QUASAR Group welcomes new LIV.INNO student
We are pleased to welcome Ravi Gupta as a new PhD student in the QUASAR Group.
Ravi completed his Master’s in Physics from the University of Mumbai in November 2020. Ravi completed his Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Mumbai in November 2020. During his M.Sc., he carried out a one-year dissertation project at TIFR, Mumbai, working on an array of LaBr₃(Ce) scintillation detectors, where his team performed detector calibration, resolution and efficiency measurements, and covariance analysis using the principle of least squares.
Following his post-graduation, Ravi served as an Assistant Teacher of Physics at D.G. Ruparel College, Mumbai, for nearly two academic years. Subsequently, Ravi worked for two years as a Research Scientist at the Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER), Mumbai. There he was part of the team responsible for the design, development and testing of electron linear accelerators. Installation, operation, and maintenance of LINAC data acquisition, monitoring, control system were also part of his role.
Driven by his strong interest in accelerator and detector technologies, Ravi has joined the QUASAR Group within the LIV.INNO program. He will work on the development of a non-invasive monitor to simultaneously measure the horizontal and vertical profiles of a high-energy hadron beam. This monitor is needed for the observation of the electron beam (hollow electron lens experiment) co-propagating with the hadron beam at CERN for the HL-LHC project. The production of high-charge-state heavy ion beams in research centres like GSI and RIKEN is one of the potential applications of the monitor. Additionally, by taking advantage of the ultra-cold supersonic gas jet produced, the apparatus can also be used in atomic physics experiments.
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