Bachelor's and master's theses
Topics
The central area of expertise of the working group is high energy particle astrophysics. By pursuing different approaches we contribute to the search for the origin of cosmic rays.
It would be appreciated if you visit for an one-to-one appointment, in which definite topics will be outlined.
Bachelor's and master's theses are offered in the following subject areas, among others:
- Propagation of Cosmic Rays in astrophysical magnetic fields.
- The composition of the cosmic ray spectrum.
- Interactions of high energetic photons in active galactic nuclei.
- Ionisation of the interstellar medium by cosmic rays.
- High energy neturinos from gamma ray bursts.
- Particle interactions in astrophysical plasmas.
- The role of cosmic rays in supernova remnants and starburst galaxies.
- Particle interactions in the atmosphere.
- Thesis within the framework of the IceCube Neutrino-Experiment, located at the geographic South Pole.
- Collaboration on the H.E.S.S. Experiment for detecting high energy photons, located in Namibia.
Especially for Bachelor/Master-of-Arts
- The Physics of Football.
- Designing an astrophysical experiment for the Schülerlabor.
Completed master's theses
- Matthias Mandelartz: Modeling the Galactic cosmic ray spectrum (October 2012).
- Michaela Voth: Theoretical ingestigation of gamma gamma interactions in blazars (August 2012).
- Steffen Krakau: Neutrinos from photohadronic interactions in gamma-ray burst afterglows (August 2012).
- Sebastian Schöneberg: Classification of Starburst galaxies for source stacking analyses (July 2012).
- Isaac Saba: Deep inelastic scattering of cosmic rays in active galactic nuclei (April 2012).
- Andreas Herzog: Multimessenger studies of nearby gamma-ray bursts (April 2012).
- Anatoli Fedynitch: Uncertainties of the atmospheric neutrino flux above 100 GeV (June 2011).
- Florian Schuppan: Cosmic ray-induced ionization signatures in molecular clouds (June 2011).
Completed bachelor's theses
- Patrick Lathe: Investigation of the Cosmic Ray Spectral Energy Behavior from Proton to Iron (August 2012).
- Philipp Graeser: Simulation des Transports der kosmischen Strahlung für verschiedene Quellverteilungen unter Verwendung von GALPROP (May 2012).
- Steffen Krakau: Neutrinos von photohadronischen Wechselwirkungen in astrophysikalischen Plasmen (September 2010).
- Andreas Herzog: Über den Einfang von kleinen schwarzen Löchern durch astronomische Objekte (April 2010).
- Isaac Saba: Oszillationen von Hochenergieneutrinos aus Wechselwirkungen der kosmischen Strahlung in der Sonne (April 2010).