Thomas Huber
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| Institute: KIT-IKP | DESY Zeuthen | ||
| Building: 425, KIT Campus North | ||
| Room: 141 | ||
| Phone: +49 721 60822284 | ||
| Email: Thomas.Huber#kit.edu | ||
Bachelor and Master Thesis
Development and test of a reference light source for the calibration of the EUSO photodetectors (Link)
Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPMs) for the space-based fluorescence telescope EUSO (Link)
PhD Thesis
A scintillation detector
array for the IceCube:IceTop Upgrade
| Supervisors: | Prof. Dr. Marc Weber (KIT-IPE); Prof. Dr. Marek Kowalski (DESY); Prof. Dr. Günter Quast (KIT-ETP) |
| Dr. Andreas Haungs (KIT-IKP); Dr. Timo Karg (DESY) | |
| Mentor: | Prof. Dr. Anke-Susanne Müller (KIT-LAS) |
Publications
| Title | Journal | Authors |
|---|---|---|
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"Ground calibration of MAPMT and SiPM for JEM-EUSO" |
Proceedings of the ICRC 2015, The Hague |
M. Karus, F. Bisconti and T. Huber |
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"The IceTop Scintillator Upgrade" |
Proceedings of the ICRC 2017, Busan |
T. Huber, J. Kelley, S. Kunwar and D. Tosi |
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„Characterization of Hamamatsu 64-channel TSV SiPMs“ |
Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 888C |
M. Renschler, A. Haungs, T. Huber, W. Painter et al. |
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"Detector developments for a hybrid particle and radio array for cosmic-ray air-shower detection" |
Proceedings ECRS 2018 (not yet published) |
A. Leszczynska, A. Balagopal, A. Haungs, T. Huber, T. Karg , M. Renschler et al. |
| "Computational Techniques for the Analysis of Small Signals in High-Statistics Neutrino Oscillation Experiments" | arXiv:1803.05390 Inst. and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) | IceCube Collaboration |
| "IceCube-Gen2: the next-generation neutrino observatory for the South Pole" |
PoS ICRC2017 (2018) 991; DOI: 10.22323/1.301.0991 |
IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration |
Conferences and (selected) talks
| Title | Conference | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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HAP Detector Design and Technology for Next-Gen Neutrino Observatories | Aachen |
08.12 – 11.12.2014 |
| AugerNext Symposium | Karlsruhe |
20.01 – 23.01.2015 |
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„Untersuchung von SiPMs für die Nutzung als Weltraum-Fluoreszenzteleskope“ |
DPG Frühjahrstagung | Wuppertal |
09.03 – 13.03.2015 |
| „A SiPM based Elementary Cell“ | 16th International JEM-EUSO Meeting | Tokio |
20.06 – 30.06.2015 |
| „SiPMs for the space-based fluorescence telescope JEM-EUSO“ | School for Astroparticle Physics | Obertrubach |
07.10 – 15.10.2015 |
| „Nutzung von TSV-SiPMs für Fluoreszenzteleskope“ | DPG-Frühjahrstagung | Hamburg | 29.02 – 04.03.2016 |
| IceCube Collaboration Autumn Meeting | Mainz | 24.09 – 30.09.2016 | |
| „IceCube-Gen2: IceScint“ | Matter and Universe Programmtag | Mainz | 12.12 – 13.12.2016 |
| „Detection of cosmic rays with scintillation detectors“ | Workshop zur Vermittlung von Teilchenphysik | Fulda | 15.01 – 18.01.2017 |
| „IceScint: A surface scintillation detector array for IceCube-Gen2“ | DPG-Frühjahrstagung | Münster | 27.03 – 31.03.2017 |
| „Design and performance of KIT scintillator prototype“ | IceCube Collaboration Spring Meeting | Madison | 29.04 – 06.05.2017 |
| Netzwerk Teilchenphysik: "Kurze Einführung Astroteilchenphysik" | LK Physik Schülergruppe, Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe | 13.12 – 13.12.2017 |
| „SiPMs for astroparticle physics applications“ | International LIGHT-17 Workshop | Tegernsee | 16.10 – 20.10.2017 |
| „IceScint: A surface detector array as Enhancement of IceCube“ | DPG-Frühjahrstagung | Würzburg | 19.03 – 23.03.2018 |
| „The surface
scintillator array as veto“ „IceScint (TAXI) at the South Pole: Overview, status and plans“ „IceScint Cluster at KIT“ |
IceCube Collaboration Spring Meeting | Atlanta | 29.04 – 06.05.2018 |
| „Applications of SiPMs at KIT“ | SENSE Tech Forum | Genf | 20.04 – 22.05.2018 |
| "Introduction to Astroparticle
Physics, the Pierre-Auger and the IceCube observatory" |
Project week Gymnasium Speyer, together with Dr. M. Roth | Karlsruhe | 25.05 – 25.05.2018 |
| Int. Conference on the advancement of Silicon Photomultipliers | Schwetzingen | 11.06 – 11.06.2018 | |
| "Auger Masterclass for school classes" | Introduction Auger Masterclass, Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe | 13.06. – 14.06.2018 |
| „The
Scintillator Upgrade of IceCube - IceTop: An extension of the IceCube surface detector array“ |
