Thesis page ATLAS Nikhef

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This pages gives an overview of the theses produced in the Nikhef ATLAS group.

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PhD theses


Name Year Title Thesis
Alexander Doxiadis 2011 Searching for the Top : observation of the heaviest elementary particle at the LHC (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/2011_AlexanderDoxiadis.pdf)
Alex Koutsman 2011 On the road to Supersymmetry with ATLAS (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/2011_AlexKoutsman.pdf)
Manuel Kayl 2011 Measurement of the charged particle density with the ATLAS detector : first data at sqrt s = 0.9, 2.36 and 7 TeV (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/2011_ManuelKayl.pdf)
Eric Jansen 2011 Supersymmetry search using Z0 bosons produced in neutralino decays at the ATLAS detector (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/2011_EricJansen.pdf)
Manouk Rijpstra 2011 The Top and Beyond - Missing Energy and Little Higgs in ATLAS (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/2011_ManoukRijpstra.pdf)
Martijn Gosselink 2010 Radiating Top Quarks (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/2010_MartijnGosselink.pdf)
Zdenko van Kesteren 2010 Identification of muons in ATLAS (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/2010_ZdenkoVanKesteren.pdf)
Jochem Snuverink 2009 The ATLAS muon spectrometer: commissioning and tracking (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/2009_JochemSnuverink.pdf)
Maaike Limper 2009 Track and vertex reconstruction in the ATLAS inner detector (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/2009_MaaikeLimper.pdf)
Niels van Eldik 2007 The ATLAS muon spectrometer : calibration and pattern recognition (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/NielsVanEldik.pdf)
Thijs Cornelissen 2006 Track fitting in the ATLAS experiment (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/ThijsCornelissen.pdf)
Marcello Barisonzi 2006 Mass measurements of the top quark in electroweak production channels at ATLAS (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/MarcelloBarisonzi.pdf)
Rene Scholte 2003 Data read-out and Bc production in ATLAS (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/ReneScholte.pdf)
Marcel Vos 2003 The ATLAS inner tracker and the detection of light supersymmetric Higgs bosons (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/MarcelVos.pdf)
Simon Peeters 2003 The ATLAS semiconductor tracker endcap (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/SimonPeeters.pdf)
Joost Visser 2003 Muon tracks through ATLAS (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/JoostVisser.pdf)
Martin Woudstra 2002 Precision of the ATLAS muon spectrometer (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/MartinWoudstra.pdf)
Ernst-Jan Buis 2002 Detecting R-parity violation in the Atlas inner detector (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/PhD/ErnstJanBuis.pdf)



Master theses


Name Year Title Thesis Supervisor
Koen Oussoren 2011 Flavor Changing Neutral Currents in Top Quark decay at the ATLAS Detector (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/2011_KoenOussoren.pdf) Marcel Vreeswijk, Ivo van Vulpen
Pieter van der Deijl 2010 The ATLAS discovery potential of hadronic Z'-Strahlung decays (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/2010_PieterVanDerDeijl.pdf) Bob van Eijk
Rose Koopman 2010 Background estimates in searches for the supersymmetric light top quark at the LHC (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/2010_RoseKoopman.pdf) Stan Bentvelsen, Paul de Jong, Ivo van Vulpen
Rosemarie Aben 2010 Precision studies of the ATLAS MDT Chambers (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/2010_RosemarieAben.pdf) Peter Kluit
Merlin Kole 2010 Phenomenology of Extra-Dimensional Higgsless Models (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/2010_MerlinKole.pdf) Bob van Eijk
Jeroen van Leerdam 2010 Higher order QCD corrections in top-antitop production at the LHC (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/2010_JeroenVanLeerdam.pdf) Bob van Eijk
Joris Hartman 2009 Timing and calibration of the ATLAS RPC trigger chambers (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/JorisHartman.pdf) Peter Kluit
Barbara Millan Mejias 2008 Optimization of Vector Boson Fusion Higgs candidate selection (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/BarbaraMillanMejias.pdf) Max Baak and Peter Kluit
Irene Niessen 2008 Supersymmetric Phenomenology in the mSUGRA Parameter Space (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/IreneNiessen.pdf) Wim Beenakker and Nicolo de Groot (RU Nijmegen)
Egge van der Poel 2007 Dark current in Monitored Drift Tubes and RASNIK commissioning at Atlas (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/EggeVanDerPoel.pdf) Harry van der Graaf and Carel van Eijk (TU Delft)
Menelaos Tsiakiris 2007 Online selection of fully hadronic tt decays with the ATLAS detector (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/MenelaosTsiakiris.pdf) Sander Klous
Sander van Til 2007 Scalar top pair production in ATLAS (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/SanderVanTil.pdf) Paul de Jong
Nicole Ruckstuhl 2007 Testing a mSUGRA dark matter annihilation model for the EGRET gamma ray excess with ATLAS (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/NicoleRuckstuhl.pdf) Ivo van Vulpen
Martijn Gosselink 2006 Upsilon production in hadronic collisions (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/MartijnGosselink.pdf) Bob van Eijk
Alex Koutsman 2005 Pulse Analysis for ATLAS MDT Twin Tubes (ps) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/AlexKoutsman.ps) Harry van der Graaf
Zdenko van Kesteren 2004 Angular orientation reconstruction of a Hall sensor calibration setup (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Master/ZdenkoVanKesteren.pdf) Frank Linde



Bachelor projects


Name Year Title Thesis Supervisor
Mischa Reitsma 2010 Fake electrons in the ATLAS detector (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Bachelor/MischaReitsma_2010.pdf) Ivo van Vulpen & Marcel Vreeswijk
Roel Sluijter 2010 Supersymmetry (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Bachelor/RoelSluijter_2010.pdf) Robin van der Leeuw & Marcel Vreeswijk
Marco van Woerden 2009 Pt-snede bij pionverval in de ATLAS detector (dutch) (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Bachelor/MarcoVanWoerden_2009.pdf) Ivo van Vulpen & Marcel Vreeswijk
M.R. Willemse 2009 The Discovery Potential of the Heavy W-Boson from Little Higgs Theory (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Bachelor/Willemse.pdf) Marcel Vreeswijk
Bardo Bakker 2008 Extra dimensies (dutch) (pdf) (http://www.nikhef.nl/pub/experiments/atlas/Theses/Bachelor/BardoBakker.pdf) Ivo van Vulpen