Feb. 2019, 3b) [pdf]

  • Does the HAWC's Eye telescope require shielding against off-axis background? (Frederike Sophie Luise Wörtche, Sept. 2018, 3a) [pdf]

  • Phenomenological efficiency correction of the data for the First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (Maike Doerenkamp, August 2018, 3a) [pdf]

  • First hybrid reconstruction of the arrival direction with HAWC's Eye (Sven Günther, August 2018, 3a) [pdf, revised version]

  • Preparatory word for a lab course with a hybrid air shower detector (Hanja Wehrle, August 2018, 3a) [pdf, revised version]

  • HAWC's Eye as a Lab Course Telescope -- Proof of Concept (Terry Pol Pascal Generet, July 2018, 3a) [pdf]

  • Charakterisierung und Kalibrierung eines neuen IceACT Luft-Cherenkov-Teleskops für die Installation am Südpol (Anna Sauret, February 2018, 3b) [pdf]

  • Energy Threshold of the compact Imaging Air-Cherenkov Telescope HAWC's Eye (Max Schalz, Dezember 2017, 3a) [pdf]

  • Testmessungen zur Temperaturstabilität des TARGET-7 Datenerfassungsmoduls für das IceAct Luftschauer Teleskop (Huong Giang Do, August 2017, 3b) [pdf]

  • Preparation and first application of a digital SiPM (Robert Joppe, January 2017, 3a) [pdf]

  • Application of a new image correction method for the First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (Thomas Bussek, November 2016, 3a) [pdf]

  • Trigger Implementation for FAMOUS (Alexander Bogner, October 2016, 3a) [pdf]

  • Implementation and calibration of the TARGET data acquisition system for FAMOUS (Nina Laura Höflich, September 2016, 3a) [pdf]

  • Commissioning of the self-trigger of the TARGET read-out board for FAMOUS (Benjamin Jan Pestka, September 2016, 3a) [pdf]

  • Simulation und Test von Winston Cones für das abbildende Luft-Tscherenkow Teleskop IceACT (Jan Audehm, August 2016, 3b) [pdf]

  • Measurement of the dynamic range of SiPMs for AugerPrime (Alexander Gutsche, August 2016, 3a) [pdf]

  • Temperature dependence of the SiPMs and the front-end electronics for AugerPrime (Christoph Günther, August 2016, 3a) [pdf]

  • Coupling of optical fibers for the Aachen Muon Detector (Daniel Keßler, July 2016, 3a) [pdf]

  • Development of a new image correction method for the First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (Dominik Wolfschläger, July 2016, 3a) [pdf]

  • Signal extraction from SiPM traces taken by prototype electronics developed for AugerPrime (Jan-Paul Bernd Koschinsky, September 2015, 3a) [pdf]

  • Photon detection efficiency measurement of Winston cones for the FAMOUS telescope (Johannes Merz, July 2015, 3a) [pdf]

 

Other Theses

PhD

  • Status of the performance of an IACT system for the TAIGA array (Maike Kunnas, Januar 2017, University Hamburg) [pdf]

  • Search for the sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger Observatory (Markus Lauscher, December 2016, 3a) [pdf]

  • Measurement of the chemical composition of ultra high energy cosmic rays with the HEAD telescope of the Pierre Auger Observatory (Matthias Plum, November 2016, 3a) [pdf]

  • The Silicon Photomultiplier Telescope FAMOUS for the detection of Fluorescence Light (Tim Niggemann, October 2016, 3a) [pdf]

Bachelor

  • Test des TARGET-7 Datenerfassungsmoduls für das IceACT Luft-Cherenkov Teleskop (Erik Ganster, August 2016, 3b) [pdf]

  • Analysis of the First Data from the SiPM Camera of the Air Cherenkov Telescope IceAct at the South Pole (Lasse Halve, April 2016, 3b) [pdf]

  • Analyse der Zeitsynchronisation des IceACT-Luft-Čerenkov-Teleskop Prototypen mit dem IceCube Neutrino Observatorium anhand erster Felddaten (Maurice Günder, August 2016, 3b) [pdf]

  • Commissioning of a Prototype Telescope IceACT to Measure the Cherenkov-Light of Cosmic-Ray induced Air Showers (Merlin Schaufel, Juli 2014, 3b) [pdf]

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