TeVPA - TeV Particle Astrophysics | Berlin | 27.08 – 31.08.2018 |
| „The IceTop Enhancement for Improved Air-Shower Measurements“ | Astroparticle Physics in Germany - Status and Perspectives | Mainz | 17.09 – 19.09.2018 |
| „IceACT: The
imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope at KIT“ „TAXI DAQ and Scintillators at the South Pole: Status report“ |
IceCube Collaboration Autumn Meeting | Stockholm | 21.09 – 29.09.2018 |
Teaching and theses supervisions
| Course / Thesis (Bachelor / Master / "Staatsexamen") | Semester / Student | Date |
|---|---|---|
| "Computer Aided Design (CAD) for Physicists " | KSETA Course | 2016 |
| "Air-Shower reconstruction software development Mini-KASCADE" | Alexander Schneider | 2016 |
| "Scintillation detector development Mini-KASCADE" | Jan-Ole Gosewisch | 2016 |
| "Analog digital converter calibration Mini-KASCADE" | Philipe Bruder | 2016 |
| "Temperature Characteristics of the IceCube-Gen2 Surface Detector" | Anja Schmidt | 2017 |
| "Characterization of SiPMs for the Surface Array Enhancement of IceCube" | Marie Oehler | 2018 |
| Head of tutorial "Messmethoden und Techniken in der Experimentalphysik" | Summer Term 18 | 2018 |
| "Implemention of a MIP fit function for the South Pole IceScint data" | Jainam Khara | 2018 |
| "Calibration of the ADCs and discriminator threshold of the IceTAXI data aquisition system" | Eugen Raspopin | 2018 |
| "Analysis of water-cherenkov-detectors for physical practical courses with solid-state photosensors (SiPMs)" | David Schwer | 2018 |
| "A Single Photon Calibration Setup for low temperatures" | Branko Mitic | 2018 |
| "Capabilities of the at the South Pole deployed KIT/DESY scintillator station" (Working title; Supervision together with A. Leszczynska) | Fiona Ellwanger | 2018 |
KSETA activities
| Title / Activities / Workshops | Teacher / Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Black hole astrophysics | Prof. Dr. Gustavo Esteban | 2016 |
| Given KSETA topical course: "Computer Aided Design (CAD) for Physicists" |
Thomas Huber | 2016 |
| 4th. KSETA Plenary Workshop | Durbach | 2017 |
| KSETA Report 2017 (Link to the report) | Karlsruhe | 2017 |
| 5th. KSETA Plenary Workshop | Durbach | 2018 |
| "General theoretical concepts on particle physics" | Dr. Monika Blanke | 2018 |
| "Probing the early Universe with Gravitational Waves" | Dr. Daniel Figueroa | 2018 |
| "Opening a New Window on the Universe from the South Pole" | Prof. Dr. Francis Halzen | 2018 |
Additional activities / Others
| Location | Date | |
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| Science Slam "FameLab" about Cosmic Rays First loser (2nd Place) and "Publikumspreis" Link to an article |
Karlsruhe | 15.03.2016 |
| FameLab-Masterclass: Media and presentation training for young academics |
British Embassy, Berlin | 21.04. – 24.04.2016 |
| Mini-KASCADE deployment at Sparkasse
SV headquarter. Used as Art project for visualizing air-showers.
Scientific project leader. Link to the project Page |
Stuttgart | 12.09. – 15.09.2016 |
| "Kick-off"-Meeting for scintillation
detectors and DAQ development for the IceCube:IceTop extension
"IceScint" (And start of the PhD thesis) |
Zeuthen | 14.11. – 18.11.2016 |
| Apprenticeship as mediator for the "Netzwerk Teilchenphysik" | Fulda | 14.01. – 18.01.2017 |
| Research and Development of scintillation detectors for the IceCube:IceTop extension in collaboration with the Madison team | Madison | 08.05. – 13.05.2017 |
| Complete system low temperature tests and calibration of the IceCube:IceTop extension KIT/DESY scintillators | Stoughton | 02.09. – 08.09.2017 |
| South Pole training, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) | Madison | 11.09. – 17.09.2017 |
| Deployment, commissioning, setup of the satellite uplink interface and calibration of the scintillation detector prototype array | Antarctica, South Pole | 03.01. – 15.02.2018 |
Links to selected talks / pictures
| Location | Date | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Slam "FameLab" about Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos and Dark Matter. 2nd Place and "Publikumspreis" | Karlsruhe / Bielefeld | 2016 |
Photo Album ( #1 ) |
| Mini-KASCADE rehearsal at KIT and deployment at Sparkasse SV headquarter | Karlsruhe / Stuttgart |
2016 |
Slides ( #1, #2 ) Photo Album ( #1 ) |
| Research and Development, Prototyping, Production, Testing, Calibration and Shipping of the IceScint scintillation detectors | Karlsruhe / Zeuthen / Madison |
2017 |
Slides ( #1, #2 ) Photo Album ( #1 ) |
| Travel, Deployment, Comissioning and Calibration of the IceCube scintillator surface extension protoype array | Antarctica / South Pole |
2018 |
Slides ( #1, #2 ) Photo Album ( #1 ) |
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