Master studies

Just for completeness I put up a little table with my course plan for my MSc degree …

Winter semester ’01/’02 Physics I – Mathematical tools, classical mechanics (Prof. Keiper / Prof. Köhler)
Analysis I – (Prof. Bank)
Basic laboratory course I – Measurement methods, error calculation, critical result assessment
Summer semester ’02 Physics II – Analytical mechanics, electro and magneto statics, geometrical optics (Prof. Keiper / Prof. Köhler)
Analysis II – (Prof. Bank)
Linear algebra – (Dr. Tuschik)
Physical chemistry with laboratory course – (Prof. Rademann)
Basic laboratory course II – Mechanics, vibrations, thermodynamics
Winter semester ’02/’03 Physics III – Electrodynamics, wave optics (Prof. Keiper / Prof. Köhler)
Analysis III – (Prof. Bank)
Complex analysis – (Dr. Meyer)
Applied computer science I – (Prof. Coy)
Basic laboratory course III – Electricity, magnetism, geometrical and wave optics
Summer semester ’03 Quantum theory I – Quantum mechanics, experimental introduction to quantum physics (Prof. Ebert / Prof. Köhler)
Thermodynamics – (Prof. Lüst)
English for students of natural sciences
Winter semester ’03/’04 Quantum theory II – (Prof. Ebert)
Structure of matter A: Atomic and molecular physics – (Prof. Rabe)
Structure of matter B: Solid state physics – (Prof. Manzke)
Advanced laboratory course
Summer semester ’04 Statistical physics and quantum statistics – (Prof. Sokolov)
Introduction to plasma physics – (Prof. Fußmann)
Introduction to surface physics – (Prof. Winter)
Applied optics and holography – (Dr. Wernicke)
Advanced laboratory course
Summer school ’04 Danish module I – (Jeppe)
Winter semester ’04/’05 Physics and chemistry of nano structures – (T. Björnholm, A.-P. Jauho, S. Helvig, O. Södermann, L. Montelius, S. Mørup, A. Menin, K. Flensberg, a.o.)
Biophysics of non-equilibrium processes in biology and evolution – (Dr. Heimburg)
Many body physics – (Prof. K. Flensberg)
Experimental methods in high energy physics – (Prof. J.D. Hansen)
Elementary particle physics – (Prof. P.H. Damgaard)
Danish module II – (Elinborg)
Summer semester ’05 Strong interaction in theory and experiment – (Prof. F. Sannino, I. Bearden)
Neutron scattering in theory, simulation and experiment – incl. experimental week at the Paul Scherer Institute (PSI) in Villingen, CH – (Dr. K. Lefmann)
“Particle identification at TRT/ATLAS”-project at CERN in the high energy physics-group of the Niels Bohr Institutes in Copenhagen (DK) – (Dr. T. Petersen, Prof. J.D. Hansen)
Danish module III – (Kamma)
Summer school ’05 CERN Summer-Student Lectures ’05
I designed the 2005 Summer Student t-shirt front :) See it here!
“Particle identification at TRT/ATLAS”-project at CERN in the high energy physics-group of the Niels Bohr Institutes in Copenhagen (DK) – (Dr. T. Petersen, Prof. J.D. Hansen)
Winter semester ’05/’06 Introduction to the Standard Model of particle Physics – (Dr. W. Bietenholz)
X-ray crystal optics – (Prof. R. Köhler)
Introduction to astrophysics – (Prof. Kolanoski)
Seminar in experimental physics – (Prof. Fussmann, Prof. Kolanoski, Prof. Lohse, Prof. Pavel)
Laboratory work in the surface science group – (Dr. M. Busch, Prof. Winter)
Summer semester ’06 Master thesis – (supervisor: Dr. Troels Petersen, advisor: Prof. John Renner Hansen)
Summer school ’06 European Summer University “Particles and the Universe” in Strasbourg (FR)
Winter semester ’06/’07 Master thesis – (supervisor: Dr. Troels Petersen, advisor: Prof. John Renner Hansen)

Master thesis

On 23 Februar 2007, I defended my master thesis in a public colloquium at NBI and thereby received the degree Master of Science from the University of Copenhagen (DK).

