If you are a student in Helsinki and want to pursue a bachelor's or master's thesis with us, you should contact Kimmo or Matti or preferably both via email. You can suggest any topic or idea you'd like for the thesis, but below we also list some possible topics for inspiration.
Master's thesis topics
- Defect creation in cryogenic solid state detectors. This work involves numerical simulations of the detector materials, using e.g. molecular dynamics or density functional theory. The goal is to understand how the atomic lattice responds to the low energy nuclear recoils and how this affects the possible dark matter signal.
- Particle physics models for dark matter. If dark matter is constituted by a new type of elementary particle, extensions of the Standard Model of elementary particles and their interactions is needed. In addition to dark matter candidates these typically have other implications for the physics of the early universe such as phase transitions potentially contributing to the stochastic gravitational wave background.
Examples of theses completed in the ParticleCosmo-group
- Hanna Lempiäinen: .
- Lotta Poltto: .
- Topi Sirkiä:.
- Aula Al-Adulrazzaq:
- Arik Mozejko:
- Aku Polus:
- Sebastian Sassi:
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Kalle Ala-Mattinen:
Bachelor's thesis topics
Most of the items given above as Master's thesis topics can also be selected for a bachelor's thesis, with a more limited scope.