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CERN Doctoral Student Program Theses

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2025-03-27
09:29
Commissioning and Calibration of the Upgraded Inner Tracking System of ALICE at the LHC / Triolo, Andrea Sofia
ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is one of the four main experiments at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) [...]
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2025-03-27
09:27
Study of the radiation background and of new monitoring tools at the LHC for Run 3 and the HL-LHC / Prelipcean, Daniel
The hostile radiation environment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) affects detectors, accelerator beamline elements and electronic devices, requiring the careful characterisation of the radiation levels [...]
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2025-03-19
14:10
Modeling, Simulation Development, and Testing of the High-Resolution FASER Preshower Detector for Dark Matter Searches at CERN / Kotitsa, Rafaella Eleni
The FASER experiment at the LHC aims to detect new, long-lived particles [...]
CERN-THESIS-2025-019 - 2024 - 259.


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2025-03-18
16:09
Research and Development of the Trigger System for the New Small Wheel Upgrade of the ATLAS experiment at CERN and Performance Evaluation of the sTGC detector. Study for the precise determination of the Z boson mass. / Zormpa, Olga
This thesis focuses on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN [...]
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10.12681/eadd/57939

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2025-03-16
13:27
Beam coupling impedance and collective effects for the Future Circular Lepton Collider / Carideo, Emanuela
Improving the accuracy of the impedance model of an accelerator is important in order to keep beam instabilities and power loss under control [...]
CERN-THESIS-2023-436 - 2023 - 100.


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2025-03-12
16:25
Development and performance study for the ALICE ITS3: the first truly cylindrical inner tracker / Sanna, Isabella
The ITS3 upgrade of the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) represents a significant leap in vertex detector technology [...]
CERN-THESIS-2024-359 - 2025 - 143.


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2025-03-12
11:19
Affective State Estimation and Robot-aided Physiological Monitoring of Workers in Hazardous Environments / Cittadini, Roberto
This PhD thesis delves into the intricate realm of worker’s health monitoring, encompassing unobtrusive human-centred approaches, each contributing to the overarching goal of advancing the health and safety of the worker in occupational environments [...]
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2025-03-03
17:29
Modeling X-Y Beam Distributions via Crossing of Coupled Resonances in an Accelerator Complex / Lamb, Elleanor
Key words: luminosity, van der Meer, non-factorization, resonance, calibration, losses In high-energy colliders, discoveries are made possible by improving precision and accuracy of the measured rare events [...]
CERN-THESIS-2024-348 - 2024 - 151.


10.5075/epfl-thesis-11431

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2025-03-03
15:16
Characterization, Control and Alignment of Crystal Collimators of the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) / Ricci, Gianmarco
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, is undergoing a significant upgrade to increase both its luminosity and operational lifespan [...]
CERN-THESIS-2024-347 - 2025 - 166.


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2025-02-28
16:19
Thin Films on Copper for Superconducting RF Cavities within the Future Circular Collider Study / Fonnesu, Dorothea
Abstract The Future Circular Collider (FCC) Study is a collaborative international initiative led by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) [...]
CERN-THESIS-2023-435 - 2024 - 158.


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