Maja Olvegaard
After having studied Mathematics and Portuguese for one year at the University of Stockholm Maja switched to study physics at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The topic of her bachelor’s thesis was ‘Fast Dilation in 3D’ and the work was carried out in collaboration with a company developing mathematical software for various types of industries. After a short study trip to CERN in 2006 her interest in more fundamental physics in general, and accelerator physics in particular, grew, and she decided to focus her studies on particle physics.
In June 2008 Maja went back to CERN to spend three months there as a Summer Student. It was through this experience that she came to learn about DITANET and the available trainee positions. During these three months she worked on the commissioning of segmented beam dumps, used for time resolved energy measurements in the CLIC test facility (CTF3). This work later became the project upon which her Master thesis was based, and in January 2009 she completed a master's degree in Physics from the University of Gothenburg.
As a DITANET trainee at CERN Maja has the opportunity to continue on the same track, and since 1st March 2009 she has been working on the design of a device for time resolved energy measurements. This device will be installed in the Test Beam Line in CTF3. The ultimate goal, however, is a system for the same kind of measurements for the CLIC drive beam. In both cases the measurements will be done on a high current electron beam, with a very large energy spread.