Karlsruhe School of Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics: Science and Technology (KSETA)

Simon Strähnz

Information

Institute: Institute for Experemintal Particle Physics (ETP)
Room: Campus North, Building 425, Room 143
Phone: +49 721 608 24701
Email: simon.straehnz#kit.edu

Doctoral Project

Title: Information Field Theory based Reconstruction of Extensive Air Showers
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ralph Engel
Daily supervisor: Dr. Tim Huege

Publications

Authors Title Journal
Simon Strähnz, Tim Huege, Philipp Frank, Torsten Enßlin Electric Field Reconstruction with Information Field Theory Proceedings of Science (ARENA2024) 056

Conferences and Talks

Event Location Contribution Title of Presentation Date
ICRC 2025 Geneva, Switzerland Poster Information Field Theory based Event Reconstruction for Cosmic Ray Radio Detectors July 2025
Poster Event reconstruction with the Radio detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
UHECR 2024 Malargüe, Argentina Poster Electric Field Reconstruction in UHECR Radio Detectors with Information Field Theory November 2024
ARENA 2024 Chicago, USA Talk Electric Field Reconstruction with Information Field Theory June 2024
DPG Frühjahrstagung 2024 Karlsruhe, Germany Talk Reconstruction of Radio Emission from Extensive Air Showers using Information Field theroy March 2024
SIAM UQ 2024 Trieste, Italy Talk Information Field Theory Based Reconstruction of Radio Signals from Atmospheric Particle Cascades February 2024

Workshops

Event Location Institute Date
KSETA Plenary Workshop Wildberg, Germany KSETA April 2025
KSETA PhD Workshop Burg Liebenzell, Germany KSETA March 2025
KSETA PhD Workshop Bad Herrenalb, Germany KSETA April 2024
KSETA Plenary Workshop Wildberg, Germany KSETA March 2024

Teaching

Semester Course
Winter 2024/2025 Praktikum 1
Summer 2024 DAAD RISE Germany internship
Anfängerpratktikum für Nebenfächler
Winter 2023/2024 Anfängerpratktikum für Nebenfächler

Bachelor's and Master's thesis

Title Supervisor Institute Date
Characterising the electromagnetic component of inclined extensive air showers to improve hybrid reconstruction using radio detectors Prof. Dr. Jörg Hörandel Radboud University Nijmegen June 2023
Faraday tomography of supernova remnant candidate FG353-34 using linear polarisation surveys Prof. Dr. Marijke Haverkorn Radboud University Nijmegen August 2020

Work reports

2023