FLC group at work.

Basic Group Info

Our group is working on detector optimisation for The International Linear Collider.

Figure 2: Sketch of the International Large Detector Concept (ILD)

The following pages are divided into informations for

• Insider, i.e. people working in FLC. Note these pages are partially password protected.
• Outsider who are interested in our project.

More information about our subgroups:

• calorimeter group
• tracking group
• polarimeter group
• physics group
• PET group

More information about our detector philosophy:

• the idea of particle flow
• working principle of a time projection chamber
• working principle of a sandwich calorimeter
• working principle of a polarimeter
• short introduction to PET

Some more general information about the international linear collider and the detection of elementary particles can be found on external pages:

• linearcollider.org: What is the ILC?
• Welt der Physik: ILC - Maschine, Detektoren, Forschung (German page)
• DESY KworkQuark: Teilchennachweis im Detektor (German page)

Open Positions

If you are interested om a bachelor, master, diploma or PhD thesis have a look at our thesis offers for contact information. We are always happy to welcome new members.