Name: Ozgur Basaran
PHYS 593 faculty mentor: Blair Stringfellow

Title of Project: Silicon avalanche diodes for a time of flight detector

Abstract of Project

My work will consist of two R&D project:

1. I will be testing avalanche reach through diodes which are being investigated for future use as particle detectors in high energy experiments. The testing will involve mounting diodes made in EE and testing their timing characteristics using beta source.
2. I will also be constructing and testing a 0.5 m long drift chamber to be used in the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collision: This chamber will be used to measure the drift velocity and diffusion of electrons in various gases.