Kathrin Bismark
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP)
Pierre Auger Observatory
Campus North, Bldg. 425
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Room: 101
Email: kathrin.bismark#kit.edu
Research Topic
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Energy Scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory Supervisor: Dr. Michael Unger Referees: Prof. Dr. Ralph Engel Starting date: September 2020 The project is divided into two parts: data analysis and calibration. The first part aims to develop new and improved ways for determining the hybrid energy spectrum of cosmic rays. The hybrid spectrum combines the calorimetric measurements by the fluorescence detectors (FD) with the measurements by the surface detector (SD) of particle showers in the atmosphere induced by cosmic rays. Due to high statistics, most event selection criteria and environmental influences on detection capabilities and reconstruction parameters can now be investigated using measured data and not just simulated ones; This enables improved possibilities for determining the energy spectrum. The second part aims to determine the absolute calibration of the telescopes of the FD. This will be achieved by a measurement of the light collection efficiency and the point-spread function of the telescopes. These topics will be addressed by illuminating the telescope optics with a Lambertian and directed light source. |
Thesis
| Type | Title | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's thesis |
Paarproduktion von Pionen in der Myon-Proton-Streuung (Pair production of pions in muon-proton scattering) |
Prof. Dr. Werner Vogelsang (pQCD - Tübingen) |
| Master's thesis |
Winkelverteilung von Photonpaaren mit hohem Transversalimpuls in unpolarisierten hadronischen Kollisionen (Angular distribution of photon pairs with high transverse momentum in unpolarized hadronic collisions) |
Prof. Dr. Werner Vogelsang (pQCD - Tübingen) |
Duties
| Date | Description |
Summer semester 2021 and 2022 |
Tutor for the lecture ,Moderne Experimentalphysik III (Teilchen und Hadronen)' (Modern Experimental Physics III (Particles and Hadrons)) |
|---|---|
| April 2021 | (Re)presentation of the Auger group and its research for pupils at the Girls Day |
| Oct. and Nov. 2021 | (Re)presentation of the Auger group and its research for pupils at the ,BOGY-Praktikum' (pupil internship) |
| Since March 2022 | Main KSETA PhD representative |
Conferences, Talks, Workshops & Summer Schools
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| October 2019 |
Kepler Center PhD Workshop ,Particles, Fields and Messengers of the Universe’ organized by Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| November 2020 | Pierre Auger Collaboration Meeting |
| March 2021 | Pierre Auger Collaboration Meeting |
| March/April 2021 | Invisibles21 School |
| May 2021 | Global Cosmic Ray Observatory (GCOS) workshop |
| June 2021 | Pierre Auger Collaboration Meeting |
| July 2021 | International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) |
| September 2021 | KSETA PhD Workshop |
| September 2021 | KSETA Plenary Workshop |
| November 2021 | HIRSAP Workshop |
| January 2022 | Workshop UHECR Snowmass White Paper part 2 |
| February/March 2022 | Workshop zur Vermittlung der Physik der kleinsten Teilchen |
| March 2022 | KSETA Plenary Workshop |
| March 2022 | Pierre Auger Collaboration Meeting |
| March 2022 | Virtual DPG Spring Meeting of the Matter and Cosmos Section (SMuK) |
Courses
| Date | Description | Organizer |
|---|---|---|
| 1-2 October 2020 | Interpretations of quantum mechanics | KSETA |
| 7-8 October 2020 | Neutrino physics | KSETA |
| 28-29 October 2020 | Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning | KSETA |
| 12 March 2021 | Observational Cosmology | KSETA |
| 3-10 March 2021 | Statistical methods in particle physics data analysis | KSETA |
| 8-9 March 2021 | Introduction to astroparticle physics | KSETA |
| March - May 2021 | Statistical methods for research in Natural Sciences | KHYS |
| 22-23 July 2021 | Scientific Writing | ICRC2021 |
| 6 October 2021 | Baryogenesis | KSETA |
| 11, 13 October 2021 | Broad introduction into modern experimental particle physics | KSETA |
| 14 October 2021 | Neutrino mass phenomenology | KSETA |
| 7-10 December 2021 | Cosmic Rays of the Highest Energies | KSETA |
| 14 February 2022 | Monte Carlo simulations | KSETA |
| 15, 17 February 2022 | Introduction to general relativity for experimentalists | KSETA |
| 16, 24 February 2022 | Statistical methods in particle physics data analysis 2022 | KSETA |
Annual KSETA reports
| September 2020 - December 2021 |