For my thesis entitled: “Electron Identification with the TRT and the W Boson Mass Measurement at ATLAS”, I worked on methods and analyses connected to the electron identification in one of the sub-detectors of the ATLAS experiment, called Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT). And the potential capabilities of the ATLAS experiment to measure the mass of the W boson. For the latter I was mainly trying to characterise the theoretical uncertainties introduced by virtual and real QED FSR.

Full text PDF of my master thesis.

Doctoral thesis

In 2007, I started working on my Ph.D. thesis in elementary particle physics at DESY in Zeuthen and Humboldt-University in Berlin.

I was mainly working on event-selection (trigger) analyses as well as a new/modified approach to estimate backgrounds to top-quark events in a data-driven manner at the ATLAS experiment at CERN. Besides that I worked on Detector-Control-System software for the Pixel Detector of ATLAS and performed studies on the thermal performance of this device.

This all ended up in a thesis titled: “Development of a Data-Driven Algorithm to Determine the W+Jets Background in Top-Antitop Events in ATLAS”, which I handed in end of May 2010.

On 12 July 2010 I defended my thesis in a public disputation and finally got my diploma in September 2010.

Full text PDF of my Ph.D. thesis.

Honour & Glory

Since the 2006 FIFA World Cup Honour & Glory is a little betting challenge at various sports event for some friends of mine and myself. It’s all about honour and respect and maybe some small prizes, but mainly it’s just for the fun of it.

Wanna know how it works, have a look at the rules.
Wanna see some more numbers: have a look at the all-time statistics in football.
Finally, here’s a list of blog posts related to Honour & Glory.

Event Information Details
UEFA European Championship 2024 UEFA
EURO2024
Germany
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Standings (history-aware 1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 FIFA
FIFA2023
Australia, New Zealand
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
FIFA World Cup 2022 FIFA
FIFA2022
Qatar
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
UEFA Women’s European Championship 2022 UEFA
EURO2022
England
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
UEFA European Championship 2020 (2021) UEFA
EURO2020
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 FIFA
FIFA2019
France
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
FIFA World Cup 2018 FIFA
FIFA2018
Russia
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
UEFA Women’s European Championship 2017 UEFA
EURO2017
Netherlands
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
UEFA European Championship 2016 UEFA
EURO2016
France
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 FIFA
FIFA2015
Canada
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
FIFA World Cup 2014 FIFA
FIFA2014
Brazil
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
UEFA Women’s European Championship 2013 UEFA
EURO2013
Sweden
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
UEFA European Championship 2012 UEFA
EURO2012
Poland, Ukraine
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 FIFA
FIFA2011
Germany
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
IIHF World Championship 2011 IIHF
IIHF2011
Slovakia
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+1+1-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
FIFA World Cup 2010 FIFA
FIFA2010
South Africa
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
IIHF World Championship 2010 IIHF
IIHF2010
Germany
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+1+1-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
IIHF World Championship 2009 IIHF
IIHF2009
Switzerland
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+1+1-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
UEFA European Championship 2008 UEFA
EURO2008
Austria, Switzerland
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
1st Kicken & Kieken League 2008 League table Schedule & Bets
Standings (relative counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
Rugby World Cup 2007 IRB Website
IRB2007
France
Schedule & Bets
Standings (relative counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
IHF Handball World Cup 2007 IHF
IHF2007
Germany
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard
FIFA World Cup 2006 FIFA
FIFA2006
Germany
Schedule & Bets
Standings (1+2-counting)
Matchboard, Scoreboard

Computer Hardware

I am dealing with computers since I was in elementary school. For about the same time period, I am trying to keep / preserve some of my old computers or collect similar ones afterwards.

Collection highlights

BASF 8″ Floppy
various CMOS Chipsets
Robotron KC 85/3 colour computer
Schneider JOYCE Computer
Schneider PC7640 Computer
GTempCO 6.5″ 10MB HDD
NEC 5.5″ HDD (1988)
Quantum 3.5″ HDD (1989)
Western Digital 20MB HDD (1989)
Intel Pentium CPU (1993)
Intel Pentium MMX CPU (1995)
Intel Pentium II CPU (1996)
RFT MR201 Calculator