Getting a Ph.D. Thesis on PHENIX (page under construction)
This document was last updated on July 18, 2009.
This page is intended to provide information for thesis work on
PHENIX. Students should feel free to contact me for suggestions on content.
Here is a table of PHENIX students. The first section lists completed Ph.D. and Master's degrees, and the second includes all PHENIX students who have declared a thesis topic and made it known to me. If your name or thesis topic is missing, please send
me an email. The "source" Excel file is
here
A list of all completed theses can be found in the
Thesis database. . Please use the links therein to update
with your information when you have received your degree!
Note to students: Starting your thesis work in experimental nuclear or particle physics can be an
intimidating experience. The apparatus is large, the collaboration is large, and there is
a great deal to learn that is not taught in course or book. Here are a few things, collected by my predecessor, which may be helpful:
- The broad PHENIX program is encompassed in seven
physics groups.
Their web pages provide good starting points to learn about ongoing research in PHENIX.
- Bill Zajc taught a seminar course in 1998 and in 2002 where students read various papers in the field. The
course pages contain
those references and lots of other useful links.
- There is a very nice reference
book on common particle and nuclear physics concepts by
- R.K.BOCK, at CERN, Geneva, and
- A.VASILESCU, at IFA, Bucuresti.
Here is a link to Bill Zajc's guide to various acronyms that appear in
PHENIX and related work.
